Political Advertising in the 2014 European Parliament Elections

This timely publication offers a fresh scholarly assessment of political advertising across the EU, as well as an insight into differing political and regulatory systems related to political advertising in the individual member states. With a detailed foc

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Christina Holtz-Bacha • Edoardo Novelli • Kevin Rafter Editors

Political Advertising in the 2014 European Parliament Elections

Editors Christina Holtz-Bacha Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg Nürnberg, Germany

Edoardo Novelli Università Roma Tre Roma, Italy

Kevin Rafter School of Communications Dublin City University Dublin, Ireland

ISBN 978-1-137-56980-6 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-56981-3

ISBN 978-1-137-56981-3 (eBook)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The editors would like to thank the participants in the original coding exercise of spots and posters from the 2014 European Parliament elections and also the various contributors to this volume for their work on the text. The editors would also like to acknowledge support from the book publication scheme of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Dublin City University, Ireland.

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CONTENTS

1 Introduction Christina Holtz-Bacha, Edoardo Novelli and Kevin Rafter

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2 Background to the 2014 Elections Kevin Rafter

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3 Regulation of Electoral Advertising in Europe Christina Holtz-Bacha

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4 Representations of the European Project Francisco Seoane Pérez

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5 Representations of the Economic Crisis and Austerity Politics Edoardo Novelli, Kevin Rafter, Claudia Alvares, Iolanda Veríssimo, Stamatis Poulakidakos, Anasta