Rebecca C Kittel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4377660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca C Kittel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca C |
| FAMILY NAME | Kittel |
| SIGNATURE | KITTEL R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for East European Studies Free University of Berlin Berlin Germany |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4226-2183 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Simply Speaking? Language Complexity among (Non-)Populist Actors in Parliamentary Debates
Do populist politicians use simpler language to get closer to ‘ordinary’ citizens? Current studies – both qualitative and quantitative – are divided on whether populist actors actually use simpler language. Analysing a large corpus of text of German parliamentary debates from January 1991 to September 2021, this article aims to resolve this controversy by measuring language complexity in parliamentary discourse. The article hypothesizes that popu…
Let's talk populist? A survey experiment on effects of (non‐) populist discourse on vote choice
Populism research has found much scholarly and public attention alike in recent years. Most research has focused on how populism can be defined, assessed or even measured. Even though there are emerging studies on populist messages, few of them have paid attention on causally identifying ways in which discourse can affect support for populist actors. This article positions itself within this gap and aims to answer which discursive elements make (…
Let's talk populist? A survey experiment on effects of (non‐) populist discourse on vote choice
Populism research has found much scholarly and public attention alike in recent years. Most research has focused on how populism can be defined, assessed or even measured. Even though there are emerging studies on populist messages, few of them have paid attention on causally identifying ways in which discourse can affect support for populist actors. This article positions itself within this gap and aims to answer which discursive elements make (…
Simply Speaking? Language Complexity among (Non-)Populist Actors in Parliamentary Debates
Do populist politicians use simpler language to get closer to ‘ordinary’ citizens? Current studies – both qualitative and quantitative – are divided on whether populist actors actually use simpler language. Analysing a large corpus of text of German parliamentary debates from January 1991 to September 2021, this article aims to resolve this controversy by measuring language complexity in parliamentary discourse. The article hypothesizes that popu…
Let's talk populist? A survey experiment on effects of (non‐) populist discourse on vote choice
Populism research has found much scholarly and public attention alike in recent years. Most research has focused on how populism can be defined, assessed or even measured. Even though there are emerging studies on populist messages, few of them have paid attention on causally identifying ways in which discourse can affect support for populist actors. This article positions itself within this gap and aims to answer which discursive elements make (…
Political science (2 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Linguistics (1 works) · Mathematics (1 works) · Media Influence and Politics (1 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (1 works)