What triggers the intention to use the European Citizens’ Initiative? The role of benefits, values and efficacy

The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) is a European Union instrument that aspires to encourage citizens to participate in EU policy‐making. Although scholarly interest in the ECI is strong, only isolated studies have examined the factors that shape the intention to use it. This article fills a gap in the literature by examining how personal benefits from the EU, value‐based assessments of the EU, and political efficacy (internal and external) may trigger potential use of the ECI. It develops a model that is tested with recent Eurobarometer data. Results show that personal benefits from the EU are key determinants of the intention to use the ECI while considerations based on democratic values play a less important role. In addition, internal political efficacy emerges as a strong predictor of potential use. The results challenge the expectation that the ECI could broaden public engagement with EU affairs

Monitoring media pluralism in Europe : application of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2017 in the European Union, FYROM, Serbia & Turkey : country report : Greece

This report was co-funded by the European Commissio

Παρατηρητηριο για την πολυφωνια των μεσων ενημερωσησ στην ψηφιακη εποχη εφαρμογη του παρατηρητηριου στhn ΕΥρωπαϊκη Ένωση, Στην Αλβανια, Στο Μαυροβουνιο, Στη Δημοκρατια Τησ Βορειασ Μακεδονιασ, Στη Σερβια Και Στην Τουρκια για το ετοσ 2020 : εθνική έκθεση: Ελλάδα

This report was co-funded by the European CommissionTwo versions available : English and Gree

Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era : application of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2020 in the European Union, Albania and Turkey in the years 2018-2019. Country report : Greece

This report was co-funded by the European Commissio

What Triggers the Use of the ECI? The Role of Benefits, Values and Efficacy

The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) aspires to encourage citizens to participate in European Union (EU) policy-making processes. Yet, only isolated studies have examined the factors that shape the likelihood of using the ECI from the perspective of the citizens. Literature on political participation indicates that both utilitarian and value-based considerations related to democratic norms drive political activity. This study discusses the applicability of these theories to the case of the ECI and additionally considers the role of external and internal political efficacy in motivating its use by citizens. The paper develops a model that identifies value-based considerations, personal benefits from EU membership and political efficacy as key determinants of the willingness to use the ECI. The model is tested with survey data from two Eurobarometer waves for all Member States. Results indicate a strong tendency of EU citizens to be driven by interests in using the ECI and confirm that perceptions of efficacy motivate participation

Greece: Bibliographical database of Greek journalism and media research related to risks and opportunities for deliberative communication (2000–2020)

The dataset is produced within the framework of the HORIZON 2020 project called MEDIADELCOM (Critical Exploration of Media Related Risks and Opportunities for Deliberative Communication: Development Scenarios of the European Media Landscape) in 2021-2022. The dataset is one of the 14 single-country data sets included in the consolidated file of country data sets (with 5623 entries), all in msw.xlsx format. All tables are searchable by 20 variables: full reference, year of publication, national/international publication, language, country the publication deals with, time of empirical data gathering, type of publication, open access/not OA, where referenced, focus on journalism domain, focus on media related competences domain, focus on media usage patterns domain, focus on legal and ethical regulations domain, type of the approach, original key words, main topic, comments, country. As the data has been gathered specifically about the research done in four mentioned domains concerning potential ROs emanating from the news media development for deliberative communication, this database does NOT cover ALL the academic publications in the fields of media and journalism research. Consequently, the above-mentioned conditions limit the generalizations and comparisons based on the current database

News Framing and Public Support for a Common Foreign and Security Policy

A common EU foreign and security policy (CFSP) can be framed by elites and media as a risk or as an opportunity. This article examines the effects of framing in terms of 'risk' and 'opportunity' on public support. Moreover, we examine first whether the effect of framing CFSP as a 'risk for the nation-state' has more impact than 'risk for the EU' framing, and second whether fear of globalization moderates the effect of news framing at the individual level. Drawing on a survey-embedded experiment (n = 2,081) we found that participants in the 'risk' frame condition showed significantly lower levels of support compared to participants in the 'opportunity' condition. Those in the 'risk for the nation-state' condition were significantly less supportive of CFSP than those in the 'risk for the EU' condition. The framing effect was moderated by fear of globalization so that individuals more afraid of globalization exposed to the 'risk' frame condition were significantly more susceptible to 'risk' framing than individuals with low fear of globalization. The results provide insights into the effects of valenced news frames and support for specific EU policies. Copyright (c) 2009 The Author(s). Journal compilation (c) 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.