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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

Autoři	MAIER Jürgen RYBÁŘ Marek FAAS Thorsten RITTBERGER Berthold FORTIN-RITTBERGER Jessica AGAPIOU JOSIFIDES Kalliope BANDUCCI Susan BELLUCCI Paolo BRIKSE Inta BLOMGREN Magnus CHWEDCZUK-SZULC Karol COSTA LOBO Marina CZESNIK Mikolaj 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 MAGALHAES Pedro C. MEYER Vincent MIHAILOVA Katia MIRCHEV Mihail PITKÄNEN Ville RAMONAITE Aine REIDY Theresa 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
Rok publikování	2018
Druh	Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj	Journal of European Public Policy
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU	Fakulta sociálních studií
Citace
www	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13501763.2016.1268643
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2016.1268643
Klíčová slova	EP election campaign; EU attitudes; political knowledge; televised debate
Přiložené soubory	This_time_it_s_differente_from_a_quasi_experiment_in.pdf
Popis	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.