| Title: | Affective authoritarianism and anti-government protests : Demokracija’s journalistic narratives as acts of “making people feel” in authoritarian ways |
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| Authors: | ID Gornik, Barbara (Author) |
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| Files: |  PDF - Presentation file, download (732,96 KB)
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 URL - Source URL, visit https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13183222.2025.2495439
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  ZRS Koper - Science and Research Centre Koper
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| Abstract: | In 2020, the world faced a global state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In Slo-venia, the situation coincided with the formation of Janez Janša’s government in March.Janša’s rise to power—and the rapid introduction of Covid-19 measures that significantlyrestricted public and civic space—prompted widespread resistance, most visibly throughgrassroots initiatives such as the anti-government bicycle demonstrations, also known asthe Friday Protests. During this period, private media outlets closely affiliated withJanša’s Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), including Demokracija magazine andNova24TV, played an active role in shaping the political discourse, also in relation to theprotests. This paper examines the affective dimensions of journalistic narratives aboutthe anti-government protests as published in Demokracija magazine between 1 March2020 and 28 February 2021. Drawing on qualitative content analysis of 41 articles, thestudy explores journalistic narratives as acts of “making people feel.” It engages with theconcept of affective authoritarianism, understood as a political process that simultaneouslymobilizes and generates specific affective intensities, emotions, and atmospheres thatrender individuals more receptive to authoritarian values, attitudes, and practices. This per-spective contributes to ongoing scholarly debates by highlighting the affective conditionsthat intensify authoritarianism within formally democratic states. |
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| Keywords: | affective authoritarianism, journalistic narratives, anti-government protests, affective change, authoritarian predisposition, Slovenia |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.07.2025 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 280-299 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 32, no. 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-22895  |
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| UDC: | 659.3:316.485.22 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1318-3222 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/13183222.2025.2495439 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 241694979 |
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| Copyright: | © 2025 The Author(s) |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 08.07.2025 |
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