Benjamin Moffitt

About Benjamin Moffitt

Benjamin Moffitt, With an exceptional h-index of 20 and a recent h-index of 20 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Australian Catholic University, specializes in the field of Populism, democratic theory, contemporary political theory, visual politics, comparative politics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The Colors of the Populist Radical Right: The Strategic Use of Hue and Saturation in Party Logos

How do populists visually represent ‘the people’? A systematic comparative visual content analysis of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders’ Instagram accounts

Nativism, civic nationalism and the malleability of voter attitudes

What Was the ‘Alt’in Alt-Right, Alt-Lite, and Alt-Left? On ‘Alt’as a Political Modifier

Populist attitudes in Australia: contextualising the demand-side

How not to respond to populism

How the populist radical right exploits crisis: comparing the role of proximity in the COVID-19 and refugee crises in Germany

The Populist Radical Right in Australia: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation

Benjamin Moffitt Information

University

Position

National School of Arts

Citations(all)

6003

Citations(since 2020)

5065

Cited By

2598

hIndex(all)

20

hIndex(since 2020)

20

i10Index(all)

24

i10Index(since 2020)

24

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Benjamin Moffitt Skills & Research Interests

Populism

democratic theory

contemporary political theory

visual politics

comparative politics

Top articles of Benjamin Moffitt

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The Colors of the Populist Radical Right: The Strategic Use of Hue and Saturation in Party Logos

The International Journal of Press/Politics

Luigi Curini

Benjamin Moffitt

Mattia Zulianello

2024/2/10

How do populists visually represent ‘the people’? A systematic comparative visual content analysis of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders’ Instagram accounts

The International Journal of Press/Politics

Benjamin Moffitt

2024/1

Nativism, civic nationalism and the malleability of voter attitudes

Acta Politica

Glenn Kefford

Benjamin Moffitt

Annika Werner

2023/4

What Was the ‘Alt’in Alt-Right, Alt-Lite, and Alt-Left? On ‘Alt’as a Political Modifier

Political Studies

Benjamin Moffitt

2023/2/2

Populist attitudes in Australia: contextualising the demand-side

Australian Journal of Political Science

Glenn Kefford

Benjamin Moffitt

John Collins

Joshua Marsh

2023/1/2

How not to respond to populism

Comparative European Politics

Anthoula Malkopoulou

Benjamin Moffitt

2023/12

How the populist radical right exploits crisis: comparing the role of proximity in the COVID-19 and refugee crises in Germany

West European Politics

Markus Hinterleitner

Valentina Kammermeier

Benjamin Moffitt

2023/11/21

The Populist Radical Right in Australia: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation

Journal of Language and Politics

Benjamin Moffitt

Kurt Sengul

2023/6/16

How do mainstream parties ‘Become’mainstream, and pariah parties ‘become’pariahs? Conceptualizing the processes of mainstreaming and Pariahing in the labelling of political parties

Government and Opposition

Benjamin Moffitt

2022/7

Populismo: Guía para entender la palabra clave de la política contemporánea

Benjamin Moffitt

2022/4/25

The Localist Turn in Populism Studies

Swiss Political Science Review

Mark Chou

Benjamin Moffitt

Rachel Busbridge

2022/3

Populist attitudes: Bringing together ideational and communicative approaches

Political Studies

Glenn Kefford

Benjamin Moffitt

Annika Werner

2022/11

Types of Populism

Benjamin Moffitt

2022/9/9

Taking account of the visual politics of populism

Polity

Benjamin Moffitt

2022/7/1

Political Meritocracy and Populism: Cure or Curse?

Toygar Sinan Baykan

2021

Conclusions: Reflections on the Lessons Learned

Francisco Panizza

Pierre Ostiguy

Benjamin Moffitt

2020/12/29

Transnational Populism, Democracy, and Representation: Pitfalls and Potentialities

Global justice: theory practice rhetoric

Jonathan Kuyper

Benjamin Moffitt

2020/11/15

Cultural Marxism: far-right conspiracy theory in Australia’s culture wars

Social identities

Rachel Busbridge

Benjamin Moffitt

Joshua Thorburn

2020/11/1

Reflections on the Lessons Learned

Populism in Global Perspective: A Performative and Discursive Approach

Francisco Panizza

Pierre Ostiguy

Benjamin Moffitt

2020/12/30

The Potentials and Difficulties of Transnational Populism: The Case of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25)

Political Studies

Benjamin De Cleen

Benjamin Moffitt

Panos Panayotu

Yannis Stavrakakis

2020/2

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