Ylä-Anttila , T 2020 , ' Social Media and the Emergence, Establishment and Transformation of the Right-Wing Populist Finns Party ' , Populism , vol. 3 , no. 1 , pp. 121-139 . https://doi.org/10.1163/25888072-02021043
Title: | Social Media and the Emergence, Establishment and Transformation of the Right-Wing Populist Finns Party |
Author: | Ylä-Anttila, Tuukka |
Contributor organization: | Sociology |
Date: | 2020 |
Language: | eng |
Number of pages: | 19 |
Belongs to series: | Populism |
ISSN: | 2588-8064 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1163/25888072-02021043 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/317310 |
Abstract: | This paper assesses the significance of social media for the Finns Party and the related anti-immigration movement from 2007 to the present day, in light of theories on the relationship of populism and social media. These include people-centrism, disenfranchisement, homophily, the attention economy, media elitism, and (lack of) communicative resources. Tracing the historical trajectory of the Finnish anti-immigration movement and the Finns Party, I argue that the Finnish case is an example of a movement being born online and using social media to build a political identity and strategically gain influence through a party, eventually transforming it from the inside out—rather than the party strategically using social media for its purposes, as is sometimes assumed in party-centric literature. While acknowledging the continued importance of parties, research on contemporary populist movements must take into account the political engagement of citizens facilitated by online media. |
Subject: |
5141 Sociology
populism Finns Party social media online media countermedia alternative media anti-immigration right-wing populism |
Peer reviewed: | Yes |
Usage restriction: | openAccess |
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