Many western democracies have witnessed an upsurge of partisan alternative media that explicitly challenge the legitimacy of mainstream media and politics alike and promote populist discourses. Accordingly, alternative media are often discussed in relation to lower levels of political trust and support for populist parties. Yet, only a limited number of studies have investigated these relationships empirically. Drawing on survey data representative of the Danish adult population ( n = 1,518) collected in January/February 2023, this study investigates how using alternative media is related to political trust, populist attitudes, and populist vote intentions. Unlike previous studies, it distinguishes between left-wing and right-wing alternative media users and finds notable differences: Users of right-wing alternative media have lower political trust, hold more populist attitudes, and have greater predicted probability of intending to vote for a right-wing populist party than non-users, but similar results were not found for users of left-wing alternative media. The study discusses potential explanations for this and how (different) alternative media might impact democracy.

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左右分歧？丹麦的另类新闻使用和政治信任、民粹主义态度和民粹主义投票意图


许多西方民主国家见证了党派另类媒体的兴起，这些媒体明确挑战主流媒体和政治的合法性，并推动民粹主义话语。因此，另类媒体经常被讨论与较低水平的政治信任和对民粹主义政党的支持有关。然而，只有少数研究对这些关系进行了实证调查。利用 2023 年 1 月/2 月收集的代表丹麦成年人口 （n = 1,518） 的调查数据，本研究调查了使用替代媒体与政治信任、民粹主义态度和民粹主义投票意图的关系。与以前的研究不同，它区分了左翼和右翼另类媒体用户，并发现了显著的差异：右翼另类媒体的用户政治信任度较低，持有更多的民粹主义态度，并且打算投票给右翼民粹主义政党的预测概率高于非用户，但左翼另类媒体的用户没有发现类似的结果。该研究讨论了对此的潜在解释，以及（不同的）另类媒体如何影响民主。