It was expected that the increasing coverage of EU affairs in national public spheres would lead to a greater sense of European belonging. The Internet was expected to foster this process. However, these expectations do not square with the current political climate of identity politics and the revitalisation of nationalism. How can this incongruence between theory and reality be understood? An intervening variable has added an unpredictability to the mix: information disorder. It is our view that this theory needs revising to include other intervening variables such as social media and information disorder. In this article, we argue that the current dynamic of Europeanised political communication is likely to compromise the civic and vertical components of EU-identity.

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社交媒体和信息混乱背景下的身份认同与欧洲公共领域

可以预期，欧盟事务在国家公共领域中的覆盖范围将不断扩大，从而将增强欧洲的归属感。人们希望互联网能够促进这一进程。但是，这些期望与当前的身份政治和振兴民族主义的政治氛围不符。如何理解理论与现实之间的不一致？中间变量增加了组合的不可预测性：信息混乱。我们认为，该理论需要修改，以包括其他干预变量，例如社交媒体和信息障碍。在本文中，我们认为，欧洲化政治传播的当前动态可能会损害欧盟认同的公民和垂直组成部分。