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Can Euroscepticism Contribute to a European Public Sphere? The Europeanization of Media Discourses on Euroscepticism across Six Countries

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  • Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
  • Michael Bossetta

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This study compares the media discourses on euroscepticism in 2014 in six countries (the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Sweden and Denmark). We assessed the extent to which the mass media's reporting of euroscepticism indicates the Europeanization of public spheres. Using a mixed‐methods approach combining latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) topic modelling and qualitative coding, we find that approximately 70 per cent of print articles mentioning ‘euroscepticism’ or ‘eurosceptic’ are framed in a non‐domestic (i.e., European) context. In five of the six cases studied, articles exhibiting a European context are strikingly similar in content, with the British case as the exception. However, coverage of British euroscepticism drives Europeanization in other member states. Bivariate logistic regressions further reveal three macro‐level structural variables that significantly correlate with a Europeanized media discourse: the newspaper type (tabloid or broadsheet), the presence of a strong domestic eurosceptical party and relationship to the EU budget (net contributor or receiver of EU funds).

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  • Anamaria Dutceac Segesten & Michael Bossetta, 2019. "Can Euroscepticism Contribute to a European Public Sphere? The Europeanization of Media Discourses on Euroscepticism across Six Countries," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 57(5), pages 1051-1070, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:57:y:2019:i:5:p:1051-1070
    DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12871
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    1. Jan Erik Kermer & Rolf A. Nijmeijer, 2020. "Identity and European Public Spheres in the Context of Social Media and Information Disorder," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(4), pages 28-39.
    2. Eisele, Olga & Heidenreich, Tobias & Kriegler, Nina & Syed Ali, Pamina & Boomgaarden, Hajo G., 2022. "A window of opportunity? The relevance of the rotating European Union presidency in the public eye," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, issue OnlineFir, pages 1-21.
    3. Olga Eisele & Tobias Heidenreich & Nina Kriegler & Pamina Syed Ali & Hajo G. Boomgaarden, 2023. "A window of opportunity? The relevance of the rotating European Union presidency in the public eye," European Union Politics, , vol. 24(2), pages 327-347, June.
    4. Carlos Mendez & Fernando Mendez & Vasiliki Triga & Juan Miguel Carrascosa, 2020. "EU Cohesion Policy under the Media Spotlight: Exploring Territorial and Temporal Patterns in News Coverage and Tone," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(4), pages 1034-1055, July.

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