"Introduction to the Triple Special Issue "The Emotional Side of Populist Support
Key Affective Mechanisms at Test
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3757174 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Monika Verbalyte (0000-0002-5673-1799, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Flensburg, Germany, corresponding author), Donatella Bonansinga (0000-0003-1968-0811, University College London, London, UK), Tereza Capelos (0000-0002-9371-4509, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 403-422 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027642241240360 |
| OpenAlex | W4393442879 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 108 |
Although research on populism has gained traction as an established field of inquiry, its affective underpinnings remain a puzzle. A relatively underexplored area of study, now garnering attention, is the intricate relationship between populism and emotions. This Triple Special Issue focuses on the demand side of populist politics, delving into populist attitudes and the role emotions play in their activation. Articles in this collection address three overarching research questions, which we explore in this Introduction: What are the primary emotional drivers of populist attitudes? Which emotions are evoked in audiences by populist communication and framing? What is the significance of exploring complex emotions and moving beyond "thin ideology" in the study of emotions and populism? In this Introduction, we assess the current state of the art and highlight the contributions of our collection to ongoing theoretical and empirical debates
Cognitive psychology · Computer security · Key (lock) · Test (biology) · Computer Science · History of Emotions Research · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology · Social Psychology
A complex cocktail
Emotion Narratives on the Political Culture of Radical Right Populist Parties in Portugal and Italy
Legitimacy First
Visual de-demonisation
The bi-directional relationship between perceived populist ad exposure and trust in democracy during an election campaign
Rally Around the Government or a Populist Response? How Concerns About Covid-19 and Emotional Responses Relate to Institutional Trust and Support for Right-Wing Populism
Alternative media and political divides
The role of change in the relationships among decent work, political cynicism and voter turnout
Sour grapes and the seeds of discontent
Influencing People's Populist Attitudes With Rhetoric and Emotions
Advances In Experimental Social Psychology
The Rationalizing Voter
Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe
How Voters Decide
Emotion and Political Psychology
American Rage
The Politics of Fear
Emotions and Populism
“ They Did It”
Why Are Conservatives Happier Than Liberals?
Public opinion surveys
How emotions inform judgment and regulate thought
Relational Meaning and Discrete Emotions
The Effects of Anti-Immigrant Right-Wing Populist Ads on Implicit and Explicit Attitudes
Distinctions and Articulations
Beyond valence
Angry populists or concerned citizens? How linguistic emotion ascriptions shape affective, cognitive, and behavioural responses to political outgroups
Anger and Authoritarianism Mediate the Effects of Fear on Support for the Far Right—What Vasilopoulos et al. (2019) Really Found
Does populism go viral? How Italian leaders engage citizens through social media
It’s us against them
Effects of Fear and Anger on Perceived Risks of Terrorism
Evaluating the status of theories of emotion in political science and psychology
Values and emotionality in Greek political culture
Campaigning subtle exclusionism
Angry Reactionary Narcissists? Anger Activates the Link Between Narcissism and Right-Populist Party Support
Political Reactionism as Affective Practice
Grievance Politics
Double Ressentiment
Ressentiment
Reactionary Politics and Resentful Affect in Populist Times
Fear and Loathing in Populist Campaigns? Comparing the Communication Style of Populists and Non-populists in Elections Worldwide
Managing the Image. The Visual Communication Strategy of European Right-Wing Populist Politicians on Instagram
Beyond anger
Feeling the pulse of the Greek debt crisis
Enemies of the people’
A threat to us’
Insecurity narratives and implicit emotional appeals in French competing populisms
Sour grapes
Populism and emotions
Sharing political nostalgia in Hungary is yearning for the past successful on social media
Mediated emotions
When emotions run high
Feeling Europe
Social resentment, blame attribution and Euroscepticism
The power of Trump-speak
Yikes! Are we disgusted by politicians
Negativity, emotionality and populist rhetoric in election campaigns worldwide, and their effects on media attention and electoral success
Political Action and Resentful Affectivity in Critical Times
Emotional Dynamics of Right- and Left-wing Political Populism
Victims of the Pandemic? European Far-Right Parties and Covid-19
Vox populi or vox masculini ? Populism and gender in Northern Europe and South America
The Political Consequences of Perceived Threat and Felt Insecurity
Exclusionary vs. Inclusionary Populism
Populism, the media, and the mainstreaming of the far right
Reactionary Politics
Fear, anger and enthusiasm about the European Union
So what’s wrong with the EU? Motivations underlying the Eurosceptic vote in the 2009 European elections
Fear and loathing across party lines’ (also) in Europe
Empowered and enraged
Shoot the messenger? The media’s role in framing populist attributions of blame
Hot Populism? Affective Responses to Antiestablishment Rhetoric
Emotional Responses to the Charlie Hebdo Attacks
The moral rhetoric of populist radical right
Election Night’s Alright for Fighting
Hot Cognition or Cool Consideration? Testing the Effects of Motivated Reasoning on Political Decision Making
An Empirical Comparison of Seven Populist Attitudes Scales
Applying the Theory of Affective Intelligence to Support for Authoritarian Policies and Parties
How Emotional Are Populists Really? Factors Explaining Emotional Appeals in the Communication of Political Parties
Anger Mediates the Effects of Fear on Support for the Far Right—A Rejoinder
Fear, Anger, and Voting for the Far Right
The Motivated Processing of Political Arguments
Blurred positions
Radical right parties and anti-feminist speech on Instagram
Why Britain Voted for Brexit
Back to the populist future
Emotional reactions to immigration and support for EU cooperation on immigration and terrorism
Anger, Hatred, and the Quest for Peace
Populism and emotions
The Activation of Populist Attitudes
Beyond protest and discontent
Clarifying a Contested Concept
Intergroup emotions
Beat them or ban them
Populism and the Affective Politics of Humiliation Narratives
Rethinking Populism
Social media populism
How Populist Are the People? Measuring Populist Attitudes in Voters
The Emotional Underpinnings of Populism
The Populist Zeitgeist
The Political Sociology of Emotions
Affective polarization in multiparty systems
It's the emotions, Stupid! Anger about the economic crisis, low political efficacy, and support for populist parties
Anxiety, Enthusiasm, and the Vote
Emotional roots of right-wing political populism
| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |