The discourse of supporters for populist parties across Europe

Borza, Natalia and Demata, Massimiliano and Filardo Llamas, Laura and Gustafsson, Anna W. and Koller, Veronika and Kopf, Susanne and Miglbauer, Marlene and Reggi, Valeria and Šarić, Ljiljana and Brylla, Charlotta Seiler and Stopfner, Maria (2023) The discourse of supporters for populist parties across Europe. In: Voices of Supporters : Populist parties, social media and the 2019 European elections. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture . de Gruyter, pp. 280-292. ISBN 9789027249746

Abstract

In this final chapter, we will answer our overall research questions, comparing findings across the various contexts investigated in the preceding chapters. In doing so, we will point out what voting motivations, aspects of national identities and ways of recontextualising original posts are shared across countries and which ones are specific to a given political context. This comparison will be followed by a review of the different methodologies that we used and a discussion on how far a given methodology may have influenced the findings. We will reflect on ethical considerations before the chapter finishes with a section on the contributions and limitations of the research and an outlook on possible future work.