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How the Media Make European Citizens More Eurosceptical

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Euroscepticism, Democracy and the Media

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In this chapter, we analyse how much media use influences Euroscepticism among citizens. Our analysis covers all EU member states and controls for use of traditional and new media. We show that the media matter for the EU process, as citizens are influenced by their use when they cultivate their attitudes towards the EU. Those who are most exposed to traditional media are also more benevolent to the EU process. On the contrary, the citizens of the net tend to be more pessimistic about the EU process, particularly about its institutions and current political trajectory.

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  1. Department of Law and Economics, Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Nicolò Conti

  2. Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Vincenzo Memoli

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Conti, N., Memoli, V. (2017). How the Media Make European Citizens More Eurosceptical. In: Caiani, M., Guerra, S. (eds) Euroscepticism, Democracy and the Media. Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59643-7_6

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