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The Affinity of the Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš Towards Alternative Media on Facebook
The Affinity of the Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš Towards Alternative Media on Facebook

Author(s): Andrej Školkay, Martin Laczko, Pavel Havlíček, Viera Žúborová
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Babiš; ANO; Czechia; populism; alternative media; social media; Facebook; button like

Summary/Abstract: There was found just one preference for alternative or controversial sources that Babiš designated as permanently liked media sources on FB. Surprisingly, Babiš did not even “like” permanently any of those media that he purchased a few years earlier and put into the governance of a special foundation while acting like a politician. Babiš preferred quality economic business magazines and journals. He liked only one media source that could be considered alternative media – Internet TV XTV. However, not even this online TV can be seen as a traditional alternative/disinformation medium, but rather as a borderline case. Andrej Babiš on FB also liked pages of NGOs, cultural institutions, and some other rather unusual non-political activities.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 43-62
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English