University of Twente Student Theses
Citizens’ knowledge about the EU-Spitzenkandidaten for the 2014 European elections
Ruppelt, H.K. (2015) Citizens’ knowledge about the EU-Spitzenkandidaten for the 2014 European elections.
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| Abstract: | The 2014 European elections introduced a new procedure of lead candidates for the post of the European Commission President. Newspapers have highlighted that the awareness of these so called EU-Spitzenkandidaten was low among European citizens. This thesis thus examines citizens’ knowledge about the EU-Spitzenkandidaten for the 2014 European elections. A particular focus lies on the citizen’s media usage. Therefore, the research question is to what extent the usage of established and new media sources influenced a voter’s political knowledge about the 2014 EU-Spitzenkandidaten. The analysis shows that first and foremost reading newspapers influenced the voters’ political knowledge about the candidates. The Internet on the other hand plays a weaker, less influential role, which is contrary to the expectations raised in the beginning. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 88 social and public administration, 89 political science |
| Programme: | European Studies BSc (56627) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/68341 |
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