Performing Authenticity on a Digital Political Stage Politainment as Interactive Practice and (Populist?) Performance

This article investigates the way politicians use social networking sites as effective communication platforms to discursively enhance authenticity, sincerity and (self --)connection to what can be defined as the “People” (followers/lurkers/net users). Within the framework of Social Media Critical D...

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Main Author: Marianna Lya Zummo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona 2020-06-01
Series:Iperstoria
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Online Access:https://iperstoria.it/article/view/589