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Paradoxes of new media: digital discourses on Eurovision 2014, media flows and post-Soviet nation-building [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article explores the contradictions inherent in new media representations of sexual minorities in two bordering post-Soviet countries, Belarus and Lithuania.
Miazhevich, Galina
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Nationalism and War in the 21st‐Century Europe

open access: yes
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 63, Issue S1, Page 20-35, November 2025.
Siniša Malešević
wiley   +1 more source

European Parliament Elections in the Dutch Press and the Mainstreaming of Euroscepticism: Outsiders Becoming Insiders?

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 62, Issue 5, Page 1141-1158, September 2024.
Abstract Euroscepticism has become prominent across the European Union, also in countries that were originally seen as pro‐integrationist such as the Netherlands. Based on a qualitative analysis of claims in three major Dutch newspapers, I examine the mainstreaming of Euroscepticism in the Netherlands in the context of the 2009, 2014 and 2019 European ...
Patrick Bijsmans
wiley   +1 more source

ANALYSIS OF A MEDIA EVENT. CASE STUDY: EUROVISION 2012 [PDF]

open access: yesStrategii Manageriale, 2012
The objective of the study is to identify the characteristics of a media event and to analyze the specific features of a major event in Europe, the Eurovision Song Contest.
Nicoleta CIACU, Tănase TASENŢE
doaj  

Nature and Magic as Representation of “The Sami”—Sami Shamanistic Material in Popular Culture

open access: yesReligions, 2020
This article examines how magic and nature become representations of both “the Sami” and “Sami shamanism” in animation films Frozen 2 and Klaus, in the television crime series Midnattssol (Midnight Sun) and in three Eurovision Song Contest contributions ...
Anne Kalvig
doaj   +1 more source

The Football Effect: Comparing European Identity Between Fans and Non‐Fans

open access: yesContemporary European Politics, Volume 2, Issue 3-4, August-December 2024.
ABSTRACT The formation of European identities is a pivotal issue for the cohesion of the European community in times of multiple crises. Based on theories of identity formation through habitualisation, we posit that football fandom—a ubiquitous, emotional, strongly Europeanised activity in everyday life—holds unique potential for fostering a sense of a
Tobias Finger   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Eurovision Song Contest simulation with actual results reveals shifting patterns of collusive voting alliances. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The voting patterns in the Eurovision Song Contest have attracted attention from various researchers, spawning a small cross-disciplinary field of what might be called 'eurovisiopsephology' incorporating insights from politics, sociology and computer ...
Gatherer, D.
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English in Dutch‐speaking Europe: Features, competence, domains and status

open access: yesWorld Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 284-300, June 2024.
Abstract After a description of the area in Europe where Dutch is an official language, the historical developments are discussed that resulted in differences between the Netherlands and Dutch‐speaking Belgium (Flanders) in attitude towards Dutch and foreign languages.
Marinel Gerritsen
wiley   +1 more source

Liminal (trans)formative spaces: A temporary escape from intersectionality

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Affairs, Volume 58, Issue 1, Page 126-145, Spring 2024.
Abstract This paper is an examination of identity narratives of a small group of trans‐national transpeople in Australia. We reveal the complex identity journey undertaken by this group. Transpeople of Sub‐continental origin consume a temporarily transformational journey negotiating, resisting and subverting the dominant discourses that construct ...
Teresa Davis, Gary Paramanathan
wiley   +1 more source

Geography, culture, and religion: Explaining the bias in Eurovision song contest voting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper analyses votes cast in the Eurovision Song Contest in the period 1975 - 2003. We test whether accusations of 'political' voting among participants can be substantiated by looking at geographical influences.
Spierdijk, L., Vellekoop, M.H.
core   +1 more source

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