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Free to hate. Ключово изследване на Мартин Маринос за отношението между медиите и десния популизъм в България
Free to hate. A key study by Martin Marinos on the relationship between media and right-wing populism in Bulgaria

Author(s): Orlin Spassov
Subject(s): Politics, History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Language studies, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Foreign languages learning, Psychology, Media studies, Music, Photography, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Civil Law, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Semiology, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Communication studies, Sociology, Comparative history, Diplomatic history, Economic history, Ethnohistory, History of ideas, Political history, Gender history, Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion, Theory of Communication, Book-Review, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Philology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Law, History of Religion, Rhetoric, History of Art, Psychology of Religion, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: Martin Marinos; media; right-wing populism; neoliberalism; Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: This review presents Martin Marinos's Free to Hate: How Media Liberalization Enabled Right-Wing Populism in Post-1989 Bulgaria (University of Illinois Press, 2023). Marinos's in-depth analysis reveals the close link between the media and the rise of right-wing populism in post-socialist Bulgaria. Marinos focuses on the connections between phenomena such as neoliberalism, racism, populism, and media commercialization.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 131-138
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bulgarian
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