Euroscepticism and the Rural/Urban Divide - Does the use of media bridge the divide?
(2022) SIMZ11 20221Graduate School
- Abstract
- Euroscepticism is an old, but nevertheless still dangerous, phenomena for the European Union and for further European integration. Now more than ever, in the wake of Brexit and other crises of the 2000th century, public Euroscepticism is on the rise throughout the European Union member states. Notably, it has been determined that the rise is particularly large within rural areas. The residents of rural areas are described as feeling both fundamentally different and “left behind” from their urban counterparts, making Euroscepticism more prevalent within these rural areas. Despite there being consensus around that description, there are gaps in the general understanding of how certain aspects affect urban and rural residents’ attitude... (More)
- Euroscepticism is an old, but nevertheless still dangerous, phenomena for the European Union and for further European integration. Now more than ever, in the wake of Brexit and other crises of the 2000th century, public Euroscepticism is on the rise throughout the European Union member states. Notably, it has been determined that the rise is particularly large within rural areas. The residents of rural areas are described as feeling both fundamentally different and “left behind” from their urban counterparts, making Euroscepticism more prevalent within these rural areas. Despite there being consensus around that description, there are gaps in the general understanding of how certain aspects affect urban and rural residents’ attitude towards the European Union. One of these aspects is the role different types of use of media plays. Can the attributes of modern media, especially the added ability to interact politically online, lessen the divide in Euroscepticism between rural and urban residents of the European Union? Or does it lead to the divide deepening? By conducting a multiple regression analysis, this thesis has proven that different usage of media affects urban and rural residents’ attitude towards Euroscepticism in opposite direction. The conclusion is that the individual’s attributes and how they use media indeed has an impact on whether they are more or less Eurosceptic. (Less)
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- author
- Toresten, Jonna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SIMZ11 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Euroscepticism, Rural/Urban divide, Media usage, Regression Analysis, European Social Survey
- language
- English
- id
- 9086301
- date added to LUP
- 2022-06-23 16:28:38
- date last changed
- 2022-06-23 16:28:38
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