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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/14498| Title: | This time it’s different? Effects of the Eurovision Debate on young citizens and its consequence for EU democracy–evidence from a quasi-experiment in 24 countries | Authors: | Maier, Jürgen Faas, Thorsten Rittberger, Berthold Fortin-Rittberger, Jessica Josifides, Kalliope Agapiou Banducci, Susan Bellucci, Paolo Blomgren, Magnus Brikse, Inta Chwedczuk-Szulc, Karol Lobo, Marina Costa Cześnik, Mikołaj Deligiaouri, Anastasia Deželan, Tomaž deNooy, Wouter Di Virgilio, Aldo Fesnic, Florin Fink-Hafner, Danica Grbeša, Marijana Greab, Carmen Henjak, Andrija Hopmann, David Nicolas Johann, David Jelenfi, Gábor Kavaliauskaite, Jurate Kmetty, Zoltan Kritzinger, Sylvia Magalhães, Pedro C. Meyer, Vincent Mihailova, Katia Mirchev, Mihail Pitkänen, Ville Ramonaite, Aine Reidy, Theresa Rybar, Marek Sammut, Carmen Santana-Pereira, José Spurava, Guna Spyridou, Lia Paschalia Stefanel, Adriana Štětka, Václav Surdej, Aleksander Tardos, Róbert Trimithiotis, Dimitris Vezzoni, Christiano Világi, Aneta Zavecz, Gergo |
Major Field of Science: | Social Sciences | Field Category: | Media and Communications | Keywords: | EP election campaign;EU attitudes;political knowledge;televised debate | Issue Date: | 3-Apr-2018 | Source: | Journal of European Public Policy, 2018, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 606-629 | Volume: | 25 | Issue: | 4 | Start page: | 606 | End page: | 629 | Journal: | Journal of European Public Policy | Abstract: | For the very first time in EU history, the 2014 EP elections provided citizens with the opportunity to influence the nomination of the Commission President by casting a vote for the main Europarties’ ‘lead candidates’. By subjecting the position of the Commission President to an open political contest, many experts have formulated the expectation that heightened political competition would strengthen the weak electoral connection between EU citizens and EU legislators, which some consider a root cause for the EU’s lack of public support. In particular, this contest was on display in the so-called ‘Eurovision Debate’, a televised debate between the main contenders for the Commission President broadcasted live across Europe. Drawing on a quasi-experimental study conducted in 24 EU countries, we find that debate exposure led to increased cognitive and political involvement and EU support among young citizens. Unfortunately, the debate has only reached a very small audience. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/14498 | ISSN: | 13501763 | DOI: | 10.1080/13501763.2016.1268643 | Rights: | © Taylor & Francis | Type: | Article | Affiliation : | University of Koblenz-Landau University of Mainz University of Salzburg University of Cyprus University of Exeter University of Siena Umeå University University of Latvia University of Wrocław University of Lisbon University of Social Sciences and Humanities Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences University of Ljubljana University of Amsterdam University of Bologna University of Cluj University of Zagreb University of Southern Denmark University of Vienna Eötvös Lóránd University Vilnius University University of Vienna University Nice Sophia Antipolis University of Sofia University of Turku Vilnius University University of Cork Masaryk University University of Malta University of Latvia University of Bucharest Charles University in Prague Cracow University of Economics ELTE University University of Trento Comenius University in Bratislava Central European University Cyprus University of Technology |
Publication Type: | Peer Reviewed |
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