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Central European Journal of Communication

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You are here: Home > Browse Journal > Volume 12 No 2 (23) Special Issue 2019 > Famous women yearn for Putin and other unlikely tales: Glamorizing right-wing populist actors in the Bulgarian editions of Cosmopolitan and Elle

Famous women yearn for Putin, and other unlikely tales: 
Glamorizing right-wing populist actors in the Bulgarian editions of Cosmopolitan and Elle

Miglena Sternadori 
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, USA

ABSTRACT: This analysis identifies the dominant media frames in the coverage of four right-wing populist actors - Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Silvio Berlusconi, and Roman Abramovich - by the Bulgarian editions of Elle and Cosmopolitan. Although the political platforms of these men are not, in fact, anti-establishment, which is the core characteristic of populism, they are referred to as populist actors because of their use of populist tools and discourses to practice so-called “neo-populism from above.” The four men were framed as: (a) carriers of a “golden touch”; (b) sources of profound/problematic wisdom; and (c) admirable collectors of “trophy” women. The findings are discussed as illustrative of the tabloidization of U.S. women’s magazine brands in the post-communist context of Bulgaria.

Full text: Famous women yearn for Putin, and other unlikely tales: Glamorizing right-wing populist actors in the Bulgarian editions of Cosmopolitan and Elle (PDF / 240.65 kb) 

 

DOI: 10.19195/1899-5101.12.2(23).7

KEYWORDS: women’s magazines, post-communist media, right-wing populist actors, celebritization,
populism.

AUTHOR:

  • Miglena Sternadori
    ORCID: 0000-0002-4506-3625
    TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, USA