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@article{ Maier2008, title = {Shifting Europe's Boundaries: mass media, public opinion and the enlargement of the EU}, author = {Maier, Jürgen and Rittberger, Berthold}, journal = {European Union Politics}, number = {2}, pages = {243-267}, volume = {9}, year = {2008}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116508089087}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-229360}, abstract = {This article demonstrates that public attitudes towards EU enlargement are strongly affected by exposure to the mass media. It reveals `priming' effects by showing that media exposure affects the standards by which individuals evaluate the accession of potential candidate countries. To gain a more refined understanding about media effects on enlargement attitudes, we analytically separate three different factors that underlie EU enlargement support for a given candidate country: its economic performance, its state of democracy and its perceived cultural `match' with the EU. Employing an experimental design, we probe the media-induced effects of these factors on EU enlargement attitudes.}, keywords = {Experiment; experiment}}