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Populism, the Pandemic and the Media: Journalism in the age of Covid, Trump, Brexit and Johnson
by John Mair (Editor), Tor Clark (Editor), Neil Fowler (Editor)
English | ISBN: 1845497856 | 2021 | 344 pages | PDF | 7 MB

Populism is on the rise across the globe. Authoritarian populist leaders have taken over and solidified their control over many countries. Their power has been cemented during the global coronavirus pandemic, though perhaps the defeat of populist-in-chief Donald Trump in the 2020 US presidential election (despite his continuing protestations to the contrary) has seen the start of the waning of this phenomenon?