Aikaterini Roka PhD Student
Contact
Name and title: Aikaterini RokaPhD Student
Workplace: Department of Media Studies Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Albanovägen 12, Hus 4, plan 5
Postal address Institutionen för mediestudier106 91 Stockholm
About me
About me
I hold an MA in Linguistics from Leiden University and an MSc in Political Communication from the University of Gothenburg. My main research interest concerns populism and more specifically, the gendered authority and authoritarian populism in contemporary media environments.
In my master’s thesis, I examined the gendered enemy construction and performative masculinity in selected speeches by Donald Trump, Viktor Orbán, and Jair Bolsonaro, using critical discourse analysis. The findings showed that portraying opponents as feminized, queer, or morally deviant reinforced leaders’ self-presentation as strong masculine protectors. Masculine authority was also articulated through narratives of victimhood and vulnerability, alongside strength and control.
My PhD project builds on these findings by exploring how claims to protect the nation, women, children, and the “natural family” construct gendered political authority, and how these performances circulate and potentially become legitimized through contemporary media.