Abstract
Abstract
This article longitudinally analyses how Australian politicians engage with, and attack, journalists and the media more
generally on Twitter from 2011–2018. The article finds that attacks on journalists have increased significantly since 2016 when Trump came
to power, but this is largely the preserve of populist and far-right politicians. These politicians rarely call the media fake, instead
alleging bias or questioning the veracity or standards of reporting and production. Many politicians have a functional relationship with the
media, rarely criticising the media. Attacks are largely focused on the national public service broadcaster, the ABC, with limited attacks
on commercial media.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Sociology and Political Science,History
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