Media Populism on the Example of Right-Wing Political Parties’ Communication in Slovenia

Studies on mediatization have pointed to the “collateralism” of media and politics, a model that emphasizes reciprocal media–politics interactions. This article discusses how various political parties, and in particular right-wing populist parties in the post-socialist Slovenian context, use communication tools on the Internet; to what extent they enable participatory communication; and how they open up to forms of “media populism.” In what ways...