TWO FACES OF “TWITTER POPULISM” IN THE NETHERLANDS

2 Two Faces of “Twitter Populism” in the Netherlands The Different Strategies of Wilders’s PVV and Baudet’s Forum for Democracy Peter Verweij Twitter – the mini-blogging or messaging service on the internet - has fundamentally changed the process of communication. [...] An important issue in the debate about the consequences of Twitter is the idea of equality in the process of communication. [...] When we look at the twitter connections of the members of the House, the ‘friends-network’ on Twitter between the members, the position of both is lagging behind. [...] If we analyze the content of the tweets of Wilders and Baudet we see the following. [...] This analysis of the tweets of Wilders and Baudet is part of a larger research project highlighting the twitter network of the Dutch House of Representatives, the Dutch government, and the media.