Maria Ranieri is Associate Professor of Educational Technology, Department of Education and Psychology, University of Florence, Italy.

Foreword Renée Hobbs Introduction Maria Ranieri Section I - Theoretical foundations. Right-wing populism, Communicative Strategies and Media Literacy 1. FAR RIGHT: Populist Ideology, 'Othering' and Youth Anna Krasteva, Gabriella Lazaridis 2. Framing differences. Theorizing new populist communicative strategies on the Internet Birgit Sauer, Etienne Pignaud 3. Exploring the potential of Media Literacy Education to question discrimination and promote civic participation Maria Ranieri, Francesco Fabbro, Paul de Theux Section II - Research study online populist communication strategies in European societies 4. Ethno-nationalism and racial capitalism in populist framing of migrants as a threat Mojca Pajnik, Denitza Kamenova, Francesco Fabbro 5. Gendering 'the people'. Heteronormativity and 'ethno-masochism' in populist imaginary Stefanie Mayer, Iztok Šori, Birgit Sauer 6. Anti-elitism as populist strategy of defending 'the people'. Evelina Staykova, IldikoOtova, Vanya Ivanova Section III - Research on media analysis and production, online discrimination and engagement 7. Students' perspectives on critical thinking and engagement across media analysis and production Maria Ranieri, Francesco Fabbro, Mojca Frelih 8. Fighting against discrimination speeches with critical Media Education: lessons from the French case Sophie Jehel, Christophe Magis 9. Developing teachers' media literacy to support citizenship education in the 21st Century Anne-Claire Orban de Xivry, Martin Culot 10. ConclusionMaria Ranieri