As the European Union has expanded its power, it is also subject to more contestation and politicisation, and thereby struggling for more legitimacy. The mass media are traditionally key channels for opinion formation and processes of democratic legitimacy. We should now also look at social media platforms as a communication space in which politically relevant discourses are constructed and find potential legitimation. We thus analyse how social media, by favouring processes of citizen dis-intermediation, enhance active citizen empowerment and exertion of counter-power in the EU politics’ digital public spheres. At the same time, we argue that social media can contribute to affirm the idea of public Europeanism, or the notion of being part of a loose but common European demos.
Do We Need to Rethink EU Politics in the Social Media Era? : An Introduction to the Volume / M. Barisione, A. Michailidou (PALGRAVE STUDIES IN EUROPEAN POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY). - In: Social Media and European Politics : Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era / [a cura di] M. Barisione, A. Michailidou. - [s.l] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. - ISBN 9781137598905. - pp. 1-23
Titolo: | Do We Need to Rethink EU Politics in the Social Media Era? : An Introduction to the Volume |
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Parole Chiave: | European Union; Political legitimacy; Social media; Citizen disintermediation; Public Europeanism |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore SPS/11 - Sociologia dei Fenomeni Politici |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2017 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59890-5_1 |
Tipologia: | Book Part (author) |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03 - Contributo in volume |
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