| Description |
1 online resource (119 pages). |
| Series |
At issue. Social issues |
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Gale eBooks
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At issue. Social issues.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The origin of populism / Nancy MacLean -- Left and right wing populism / Thomas DeMichele -- Understanding the Black Lives Matter movement / Iris Wijers -- Bernie Sanders' populism versus racial justice / Dara Lind -- What is digital populism? / Paul Florence and Roderick Jones -- Social media, chaotic pluralism, and populism / Helen Margetts -- The spoiler candidates / Daniel Bush -- A history of third parties / Freeman Stevenson -- Sanders, socialism, and political power / Philip Locker -- Contemporary populism's unstable meaning / Charles Postel -- The democratic party's empty populism / Socialist Worker -- The threat of a networked public sphere / Vyacheslav Polonski. |
| Summary |
This book discusses how social media has accelerated a new wave of populism. Evaluates the pros and cons of getting information to ordinary citizens quickly and directly, without the influence of authorities, and often without the benefit of research and facts. |
| Audience |
9-12. |
| Subject |
Communication in politics.
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Populism.
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Social media -- Political aspects.
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| Added Author |
Cunningham, Anne C., editor.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Populism in the digital age. New York : Greenhaven Publishing, 2018 9781534502079 (DLC) 2017046133 |
| ISBN |
9781534502024 (electronic book) |
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9781534502079 (library bound) |
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9781534502147 (paperback) |
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