METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES FOR INTERNATIONAL EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON POPULIST POLITICAL COMMUNICATION

Journal Title: Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 56

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze two research tools applied in the social sciences for quantitative and qualitative studies respectively, namely codebook, or coding scheme, and individual in-depth interview – in terms of their applicability for studies of populist political communication. To this end, three codebooks serving as the tools of media content analysis in the above-mentioned international studies conducted in Europe in 2012 – 2017 are critically reviewed, and the structure of a questionnaire for in-depth interviews planned within the COST Action IS1308 Populist Political Communication in Europe: Comprehending the Challenge of Mediated Political Populism for Democratic Politics is analyzed.

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Agnieszka Stępińska, Dorota Piontek, Jakub Jakubowski

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  • EP ID EP667706
  • DOI 10.15804/athena.2017.56.14
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Agnieszka Stępińska, Dorota Piontek, Jakub Jakubowski (2017). METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES FOR INTERNATIONAL EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON POPULIST POLITICAL COMMUNICATION. Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne, 0(56), 226-243. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-667706