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The project takes as its starting point the raise of Euroskepticism across Europe and the (re-)emergence of religious cleavages. No theory of European integration foresaw the emergence of mass public skepticism towards the integration project. European politicians and scholars alike are searching for answers to better understand the emergence and possible consolidation of Euroskepticism. The recent reluctance towards European integration coincides with a) the presence of conflicts between social and political groups and between countries, often with clear religious dimensions, such as Turkey's membership of the EU and b) the electoral success of anti-immigration and populist political parties across Europe. These processes all take place in established democracies in which the media play a central role in the relationship between politics and citizens. This collaborative cross-nationally comparative research proposal is located in the intersection between Euroskepticism, media and religion.
The project draws on several data sources, including existing and new to be collected data. The project relies on large already collected survey and media content data sets, including the European Social Survey (ESS), European parliamentary post elections surveys (EES), Eurobarometer (those containing religion measures), studies of national referenda on issues of European integration, and media content analysis data of the campaigns leading up to national referenda and the 1999 and 2004 European parliamentary elections. In addition, new survey and media content data as well as experimental data will be collected.
Principal Investigator:
Prof. Dr. DE VREESE, Claes, University of Amsterdam, The Amsterdam School of Communications Research ASCoR