Charting the Impacts of Media Discourses on the European Integration Project

Bibliographic Data

ID21225366
AuthorsAna Pérez-Escoda (0000-0002-4895-0043, Universidad Nebrija), Tetyana Lokot (0000-0002-2488-4045, Dublin City University)
Year2023
Volume11
Issue4
Pages1-4
Publication date2023-10-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia and Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2183-2439 • E-ISSN: 2183-2439
PublisherCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/mac.v11i4.7526
OpenAlexW4387775809
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

The over-exposure to information facilitated by the hybrid media system and social networks is a key factor contributing to the increasing polarization of public opinion on major political issues. The European integration project is one of the major political processes affected by information manipulation and disinformation. In this regard, social networks have become powerful tools for nurturing news siloes or “echo chambers,” influencing people’s perceptions of important political issues in a manner that could have a destabilizing effect on democratic processes and institutions. In this context, the role of media discourses and their circulation among networked publics has become particularly relevant, leading audiences to adopt different views supporting or rejecting the European project. This thematic issue features a range of articles considering how the Europeanization process is impacted by discourses circulating in the hybrid media system or threatened by the destructive dynamics of disinformation and polarization

Democracy · Disinformation · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Law · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Media and Politics

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