Comparative Analysis of Migration and National Identity Issues in the Public Speeches and Official Narratives of AfD (Germany), FPO (Austria), Sweden Democrats (Sweden)

As a growing number of the radical right populist parties are playing a role in parliamentary and governmental decision-making, the issue of radical right populist representation remains an increasingly important one. This research aims to analyze the current narrative of three right-wing populist parties - AfD (Germany), FPÖ (Austria), Sweden Democrats (Sweden), their reflection of the migration crisis and national identity issues, and to conduct a comparative analysis of their social media discourse. The results showed that the parties still strongly use the thematic narratives of migration as a threat and source of criminality and that the narrative diffusion mostly covered three selected parties unevenly. The social media narrative of Sweden Democrats and FPÖ has changed in the recent years; which might be connected to the fact that the popularity gained by those parties in the span of the years past migration crisis of 2014 has been lost due since the crisis was being handled and the public had come to terms with the new situation. This research contributes to social media studies and gives practical tools to tackle discourse studies. Keywords: right-wing populism, narrative, social media narrative.