Public imagination | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Sat, 07 Apr 2018 22:49:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png Public imagination | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 Imagining Europe: A Social Media Gallery of Images About the EU https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/imagining-europe-a-social-media-gallery-of-images-about-the-eu/ Fri, 08 Jul 2016 08:00:38 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=3656 Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram As part of the Imagine Europe project, Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram reflect on the initiative’s progress and the images which people have contributed to represent what they think of the European Union. They present the results of the project competition and call for additional images reflecting views on the UK’s …

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]]> What Did Social Media Tell Us About the UK’s EU Referendum? https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/what-did-social-media-tell-us-about-the-uks-eu-referendum/ Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:00:15 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=3534 Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram As part of the Imagine Europe project, Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram analyse the EU referendum debate on Twitter following the vote for the UK to leave the European Union. They note that, although the Remain campaign increased its presence on Twitter in the latter stages of the contest, the Leave …

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]]> If Twitter is the Medium of the Underdog, Are the ‘Reluctant Remainers’ Poised to Bite? https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/if-twitter-is-the-medium-of-the-underdog-are-the-reluctant-remainers-poised-to-bite/ Thu, 23 Jun 2016 08:00:12 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=3493 Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram What can Twitter tell us about the views of the UK electorate ahead of the EU referendum? Laura Cram and Clare Llewellyn illustrate that, while Leave supporters continue to have a much more visible presence on Twitter, this balance has shifted, with pro-Remain tweets becoming more frequent in the latter …

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]]> The Silent Majority or Just Under-Represented? Social Media and the EU Referendum https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/the-silent-majority-or-just-under-represented-social-media-and-the-eu-referendum/ Mon, 23 May 2016 08:00:53 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=3268 Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram As part of the Imagine Europe project, Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram compare election polling with Twitter data to explore how accurate a reflection discussion on social media gives of public opinion on the EU more generally. Latvian Presidency Review, European Parliament, CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0 Poll data isn’t always reliable. As we …

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]]> Images of Europe https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/images-of-europe/ Sat, 05 Mar 2016 08:00:27 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=2980 Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram As part of the Imagine Europe project, Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram share some of the initial contributions to #myimageoftheEU, the initiative where members of the public can share images of what the EU means to them, and explore how symbols of the EU are used in the UK. The …

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