2015/12/14 by David Deacon, Dominic Wring · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Populism, Right-Wing Movements #Social Media and Politics #Electoral Systems and Political Participation #Populism #Independence (probability theory) #Mainstream #Competition (biology) #Political science #Politics #Political economy #Media studies #Sociology #Law
paper · doi:10.1177/0267323115612215
openalex publication_date 2015/12/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
This article examines the rise of the UK Independence Party in Britain, and how this ‘revolution’ has been reported by mainstream news organisations. As a case study of the media and populism, UK Independence Party’s rise tends to confound rather than confirm some of the patterns and trends found in previous studies. There is little evidence that ‘media logic’ has worked to the party’s advantage and the recent increase in the intensity of media coverage of UK Independence Party is principally explained by the ‘political logic’ of its continued electoral advances, changes in communication policy, and a reorientation in the public relations strategies of the party and its opponents.