Digital politics

Bolsonaro, covid, covarde, coronavirus, corona, corona crisis, populism

When myths collide: Bolsonaro’s reaction to the coronavirus crisis

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Ulisses Sawczuk da Silva

29/04/2020

16 minutes to read

The article discusses processes of mythification employed to support Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's controversial reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mainstream and "new" media work together in the construction of myths with political ends.

The Global New Right

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The global new right is a fact. All of the world, we see the emergence of new right politicians, activists, intellectuals and movements. Interestingly, despite their nationalist agenda, they form a global network.

Alternative for Germany (AFD)

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In this file, differents aspects of AfD’s leader Alice Weidel, will be analysed, such as her image, message, support and resistance movements. The concepts of populism, enlightenment and anti-enlightenment will also be investigated.

Meme Alice Weidel from Alternative fur Deutschland as Pepe The Frog in the meme war

AfD’s online movements: activism or slacktivism?

Article

Emily van der Veen

30/11/2017

15 minutes to read

This article provides a detailed and analytical look at online movements related to the AfD. It shows how these movements take action and what the results of these actions are.