This dissertation explores the effects of information on voting behaviour and political attitudes in three case studies, with a combination of original empirical data and secondary survey data. In Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, I explored how issue-based arguments influenced attitudes and voting behav...
The September 2018 edition is the fifth update of the Review of European and National Elections, firstly published in November 2014. The latter focused on the results of the European elections of May 2014, featured a historical report on the 35 years of direct election to the European Parliament...
Political parties are increasingly using personal data to target citizens on social media during election periods. The Cambridge Analytica revelations demonstrate the risk modern technologies can pose to the electoral process. The Commission has set out guidance today on how existing EU rules sh...
This document provides an update of the Review of European and National Elections, published in November 2014 by the Public Opinion Monitoring Unit of DG Communication. The Review was dedicated to the results of the European elections of May 2014 and to the history of 35 years of direct election...
This study has been prepared by the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam (UvA). It comprises 1) an up-to-date inventory of party finance rules within the EU Member States, 2) an overview of the regulat...
The European Parliament’s ‘Review of European and National Election Results’ is the most complete and comprehensive database available covering developments in the political spectrum across the EU, tracing back election results and the composition of the European Parliament to its first direct e...
The present study on the communication potential of local and regional authorities (LRA) focuses on the willingness, ability, resources, and potential need for support of LRAs in the context of communicating the EU and more specifically the 2014 European elections. As such, the study looks back ...
This document provides a third update of the Review of European and National Elections, published in November 2014 by the Public Opinion Monitoring Unit of DG Communication. The Review was dedicated to the results of the European elections of May 2014 and to the history of 35 years of direct ele...
This brief explores the presidential campaign underway in Iran, examining the chosen candidates and the internal power struggles of a divided country and highlighting how the tight control of the electoral process is posing a serious challenge the regime’s own commitment to the notion of popular...
The May 2019 edition is the last update of the Review of European and National Elections for the current term of the European Parliament. The 2014 edition focused on the results of the European elections, featured a historical report on the 35 years of direct election to the EP, and presented va...
