'You truly are the worst kind of racist!': Argumentation and polarization in online discussions around gender and radical-right populism.

ABSTRACT: The role of women in populist and radical right-wing parties is a topic that has gained increased scholarly attention. The aim of this article is to add to this literature by analysing how a female right-wing populist leader becomes positioned in online interactions in the hybrid media system. In doing so, the study seeks to make a twofold contribution to research on populist and radical right discourse online: to explore the ways in which notions related to gender and radical-right populism are constructed in such discourse and to shed light on their argumentative character. The study applies a critical discursive psychological approach to study these discursive patterns in two interrelated social media datasets, comprising discussion threads from Facebook and Twitter. The study shows how

SUBMITTER: Pettersson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10083942 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature