How Populists Construct Public Selves during the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Case Study of the Czech Prime Minister

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10720537.2022.2082607" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10720537.2022.2082607</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10720537.2022.2082607" target="_blank" >10.1080/10720537.2022.2082607</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

How Populists Construct Public Selves during the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Case Study of the Czech Prime Minister

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper adopts a psychological perspective to analyze the self-presentation of a populist leader in times of a national crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic, examining the narrative he presents to his audience. Using a constructivist approach of the Dialogical Self Theory (DST), we analyze I-positions emergent in speeches by Czech Prime Minister Babis released on his Facebook profile during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings are consistent with existing literature on populist self-presentation, highlighting that the leader constructs himself as being responsive and prototypical, as expected by the Social Identity Approach, and employs a hyper-personal model of online communication. Furthermore, we suggest, based on our results, that it might be useful to extend the DST to analyze how populist politicians relate to the people. In these positions, the politician relates to the out-group as if they were an in-group member or vice versa. This positioning might reflect the underlying worldview of public figures that try to relate to the common people. Overall, our research shows that the DST serves as a useful framework for further research in the area of political populism.

Název v anglickém jazyce

How Populists Construct Public Selves during the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Case Study of the Czech Prime Minister

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper adopts a psychological perspective to analyze the self-presentation of a populist leader in times of a national crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic, examining the narrative he presents to his audience. Using a constructivist approach of the Dialogical Self Theory (DST), we analyze I-positions emergent in speeches by Czech Prime Minister Babis released on his Facebook profile during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings are consistent with existing literature on populist self-presentation, highlighting that the leader constructs himself as being responsive and prototypical, as expected by the Social Identity Approach, and employs a hyper-personal model of online communication. Furthermore, we suggest, based on our results, that it might be useful to extend the DST to analyze how populist politicians relate to the people. In these positions, the politician relates to the out-group as if they were an in-group member or vice versa. This positioning might reflect the underlying worldview of public figures that try to relate to the common people. Overall, our research shows that the DST serves as a useful framework for further research in the area of political populism.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Constructivist Psychology

ISSN

1072-0537

e-ISSN

1521-0650

Svazek periodika

36

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

26

Strana od-do

62-87

Kód UT WoS článku

000807039400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85131510454