Populism Against Europe in Social Media: The Eurosceptic Discourse on Twitter in Spain, Italy, France, and United Kingdom During the Campaign of the 2019 European Parliament Election
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Populism Against Europe in Social Media: The Eurosceptic Discourse on Twitter in Spain, Italy, France, and United Kingdom During the Campaign of the 2019 European Parliament ElectionData de publicació
2020-08-07Editor
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ALONSO-MUÑOZ, Laura; CASERO-RIPOLLES, Andreu. Populism against Europe in Social Media: the Eurosceptic Discourse on Twitter in Spain, Italy, France and United Kingdom during the Campaign of the 2019 European Parliament Election. Frontiers in Communication, 2020, vol. 5, p. 54.Tipus de document
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00054/fullVersió
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Since its inception, the European Union has been facing several challenges. The
economic and refugee crises, along with the results of the British referendum, have
shaped the future of Europe in the past decade. ... [+]
Since its inception, the European Union has been facing several challenges. The
economic and refugee crises, along with the results of the British referendum, have
shaped the future of Europe in the past decade. These challenges among others have
encouraged the emergence of populist parties, which aim at disrupting the current status
quo posing threats to democracy. In this context, the consolidation of digital media has
played a key role in the circulation of populist messages to a large number of people.
Such messages have questioned the political and legitimacy terms of the European
Union, leading to the ideal scenario of Euroscepticism. This article examines the framing
and communication strategies used by the European populist actors regarding the
European Union and Euroscepticism. The aim is to identify if there are any significant
ideological differences. The sample consists of the shared messages (n = 3,667) by the
main European populist political parties of Spain, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom
during the European Parliament election campaign in 2019. The messages published
on the Twitter accounts of Podemos, Vox, the 5 Star Movement, Lega, Rassemblement
National, France Insoumise, The Brexit Party, and the UKIP have been analyzed. Results
show that two types of Eurosceptic discourse were detected depending on the ideology.
The right-wing populists pose a Euroscepticism exclusionary discourse, based on the
loss of sovereignty and the distinction of “they”—“us,” excluding the out-groups whereas
the left-wing populists present a Euroscepticism inclusive discourse, to maintain the
foundational values of Europe, such as equality or solidarity between different people and
countries. This research found that Eurosceptic discourse is used in the communicative
strategy of populist political parties on Twitter and highlights the importance of the
message frame which makes the difference about it. [-]
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Frontiers in Communication (2020), v. 5Proyecto de investigación
State Research Agency (AEI) of the Spanish Government under Grant CSO 2017-88620-P.Drets d'accés
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