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Examining collusion and voting biases between countries during the Eurovision song contest since 1957

open access: yes, 2017
The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is an annual event which attracts millions of viewers. It is an interesting activity to examine since the participants of the competition represent a particular country's musical performance that will be awarded a set of
Hopkins, Alexander D.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Identifying the underlying structure and dynamic interactions in a voting network [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
We analyse the structure and behaviour of a specific voting network using a dynamic structure-based methodology which draws on Q-Analysis and social network theory. Our empirical focus is on the Eurovision Song Contest over a period of 20 years.
Albert   +32 more
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The Politics of Eurovision: A Case Study of the United Kingdom’s 2021 and 2022 Participations as Expressed on Social Media

open access: yesRevista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas
In recent years, the opinion that the Eurovision Song Contest has become highly politicised is prevalent in the media and the popular voice, although not much research exists that can attest to this claim.
María García-Gámez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Introduction : gender and geopolitics in the Eurovision Song Contest [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
From the vantage point of the early 1990s, when the end of the Cold War not only inspired the discourses of many Eurovision performances but created opportunities for the map of Eurovision participation itself to significantly expand in a short space of ...
Baker, Catherine
core  

State of the Field: The History of Masculinities

open access: yesHistory, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 5-29, January 2026.
Abstract This State of the Field article discusses how, when and why the history of masculinities has emerged since the 1980s, and why it continues to be an important research field today. The article begins with the field's multiple origin stories and then discusses its expansion in chronology, geography and theme, as well as newer directions for ...
ERICA L. FRASER
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic diversity and response of gladiolus (Gladiolus hybridus) hybrids for growth, flowering and corms traits under ecological conditions of Delhi

open access: yesThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2016
The experiment was conducted with 22 hybrids and one check of Gladiolus hybridus at the research farm of the Division of Floriculture and Landscaping, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi for three years from 2012-13 to 2014-15 to study ...
KISHAN SWAROOP   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Investigation on Text-Based Cross-Language Picture Retrieval Effectiveness through the Analysis of User Queries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Purpose: This paper describes a study of the queries generated from a user experiment for cross-language information retrieval (CLIR) from a historic image archive. Italian speaking users generated 618 queries for a set of known-item search tasks.
Clough, Paul, Petrelli, Daniela
core   +1 more source

The Colonial Imaginary of ‘Europe’ in the EU's Asymmetrical Response to the Russian and Israeli Aggressions: Ukraine as a Member of the ‘Family’ Whilst ‘Othering’ Palestine

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 63, Issue 6, Page 1685-1709, November 2025.
Abstract What is ‘Europe’? The response to this question is not straightforward, as ‘Europe’ is a floating signifier that is in constant renegotiation. In this article, we focus on the imaginary of ‘Europe’ that has been deployed in the most salient international crises of the last years that have heavily shaken European Union (EU) politics: the ...
Alvaro Oleart, Juan Roch
wiley   +1 more source

My heart has no colour: Lusotropicalism and Black Lusophone representation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 – 1996.

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis
The Eurovision Song Contest states that ‘a rich history of promoting diversity [and] inclusivity’ is amongst its core values. Furthermore, the contest claims to able to ‘bridge differences and ignite a sense of shared community.’ Despite this, Catherine ...
Greg Cotton
doaj   +1 more source

“Much More than a Song Contest”: Exploring Eurovision 2014 as Potlatch

open access: yesValuation Studies, 2015
As economic and budgetary scandals reached Danish front pages in 2014 over the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) held that year in Copenhagen, many bystanders questioned the sense of the event, proclaiming it a massive waste of public money. In this article,
Morten Krogh Petersen, Carina Ren
doaj   +1 more source

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