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"Nazis Aren't Welcome Here": Selling Democracy in the Age of Far-Right Extremism
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Abstract This article critically examines the communicative and policy-framing response of Australia's Victorian government to the state's growing crisis of far-right extremism. Through a critical discourse analysis of the Victorian Andrews and Allan Labor governments' political communication from 2021 to 20... view more
This article critically examines the communicative and policy-framing response of Australia's Victorian government to the state's growing crisis of far-right extremism. Through a critical discourse analysis of the Victorian Andrews and Allan Labor governments' political communication from 2021 to 2023, we explain how the government discursively responded to the rise of far-right extremism. We found the Andrews and Allan governments employed a range of communicative, discursive, and legitimisation strategies to both legitimise the government's policy to ban Nazi symbols and gestures and to (re)establish Victoria's reputation as an inclusive and multicultural liberal democracy. The findings of this article broaden our empirical understanding of the central role of political and crisis communication in responding to extremism and may provide a template for other governments to respond to the global crisis of far-right extremism.... view less
Keywords
Australia; crisis communication; democracy; political communication; political right; government policy; right-wing radicalism
Classification
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
extremism; far right; policy framing; public sphere
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Journal
Media and Communication, 12 (2024)
Issue topic
Policy Framing and Branding in Times of Constant Crisis
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed