TY - JOUR
T1 - 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
AU - Maier, Jürgen
AU - Faas, Thorsten
AU - Rittberger, Berthold
AU - Fortin-Rittberger, Jessica
AU - Josifides, Kalliope Agapiou
AU - Banducci, Susan
AU - Bellucci, Paolo
AU - Blomgren, Magnus
AU - Brikse, Inta
AU - Chwedczuk-Szulc, Karol
AU - Lobo, Marina Costa
AU - Cześnik, Mikołaj
AU - Deligiaouri, Anastasia
AU - Deželan, Tomaž
AU - deNooy, Wouter
AU - Di Virgilio, Aldo
AU - Fesnic, Florin
AU - Fink-Hafner, Danica
AU - Grbeša, Marijana
AU - Greab, Carmen
AU - Henjak, Andrija
AU - Hopmann, David Nicolas
AU - Johann, David
AU - Jelenfi, Gábor
AU - Kavaliauskaite, Jurate
AU - Kmetty, Zoltan
AU - Kritzinger, Sylvia
AU - Magalhães, Pedro C.
AU - Meyer, Vincent
AU - Mihailova, Katia
AU - Mirchev, Mihail
AU - Pitkänen, Ville
AU - Ramonaite, Aine
AU - Reidy, Theresa
AU - Rybar, Marek
AU - Sammut, Carmen
AU - Santana-Pereira, José
AU - Spurava, Guna
AU - Spyridou, Lia Paschalia
AU - Stefanel, Adriana
AU - Štětka, Václav
AU - Surdej, Aleksander
AU - Tardos, Róbert
AU - Trimithiotis, Dimitris
AU - Vezzoni, Christiano
AU - Világi, Aneta
AU - Zavecz, Gergo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2018/4/3
Y1 - 2018/4/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - EP election campaign
KW - EU attitudes
KW - political knowledge
KW - televised debate
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85009961946
U2 - 10.1080/13501763.2016.1268643
DO - 10.1080/13501763.2016.1268643
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009961946
SN - 1350-1763
VL - 25
SP - 606
EP - 629
JO - Journal of European Public Policy
JF - Journal of European Public Policy
IS - 4
ER -
