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Shifting Europe's Boundaries

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  • Jürgen Maier

    (Kaiserslautern University of Technology, Germany, maier@sowi.uni-kl.de)

  • Berthold Rittberger

    (University of Mannheim, Germany, berthold.rittberger@uni-mannheim.de)

Abstract

This article demonstrates that public attitudes towards EU enlargement are strongly affected by exposure to the mass media. It reveals `priming' effects by showing that media exposure affects the standards by which individuals evaluate the accession of potential candidate countries. To gain a more refined understanding about media effects on enlargement attitudes, we analytically separate three different factors that underlie EU enlargement support for a given candidate country: its economic performance, its state of democracy and its perceived cultural `match' with the EU. Employing an experimental design, we probe the media-induced effects of these factors on EU enlargement attitudes.

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  • Jürgen Maier & Berthold Rittberger, 2008. "Shifting Europe's Boundaries," European Union Politics, , vol. 9(2), pages 243-267, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:eeupol:v:9:y:2008:i:2:p:243-267
    DOI: 10.1177/1465116508089087
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