Projektnummer

0065737

Zusammenfassung

The aim of the project is to explain the growing tendency in and across Europe to contest the core values that anchor the European project, and clarify how this new trend relates to digital media usage. At a broader level, it addresses the challenges posed by a deep crisis of liberal democracy in Europe and the world. The study asks the core question: to what extent can value conflicts, as expressed in polarized opinions and extremist political views among the public, be attributed to patterns of social media communication? Is the EU as a community of value drifting apart? And if so, how is th...