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<p>One of the cornerstones of right-wing populist websites is their challenge to traditional mainstream media to give voice to “the people”. In Finland, one of the best known of these websites is <italic>MV-lehti</italic> [<italic>WTF-Magazine</italic>], which claims to exist for this reason. In this article, I investigate how <italic>MV-lehti</italic> constructs the people, in particular in texts about refugees. I approach the research data by using the concepts of right-wing populist rhetoric. The results show that, in <italic>MV-lehti</italic>, the people is a constructed and politicised concept reflecting ideas of ethnonationalism and antidemocratic values, illustrating the connection between uncivility, racism, and populism.</p>
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One of the cornerstones of right-wing populist websites is their challenge to traditional mainstream media to give voice to “the people”. In Finland, one of the best known of these websites is MV-lehti [WTF-Magazine], which claims to exist for this reason. In this article, I investigate how MV-lehti constructs the people, in particular in texts about refugees. I approach the research data by using the concepts of right-wing populist rhetoric. The results show that, in MV-lehti, the people is a constructed and politicised concept reflecting ideas of ethnonationalism and antidemocratic values, illustrating the connection between uncivility, racism, and populism.

Who are you, the people?: Constructing the people in MV-lehti's refugee coverage

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One of the cornerstones of right-wing populist websites is their challenge to traditional mainstream media to give voice to “the people”. In Finland, one of...

	Case 1Station Square	Case 2Otanmäki	Total
Timeframe	17 Sep.–31 Dec. 2016	11 Sep.–31 Dec. 2016
N	68	42	110

Who are you, the people?: Constructing the people in MV-lehti's refugee coverage

Published Online: Mar 03, 2021

Page range: 51 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0006

Keywords
the people, right-wing populist online publication, ethnonationalism, right-wing populist rhetoric, refugee coverage

© 2021 Salla Tuomola, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Studied material from MV-lehti

Who are you, the people?: Constructing the people in MV-lehti's refugee coverage

Published Online: Mar 03, 2021

Page range: 51 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0006

Keywordsthe people, right-wing populist online publication, ethnonationalism, right-wing populist rhetoric, refugee coverage

© 2021 Salla Tuomola, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Studied material from MV-lehti

Keywords
the people, right-wing populist online publication, ethnonationalism, right-wing populist rhetoric, refugee coverage