Reactions to Juncker’s State of the Union speech show the difficulties in creating a European public sphere online

Ruiz-Soler, Javier (2016) Reactions to Juncker’s State of the Union speech show the difficulties in creating a European public sphere online. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (22 Sep 2016). Website.

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Can platforms like Twitter facilitate the creation of a European public sphere? Based on an analysis of tweets during Jean-Claude Juncker’s ‘State of the Union 2016’ speech, Javier Ruiz-Soler outlines how Twitter can be conceived of as a ‘networked public sphere’ in which citizens have the potential to engage in a more democratic and participative form of political conversation. He finds little evidence for a genuine public sphere existing in relation to the speech, but suggests that other topics can generate more heterogeneous networks, with civil society and independent actors playing a greater role.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2016 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2017 13:00
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 20:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70236

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