Communicating Europe, Contesting Europe: An Introduction

Caiani, Manuela; Guerra, Simona

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-59643-7_1

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“…Researchers have noted that anti‐media discourse has contributed to the increasingly embedded nature of euroscepticism in certain EU Member States (Bijsmans, 2017; Caiani & Guerra, 2017; de Wilder et al, 2013). What distinguishes Britain from other EU Member States in terms of media discussion around the EU is the existence of the lopsided anti‐EU stance of the BTP.…”

Section: The British Tabloid Press As a Eurosceptic Agenda Settermentioning

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Tabloid Tales: How the British Tabloid Press Shaped the Brexit Vote

Simpson

Startin

2022

J of Common Market Studies

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This article focuses on the role of the British tabloid press (BTP), and specifically the eurosceptic press, as a 'supply-side' influence on the 2016 EU referendum. First, we focus on the BTP and its role as an 'agenda-setter' in shaping eurosceptic discourse regarding the UK's relationship with the EU. Second, we use content analysis of five tabloid newspapers -The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror, The Daily Express and The Daily Star to demonstrate the disproportionate pro-Brexit discourse prior to, and during, the EU referendum campaign. Third, drawing on opinion poll data, we show how this 'bombardment' approach influenced the electorate in the referendum campaign. Given the 'knowledge deficit' about the EU in the UK, we conclude that the BTP had a significant bearing on tipping the referendum vote towards Brexit.

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Section: The British Tabloid Press As a Eurosceptic Agenda Settermentioning

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Tabloid Tales: How the British Tabloid Press Shaped the Brexit Vote

Simpson

Startin

2022

J of Common Market Studies

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“…Therefore, despite recent studies such as the one carried out by García and Rivas de Roca [ 74 ] on the 2019 European Parliament elections, which suggest that the EU planned political communication strategies on Twitter with the aim of overcoming its structural problems, the main European countries reproduce the obvious shortcomings of the digital communication strategies implemented by the EU when it comes to effectively involving and mobilizing European citizens. Indeed, they prioritize the use of Twitter and digital narratives for information purposes without taking into account the decisive potential of this social network for the creation of interpretative frameworks on a given issue, as already addressed by Caiani and Guerra [ 78 ], Papagianneas [ 73 ], and Bouza and Tuñón [ 25 ].…”

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EU Member States’ Institutional Twitter Campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination: Analyses of Germany, Spain, France and Italy

Navarro

Santofimia

2023

Vaccines

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The development of an effective vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus became the hope for halting the spread of the disease. In recent years, social networks have become important tools for political and strategic communication in the dialogue with citizens. Therefore, the messages emitted through them were important to address vaccine hesitancy and achieve collective immunity. This paper analyses the use of Twitter by politicians and institutions in EU Member States during the first fifty days after the Commission’s marketing authorisation of the first COVID-19 vaccine (21 December 2020 to 8 February 2021). To do so, a triple approach content analysis was carried out (quantitative, qualitative and discursive on feelings) applied to 1913 tweets published by the official profiles of the prime ministers, health ministers, governments and health ministries of Germany, Spain, France and Italy, the four most populous EU countries. The results point out that politicians and institutions gave preference to other issues on their political agenda over vaccine-related issues. Moreover, previous research hypotheses, such as those related to the underutilization of the Twitter tool as a two-way communication channel with citizens, are validated.

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“…The Global Justice Movement (GJM) has been viewed as able to ‘build a critical public sphere that could contribute to making EU institutions accountable’ (della Porta and Caiani, 2009, p. 15). In this sense, Caiani and Guerra (2017) consider Euroscepticism ‘a qualified or outright opposition to the EU’ and Euroalternativism as a ‘pro‐systemic opposition’ that supports alternative policies and institutional reforms, arguing that ‘another Europe is possible’ (p. 6), whereas with ‘critical Europeanists’, they identify ‘those groups that support the process of Europe building but criticize the European policies’ (p. 6).…”

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From Protesting Against Troika Bailouts to Pro‐EU Governing in Greece and Portugal: Europeanisation and Institutionalisation Processes

Accornero

Kousis

2023

J of Common Market Studies

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Following bailouts by the Troika (EC, ECB and IMF) due to the 2008 global financial crisis, between 2010 and 2013, new anti‐austerity movements, left‐wing parties and trade unions led large mobilisations against austerity policies in Greece and Portugal, with a deep impact in the political landscape of both countries. Besides the relevance of transnational decisions, these mobilisations mostly addressed national political institutions, whereas the governments that emerged from the protest period showed a clear pro‐European stance. Against this background, using two case studies with primary data on anti‐austerity protests and interactions amongst contentious and institutional actors, this article aims to shed light on a relatively unexplored aspect of Europeanisation in the context of the crisis, focusing on the relation between social movements and institutional politics. Explaining the critical pro‐EU positions that have been adopted in Greece and Portugal, it thereby contributes to the related debates on anti‐austerity social movements and their impact in times of crisis.

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Communicating Europe, Contesting Europe: An Introduction

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

Tabloid Tales: How the British Tabloid Press Shaped the Brexit Vote

Tabloid Tales: How the British Tabloid Press Shaped the Brexit Vote

EU Member States’ Institutional Twitter Campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination: Analyses of Germany, Spain, France and Italy

From Protesting Against Troika Bailouts to Pro‐EU Governing in Greece and Portugal: Europeanisation and Institutionalisation Processes

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