Social media 30 April 2018 How German political parties feel about the EU – A Twitter study By Martina Zaghi While Merkel is facing crucial political decisions on the EU, we analysed debates on Twitter during last year’s electoral campaign.
Public opinion 16 April 2018 Understanding the Italian vote: a matter of policy agendas By Alessandro Pellegata and Francesco Visconti Voter’s agendas suggest unemployment remains the most pressing problem, while immigration is becoming more important compared to previous elections. The polarisation of the issue of immigration played a central role in this year’s electoral campaign and is reflected in the public’s attitude towards the EU.
Social media 13 March 2018 How Italy’s Five-Star Movement and the League Won the Twitter Campaign By Giovanni Pagano, Francesca Arcostanzo and Martina Zaghi We have followed 1,579 candidates and tracked their Twitter conversations in the two weeks before the Italian parliamentary elections. Also, we collected 400,000 citizens’ retweets and replies to candidates’ tweets.
Social media 2 March 2018 Delocalisation in the EU: the Embraco case on Twitter By Martina Zaghi, Giovanni Pagano and Francesca Arcostanzo EuVisions collected all conversations about the Embraco case that took place in the Italian Twitter-sphere between February 10 to 25, for a total amount of 50,984 tweets sent by 14,251 users. Many negative opinions were specifically addressed to the EU institutions and actors.
Social media 21 February 2018 Italian elections 2018: the Macerata attacks and the issue of immigration. A Twitter study By Giovanni Pagano, Francesca Arcostanzo and Martina Zaghi As the electoral campaign intensifies, political heat surrounding immigration remains high. Whatever the outcome of 4 March election will be, the issue of immigration is here to stay.
Social media 29 January 2018 Italian elections 2018: the online debate on “Euro-exit” By Giovanni Pagano The debate about Italy and the euro is a long-standing one on Twitter. However, the recent events seem to have spiced up the discussion, bringing the topic in the arena of the electoral campaign.
Social media 18 December 2017 Do German parties care about Europe? A Twitter study By Giovanni Pagano, Francesca Arcostanzo and Martina Zaghi Judging from the political debate on Twitter, the discussion about the European Union was not at the core of the German electoral campaign. However, surprisingly, mainstream parties demonstrated to be more capable than Eurosceptic ones to lead discussions on Europe.
Social media 20 November 2017 The Catalan Referendum Seen from Europe: A Twitter Study By Martina Zaghi We looked at how the European Twittersphere reacted to the Catalan Referendum in the first few weeks after the vote. From the results, it seems that the European Union (EU) was given an important role in these events.
Social media 3 November 2017 UK 2017 snap elections: did “tweeting Brexit” pay off? By Giovanni Pagano and Francesca Arcostanzo During the electoral campaign we tracked the Twitter activity of all the candidates in #GE2017 and measured the selective salience that candidates accorded to the Brexit theme. Results showed that tweeting "too much" about Brexit may have counterfired.