Identity and European Public Spheres in the Context of Social Media and Information Disorder

It was expected that the increasing coverage of EU affairs in national public spheres would lead to a greater sense of European belonging. The Internet was expected to foster this process. However, these expectations do not square with the current political climate of identity politics and the revit...

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Published inMedia and communication (Lisboa) Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 28 - 39
Main Authors Kermer, Jan Erik, Nijmeijer, Rolf A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lisbon Cogitatio Press 01.09.2020
Cogitatio
Subjects
Belonging
Book publishing
Digital media
europeanisation
Identity politics
Information
information disorder
Internet
Mass media
Nationalism
Political communication
Political identity
public sphere
Regeneration
Social factors
Social media
Social networks
United Kingdom
Germany
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Summary:It was expected that the increasing coverage of EU affairs in national public spheres would lead to a greater sense of European belonging. The Internet was expected to foster this process. However, these expectations do not square with the current political climate of identity politics and the revitalisation of nationalism. How can this incongruence between theory and reality be understood? An intervening variable has added an unpredictability to the mix: information disorder. It is our view that this theory needs revising to include other intervening variables such as social media and information disorder. In this article, we argue that the current dynamic of Europeanised political communication is likely to compromise the civic and vertical components of EU-identity.
ISSN:2183-2439
2183-2439
DOI:10.17645/mac.v8i4.3167