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MEASURING CULTURAL DYNAMICS THROUGH THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST [PDF]

Advances in Complex Systems, 2013
Measuring culture and its dynamics through surveys has important limitations, but the emerging field of computational social science allows us to overcome them by analyzing large-scale datasets. In this paper, we study cultural dynamics through the votes in the Eurovision song contest, which are decided by a crowd-based scheme in which viewers vote ...
Garcia David, Tanase Dorian
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Songwashing: Russian Popular Music, Distraction, and Putin’s Fourth Term

The Russian Review, Volume 82, Issue 4, Page 682-704, October 2023., 2023
Abstract This article investigates how the Russian state apparatus, in its diverse, loose, and undercoordinated points of affiliation, used contemporary popular music to its own advantage during Vladimir Putin’s fourth term and before the full‐scale war in Ukraine.
Marco Biasioli
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Musical Genre as an Indicator of the Unity in Diversity Concept: Case Study of the ESC’S Winning Song Hard Rock Hallelujah

AM: Art + Media, 2016
In this paper, the author questions the role of musical genre presented on the Eurovision Song Contest in the context of the unity in diversity concept, recognized as one of the markers of European cultural identity.
Marija Maglov
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Evidence of bias in the Eurovision song contest: modelling the votes using Bayesian hierarchical models [PDF]

, 2013
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual musical competition held among active members of the European Broadcasting Union since 1956. The event is televised live across Europe.
Baio, Gianluca, Blangiardo, Marta
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»In corpore sano«

Annales, Series Historia et Sociologia
Serbian cultural diplomacy at the Eurovision Song Contest includes both the presentation of elements of the Serbian musical idiom and the effective use of dominant trends in European popular music.
Marko Aleksić
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Spain Was Not Living a Celebration

VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture, 2012
Franco’s Dictatorship (1939-1975) used Spanish Television (TVE) as a key element in the political propaganda of its apparent ‘openness’ during the 1960s. The propaganda co-existed with political interest in
Gutiérrez Lozano, Juan Francisco
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State of the Field: The History of Masculinities

History, 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
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The Eurovision Song Contest – A Continent (still) Divided?

Journal of Historical Sociology, 2020
ABSTRACTCredited as one of the most successful major televised music events held annually in Europe, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) still serves as a battlefield between Eastern and Western European aesthetic paradigms. Although the Western paradigm has long been regarded as an almost universal criterion of success, the contemporary ESC presents a ...
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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

JCMS: 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
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Unity in Diversity: European Citizenship through the Lens of Popular Culture

The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 2011
Citizenship plays a central role within the political, legal and academic discourse of the European Union. It has been instrumental in attempting to foster a European identity across national boundaries, and it is a useful heuristic device for analyzing ...
Carl F. Stychin
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