Radicalizing Populism and the Making of an Echo Chamber: The Case of the Italian Anti-Vaccination Movement

In this article, I call attention to the relation between populist rhetoric and the creation and reinforcement of echo chambers. Looking at the case of the Italian anti-vaccination movement, I demonstrate that populist rhetoric has reshaped the echo chamber in order to politically mobilize it, by fo...

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Autor principal:	Natascha Rietdijk
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Lenguaje:	EN NL
Publicado:	University of Groningen Press 2021
Materias:	echo-chambers populism anti-vaccination Social Sciences H Political science (General) JA1-92 Philosophy (General) B1-5802
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d9875097cb4b44c2ac8eb90184e037512021-12-02T16:46:48ZRadicalizing Populism and the Making of an Echo Chamber: The Case of the Italian Anti-Vaccination Movement1875-710310.21827/krisis.41.1.37163https://doaj.org/article/d9875097cb4b44c2ac8eb90184e037512021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://krisis.eu/article/view/37163https://doaj.org/toc/1875-7103In this article, I call attention to the relation between populist rhetoric and the creation and reinforcement of echo chambers. Looking at the case of the Italian anti-vaccination movement, I demonstrate that populist rhetoric has reshaped the echo chamber in order to politically mobilize it, by focusing its attention towards distrusting a (liberal) epistemic elite, thus further contributing to a post-truth narrative. I further argue that populism and echo chambers in general are conceptually linked through their dichotomous division of society and rejection of legitimate opposition.Natascha RietdijkUniversity of Groningen Pressarticleecho-chamberspopulismanti-vaccinationSocial SciencesHPolitical science (General)JA1-92Philosophy (General)B1-5802ENNLKrisis, Vol 41, Iss 1, Pp 114-134 (2021)
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description	In this article, I call attention to the relation between populist rhetoric and the creation and reinforcement of echo chambers. Looking at the case of the Italian anti-vaccination movement, I demonstrate that populist rhetoric has reshaped the echo chamber in order to politically mobilize it, by focusing its attention towards distrusting a (liberal) epistemic elite, thus further contributing to a post-truth narrative. I further argue that populism and echo chambers in general are conceptually linked through their dichotomous division of society and rejection of legitimate opposition.
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title	Radicalizing Populism and the Making of an Echo Chamber: The Case of the Italian Anti-Vaccination Movement
title_short	Radicalizing Populism and the Making of an Echo Chamber: The Case of the Italian Anti-Vaccination Movement
title_full	Radicalizing Populism and the Making of an Echo Chamber: The Case of the Italian Anti-Vaccination Movement
title_fullStr	Radicalizing Populism and the Making of an Echo Chamber: The Case of the Italian Anti-Vaccination Movement
title_full_unstemmed	Radicalizing Populism and the Making of an Echo Chamber: The Case of the Italian Anti-Vaccination Movement
title_sort	radicalizing populism and the making of an echo chamber: the case of the italian anti-vaccination movement
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Radicalizing Populism and the Making of an Echo Chamber: The Case of the Italian Anti-Vaccination Movement

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