Humorous parodies of popular culture as strategy in Boris Johnson’s populist communication

Author:

Beck Daniel1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Political Science, Institute for Social Science and History, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Abstract

This article examines the role of parodic humour in Boris Johnson’s populist communication. Populist parties and conservative politicians have increasingly drawn humorous connections to films and entertainment in their political communication. But, despite the increasing research on populism, the role of humour in political communication is not yet at the centre of populism research. The article shows how professionally designed humour can dominate discourses and bring immense amounts of media attention to specific details while distracting attention from other political issues. The argument of the article is illustrated by analysing humorous communication of the former British PM Boris Johnson in 2019 and 2020. Among others, Johnson compared himself to Marvel’s Hulk, a parody that echoed through the news media. The article provides a very specific and new insight into the means by which populist strategies make use of parodic humorous elements in their communication.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Political Science and International Relations

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