Abstract
This brief contribution explores how the 2020 COVID-19 crisis has been exploited by Australian populist radical right politician, Pauline Hanson. In particular, I discuss how Hanson, through her political communication on Facebook, has used the COVID-19 crisis to prosecute her longstanding nativist policies on issues like immigration. I further discuss how Hanson’s anti-Asian and Sinophobic rhetoric has occurred alongside an increase in anti-Asian racism in Australia throughout the COVID-19 crisis. I conclude by discussing the implications of this as well as foreshadowing future empirical work on this topic.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 101-105 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Media International Australia (MIA) |
| Volume | 178 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Copyright the Author(s) 2020. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- COVID-19
- Pauline Hanson
- communication
- populism
- populist radical right
- social media
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