The authors analyze the Italian right-wing party leaders’ online discourse on Twitter/X to spread anti-genderism and finds that their tweets and find three main tactics: defending the “traditional family,” whataboutism, and femonationalism. By linking language and power, the study sheds light on how anti-gender politics works in Italy today.
Title: Anti-genderism in 280 characters: A study of Matteo Salvini and Giorgia Meloni’s online discourse
To the publication in Party Politics: https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688251339629
Authors: Annika Björkdahl and Sofia Cognini
Personal page: Annika Björkdahl | Department of Political Science