The Bully in the Pulpit

Autocracy, Digital Social Media, and Right-wing Populist Technoculture

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12918413
AutoresNitin Govil (0009-0009-5182-3676, University of Southern California, autor de correspondencia), Anirban K Baishya (0000-0002-4090-179X, University of Southern California)
Año2018
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas67-84
Fecha de publicación2018-01-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCommunication Culture and Critique (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1753-9137 • E-ISSN: 1753-9129
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/ccc/tcx001
OpenAlexW2795305638
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas28
Referencias citadas24

Focusing on new media’s disruption of conventional politics, we trace populism’s restylization of mass expression and political power. Through an analysis of the rise of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we argue that online platforms offer new ways of concretizing political fantasies through the affective engagement of the user/citizen. While this seems to endow greater agency to “the people,” political authority is increasingly rerouted to the figure of the leader through religious and charismatic channels. In our elaboration of right-wing populist technoculture, we aim for a broader analytical framework that takes stock of the technological forces reconfiguring the conduct of contemporary politics, arguing that the link between digital social media and right-wing populism is not only contextual but also constitutive

Agency (philosophy · Authoritarianism · Autocracy · Charisma · Democracy · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Power (physics · Pulpit · Right wing · Social science · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Media and Politics · History · Law · Philosophy