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examine the role of digital social & news media in creating political value polarization among citizens & in promoting the rise of populism in Europe. It includes a comparative survey in 6 countries & qualitative analysis of debates conducted through social media. The overall aim of our research is to explain the growing tendency in and across Europe to contest the core values that anchor the European [...] , we assume, is a manifestation of increasing conflicts over liberal values, which—we further argue—social media both drives and amplifies.ValCon asks the following core question: To what extent can value
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Financing Gefördert durch DFG / ANR AccessPlus: Access to Social Rights in Germany and France - Inequalities and discrimination [...] the conditions of access to social rights in Germany and France and thereby change the combination of political repertoires of action in terms of compensating for social inequalities and fighting discrimination. Our analytical framework is based on the concept of social citizenship, by which we mean (i) a narrative about social cohesion, (ii) the relationship between individual participation, social security and status
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is dedicated to the commemoration of Europe's conflict-laden past in (social) online media. Through the participation of lecturers, students, journalists and representatives of civil society in the project