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One or Many EUs?

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In this chapter, we present country variations with respect to the dependent and independent variables and discuss their implications. We show in particular that in those countries where the use of online media has increased the most, citizens’ Euroscepticism has also increased.

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Notes

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    As noted elsewhere, the selection of this period is dictated by the fact that information in the Eurobarometer on use of the media (the main independent variable in our analyses) has only been available since 2011.

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    We have seen above that at least one of these countries (Belgium) shows a negative trend of support for the EU, so although positive, its position has a negative tendency.

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    Nicolò Conti

  2. University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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Conti, N., Memoli, V. (2016). One or Many EUs?. In: Citizens, Europe and the Media. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45252-4_4

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