On the firing line: adversariness in the Portuguese investigative reporting of far-right populism

Rui Alexandre Novais

doi:10.14195/2183-5462_40_15

On the firing line: adversariness in the Portuguese investigative reporting of far-right populism

Rui Alexandre Novais

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While exploring the uncharted area of the level of adversariness in the investigative reporting of far-right populism, this study aims to identify the kinds of criticisms featuring in the news coverage and determine which of those trace back to the initiative of media professionals. Resorting to a mixed-method comprising content analysis and reconstructive biography of the newsmagazine and tv reporting of the Chega party, it concludes that media dynamics related to the journalistic initiative and the adversarial particularities of investigative reporting account for the frequent and harsh endogenous and exogenous criticisms. Besides initiating the news story, investigative journalists also take the lead in voicing criticisms in the reporting confirming both the enterprise of the investigative reporting and its adversariness towards far-right populism.

Translated title of the contribution	Na linha de fogo: a adversatividade do jornalismo de investigação português na cobertura do populismo de extrema-direita
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	301-318
Number of pages	18
Journal	Media & Jornalismo
Volume	22
Issue number	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-5462_40_15
Publication status	Published - 25 May 2022

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