The Role of the Media in an Extremely Polarized Society: The Case of Venezuelan Populism

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Abstract

Media Studies specialist Virpi Salojärvi investigates the stratagems of a populist government in its uses of the media. Carefully differentiating between the respective roles of the state media, community media, and private media, Salojärvi outlines Venezuela’s increasing instrumentalization and control of the print media, radio, and TV stations, as well as Twitter, Facebook, etc., from the era of the charismatic populist Hugo Chávez to the unpopular Nicolás Maduro, in creating a variety of socialism known as the “Bolivarian Revolution.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Discourses of Authoritarian Populism : Varieties and Approaches
EditorsLudwig Deringer, Liane Ströbel
Number of pages13
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date2022
ISBN (Electronic)9781003310303
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
MoE publication typeA3 Book chapter

Fields of Science

  • 517 Political science
  • 518 Media and communications

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