Sú televízne politické debaty zbytočné? Experiment pred voľbami do Európskeho parlamentu 2014
| Název česky | Jsou televizní politické debaty zbytečné? Experiment před volbami do Evropského parlamentu 2014 |
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| Rok publikování | 2015 |
| Druh | Článek v odborném periodiku |
| Časopis / Zdroj | Politics in Central Europe |
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| www | https://www.politicsincentraleurope.eu/documents/file/Volume%2011%20-%20Number%201S%20-%20April%20-%202015.pdf#page=93 |
| Klíčová slova | Television Debate, Electoral Behaviour, European parliament, Experimental methods |
| Popis | The 2014 European Parliament election brought a few novel developments to the political life of the European Union. For the first time in history, the election took place in 28 countries and it also witnessed the lowest turnout since 1979. In many countries, extremist and anti-EU parties won the election. The new practice of having pan-European parties nominate the top candidates for European Commission president was intended to increase the election’s appeal and reduce the democratic deficits of the Union’s institutional set-up. In this article, we examine the effects of a televised debate among the five leading candidates. We performed an experiment using a sample of students, including an experiment and a control group with a pre-test/post-test design. Almost 40 students were randomly assigned to the groups. The findings indicated three conclusions: first, the televised debate had little effect on general attitudes to the EU and European integration and feelings associated with the EU. Second, watching the debate had an impact on opinions and feelings about the leading candidates for EC president and on views about the importance of that office. Third, the debate had an informative effect, and this was much stronger in areas where respondents admitted to having little or no knowledge in the pre-test interview. |