How the Media Make European Citizens More Eurosceptical

Conti, Nicolò; Memoli, Vincenzo

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“…Still, we should not forget that we are talking about the mediated public sphere as it appears in the quality press. Perhaps the coverage by the quality press is not so representative after all, as Dutceac Segesten and Bossetta (2019) conclude in their analysis of quality and tabloid newspapers and Conti and Memoli (2017) highlight when comparing traditional and online news sources. Given that there are also additional differences between member states and their media systems, there is ample scope for further research on media and Euroscepticism.…”

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The Eurozone crisis and Euroscepticism in the European press

Bijsmans

2020

Journal of European Integration

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The representation of EU debates in the mass media has received comparatively little attention in studies on Euroscepticism, despite criticism on the EU having become mainstream since the early 1990s in particular. Recently, a number of salient crises have brought European politics to the fore like never before. This article presents an analysis of different types of criticism on and opposition towards the EU as present in media at the height of the Eurozone crisis in 2012. Using a four-fold typology, it looks at views about the EU and its policies as present in coverage by quality newspapers in Austria, Ireland and the Netherlands. An analysis of 1,085 claims from 454 articles shows that, rather than rejecting integration or EU involvement in certain policies, criticism was predominantly aimed at existing policies and on presenting different policy options.

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The Eurozone crisis and Euroscepticism in the European press

Bijsmans

2020

Journal of European Integration

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“…We made this methodological choice for three main reasons. First, there is evidence that EU coverage in broadsheet newspapers reflects a diverse range of stances towards the EU (Conti and Memoli, 2017). Second, broadsheet newspapers often set the agenda for other news outlets (Picard, 2015) and therefore reflect how a topic is covered more generally (Vliegenthart et al, 2008).…”

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Trust in the European Union: Effects of the information environment

Brosius

Elsas

Vreese

2018

European Journal of Communication

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Over the past decade, the European Union has lost the trust of many citizens. This article investigates whether and how media information, in particular visibility and tonality, impact trust in the European Union among citizens. Combining content analysis and Eurobarometer survey data from 10 countries between 2004 and 2015, we study both direct and moderating media effects. Media tone and visibility have limited direct effects on trust in the European Union, but they moderate the relation between trust in national institutions and trust in the European Union. This relation is amplified when the European Union is more visible in the media and when media tone is more positive towards the European Union, whereas it is dampened when media tone is more negative. The findings highlight the role of news media in the crisis of trust in the European Union.

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“…Collective identities play a role, as well, given that EU-related attitudes largely depend on the extent to which citizens have developed a feeling of belonging to Europe, while the attachment to the nation state might be conducive to opposition to the EU (de Vries and van Kersbergen 2007;Hooghe and Marks 2005;. Finally, media consumption has a significant impact on critical attitudes because the mass media are actively engaged in shaping public opinions and tend to lean towards critical news coverage that nurtures Eurosceptic attitudes among their users (de Vreese and Boomgaarden 2006;Maier and Rittberger 2008;Conti and Memoli 2017;Galpin and Trenz 2019;Adam et al 2019). These standard predictors have thus been proven to convincingly explain the likelihood of Eurosceptic attitudes among respondents.…”

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“…These include anti-European parties, some of them populist, that are mobilising against their country's membership of the EU and are thus also shaping public opinion (Hutter and Grande 2014;Hong 2015;Stockemer and Barisione 2016;Treib 2020). Furthermore, reference is made to the role of the mass media, which in many countries report critically on the EU and can often also spread Eurosceptic opinions among the population and thus also reinforce them (Hooghe et al 2007: 341;Lubbers and Scheepers 2010;Conti and Memoli 2017). Finally, it is pointed out that approval of the EU also depends on identities, as countries with a dominating sense of national belonging and identification with their own country have less room for European identities and a lower willingness to support the EU, even in times of public criticism (Hooghe and Marks 2005;.…”

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“…The (partial) relevance of the European Union as opinion shaper: available knowledge important mediating role of the mass media in the formation of individual perceptions and assessments (de Vreese and Boomgaarden 2006;Maier and Rittberger 2008;Conti and Memoli 2017). Finally, support for the European Union is also mediated by the strength of European and/or national identities (Fligstein 2008;Kuhn and Stoeckel 2014).…”

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The Political Attitudes of Divided European Citizens

Lahusen¹

2020

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This book unveils the significant impact of the European integration process on the political thinking of European citizens. With close attention to the interrelation between social and political divisions, it shows that an integrated Europe promotes consensus but also propagates growing dissent among its citizens, with both objective inequalities and the subjective perception of these inequalities fuelling political dissent. Based on original data sets developed from two EU-funded projects across eight and nine European countries, the volume demonstrates the important role played by the social structure of European social space in conditioning political attitudes and preferences. It shows, in particular, that Europeans are highly sensitive to unequal living conditions between European countries, thus affecting their political support of national politics and the European Union. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with interests in Europe and the European Union, European integration and political sociology.

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How the Media Make European Citizens More Eurosceptical

Cited by 6 publications

References 35 publications

The Eurozone crisis and Euroscepticism in the European press

The Eurozone crisis and Euroscepticism in the European press

Trust in the European Union: Effects of the information environment

The Political Attitudes of Divided European Citizens

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