Guest Lecture Léonie de Jonge
The media and the populist radical right
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Online)
30.3.21
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Online)
30.3.21
On 30 March 2021 Léonie de Jonge will give a lecture on the media and the populist radical right, focusing on the role media play in furthering or limiting the spread of right-wing populism. The lecture is followed by ample time for debate moderated by Jana Goyvaerts (Vrije Universiteit Brussel).
The event takes place online from 13h-15h, and is open to everyone after registration through this link. The Zoom-link to attend the lecture will be sent out on the morning of the lecture.
The event takes place online from 13h-15h, and is open to everyone after registration through this link. The Zoom-link to attend the lecture will be sent out on the morning of the lecture.
Why do some media provide space for right-wing populist parties while others deny it? What role does the media play furthering or limiting the spread of right-wing populism? What role does social media play? And how has the ongoing pandemic impacted these trends?
This lecture sheds light on the ways in which the media choose to deal with right-wing populist parties in the Benelux region (i.e., Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg). In the absence of a credible right-wing populist challenger, media practitioners in Luxembourg and Wallonia adhere to strict demarcation, whereas the Dutch and Flemish media have become gradually more accommodative.
Léonie de Jonge is Assistant Professor in European Politics and Society at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She holds a PhD in Politics & International Studies from the University of Cambridge (2019).
Her research focuses on right-wing populist parties in Western Europe. Her forthcoming book explains why right-wing populist parties have been more successful in the Netherlands and Flanders than in Luxembourg and Wallonia.
This lecture sheds light on the ways in which the media choose to deal with right-wing populist parties in the Benelux region (i.e., Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg). In the absence of a credible right-wing populist challenger, media practitioners in Luxembourg and Wallonia adhere to strict demarcation, whereas the Dutch and Flemish media have become gradually more accommodative.
Léonie de Jonge is Assistant Professor in European Politics and Society at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She holds a PhD in Politics & International Studies from the University of Cambridge (2019).
Her research focuses on right-wing populist parties in Western Europe. Her forthcoming book explains why right-wing populist parties have been more successful in the Netherlands and Flanders than in Luxembourg and Wallonia.
This event is organized as part of the course “Populist and Radical Political Discourses in Europe”, taught by Benjamin De Cleen in the Journalism and Media in Europe Master.
Other guest lecturers in the series:
Other guest lecturers in the series:
- Giorgos Katsambekis: populism and ‘the people’: beyond moralism and homogeneity (9 March)
- Ruth Breeze: nationalism and populism on the radical right (16 March)
- Jacopo Custodi: nationalism and populism in Podemos (23 March)
- Jana Goyvaerts: media and populism: defending what kind of democracy? (20 April)
- Katy Brown & Aurelien Mondon: media, populism and the mainstreaming of the radical right (27 April)
- Louise Knops: media, populism, indignation: insights from the radical-right (4 May)