Alena Kluknavská

“Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!” An Automated Analysis of Polarities of Mediated Truth Contestation in Austrian and Czech News Media

Alena Kluknavská, Olga Eisele, Petro Tolochko

This paper analyzes the discursive dynamics of mediated truth contestation by examining how assertions of truthfulness and references to falsehood are constructed in Austrian and Czech news coverage of migration. Employing automated content analysis on an extensive dataset of 162,943 news articles …

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A populist incitement? Populism, attack rhetoric, and support for political violence

Alessandro Nai, Elizabeth L. Young, Vlastimil Havlík, Alena Kluknavská

Populists are known for their aggressive and uncompromising political style, and for rewarding a more combative behavior in their followers. Yet, virtually no evidence exists that aggressive populist rhetoric has an inciting effect among their followers towards greater support for political violence …

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Beyond Anti-Media Populism: Framing of the News Media on Facebook by the Czech Populist Radical Right

Alena Kluknavská, Vlastimil Havlík, Józef Kunc

This study examines how Czech populist radical right politician Tomio Okamura frames the news media on Facebook, focusing on accusations of untruthfulness, portrayals as an information source and depictions as a communication arena. Analysing 1,740 claims (2013–2020) through quantitative claims analysis, it …

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Claims analysis

Alena Kluknavská

Anti-populism

Vlastimil Havlík, Alena Kluknavská

Scroll, laugh, learn: Political memes as catalysts for active information-seeking

Martina Paulenová, Alena Kluknavská

Political memes have become a significant form of political communication. Often created and shared as satirical commentaries on current events, they influence how users engage with news and information on social media. As digital environments see a rise in passive ways of …

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Making or Faking Depolarization? The Antipopulist Parties’ Construction of the Populism/Antipopulism Divide on Social Media in the Czech Republic

Alena Kluknavská, Vlastimil Havlík

Abstract Populism has gained significant attention recently, yet there is less understanding of strategies to confront it. This study focuses on the communication of these reactions by examining the populism/antipopulism divide created by populist parties’ challengers. Antipopulists present themselves as an antithesis …

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A tale of two campaigns: understanding the role of short-term political context in Czech and Slovak counter/mobilizing on migration

Jiří Navrátil, Alena Kluknavská

This paper explores protest mobilizations related to the 2015 migrant crisis in the post-communist Czech Republic and Slovakia. Despite dominating anti-refugee sentiments and similar historical and political background in the two countries, the mobilization patterns were fairly different in both scale and …

The Race of Populists: The 2024 EP Elections in the Czech Republic

Vlastimil Havlík, Alena Kluknavská

The chapter analyses the performance of populist political parties in the 2024 EP election in the Czech Republic. The election ended with a significant increase in support for several populist parties: Action of Dissatisfied Citizens, Freedom and Direct Democracy and the Oath …

Game of frames: a content analysis of politicians’ framing of public service media on Facebook and Instagram in the Czech Republic

Alena Kluknavská

Despite the distinctive role of public service media in fostering democratic discourse and maintaining the integrity of democratic processes across European democracies, recent politicization, polarization, and increasing attacks on public media pose significant challenges to its traditional functions. This study investigates the …

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A question of truth: accusations of untruthfulness by populist and non-populist politicians on Facebook during the COVID-19 crisis

Alena Kluknavská, Olga Eisele, Monika Bartkowska, Nina Kriegler

Online environments can foster opportunities for political engagement but can also hinder democratic deliberation by promoting hostile and polarizing communication. A prominent concern revolves around the attacks on political actors’ truthfulness in public discourse. Such discourse is expressed through anti-elite and antagonistic …

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Replication materials for "A Populist Incitement?"

Alessandro Nai, Elizabeth L. Young, Vlastimil Havlík, Alena Kluknavská

Replication materials for "A Populist Incitement? Populism, Attack Rhetoric, and Support for Political Violence"