The Spiral of Euroscepticism: Media Negativity, Framing and Opposition to the EU
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The Spiral of Euroscepticism : Media Negativity, Framing and Opposition to the EU. / Galpin, Charlotte; Trenz, Hans-Jörg.
Euroscepticism, Democracy and the Media: Communicating Europe, Contesting Europe. red. / Manuela Caiani; Simona Guerra. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. s. 49-72 (Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology).Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - The Spiral of Euroscepticism
T2 - Media Negativity, Framing and Opposition to the EU
AU - Galpin, Charlotte
AU - Trenz, Hans-Jörg
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Media scholars have increasingly examined the effects of a negativity bias that applies to political news. In the ‘spiral of cynicism’, journalist preferences for negative news correspond to public demands for sensational news. We argue that this spiral of cynicism in EU news results in a ‘spiral of Euroscepticism’, taking media autonomy seriously to understand how media logics and selective devices contribute to the shaping of public discourse about the EU. We review the literature on the media and EU legitimacy to show how media frames and their amplification on social media can account for the salience of Eurosceptic opinions in the public sphere that then push parties to contest the EU in predominantly negative terms.
AB - Media scholars have increasingly examined the effects of a negativity bias that applies to political news. In the ‘spiral of cynicism’, journalist preferences for negative news correspond to public demands for sensational news. We argue that this spiral of cynicism in EU news results in a ‘spiral of Euroscepticism’, taking media autonomy seriously to understand how media logics and selective devices contribute to the shaping of public discourse about the EU. We review the literature on the media and EU legitimacy to show how media frames and their amplification on social media can account for the salience of Eurosceptic opinions in the public sphere that then push parties to contest the EU in predominantly negative terms.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Euroscepticism
KW - Media
KW - Political cynicism
KW - Negativity bias
KW - Framing
KW - Social media
U2 - 10.1057/978-1-137-59643-7_3
DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-59643-7_3
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9781137596420
T3 - Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
SP - 49
EP - 72
BT - Euroscepticism, Democracy and the Media
A2 - Caiani, Manuela
A2 - Guerra, Simona
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - London
ER -
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