Illiberal Public Sphere

Václav Štětka is Reader in Comparative Political Communication at the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture at Loughborough University, UK.Sabina Mihelj is Professor of Media and Cultural Analysis at the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture at Loughborough University, UK.

• 1: Introduction.- 2: The Rise of the Illiberal Public Sphere.- 3: Polarized Media, Polarized Audiences? News Sources and Illiberal Attitudes.- 4: Media Trust and News Consumption in the Illiberal Public Sphere.- 5: Mainstreaming Illiberalism: The Rise of Immigration and LGBTQ+ Rights as Polarizing Issues.- 6: Social media: Vectors of Illiberalism or Sources of Resistance?.- 7: Information Disorder and the Illiberal Public Sphere.- 8: News Consumption and Illiberalism During the COVID-19 Pandemic.- 9: Conclusions.