In this paper the authors draw some far-reaching consequences from their recent books on political disintermediation and media populism. Firstly, they criticize the myth of disintermediation: the alleged direct relationship between “the people” and its populist representatives. Then, they replace the myth of disintermediation with an analysis of populist neo-intermediation: the replacement of traditional political mediators with the media. Finally, the authors compare this second notion with that of direct representation proposed by Nadia Urbinati.
