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Representation, participation and societal well-being: Addressing inequality in agency in Europe
Department of Public Communications, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3358-7912
Department of Public Communication, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.
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2019 (English)In: Digital Media Inequalities: Policies Against Divides, Distrust and Discrimination / [ed] Trappel, Josef, Gothenburg: Nordicom, University of Gothenburg , 2019, p. 245-264Chapter in book (Other academic)
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This chapter employs the idea of “inequality in agency” and examines it in the context of representation studies. With the help of the European Social Survey data from 2016,1 the chapter claims that, across Europe, individuals are confronted with dissimilar contextual conditions (political cultures and media functioning habits and traditions, socio-economic environments and social norms) and express different feelings and individual capacities (such as self-confidence and social trust as well as personal and social capital endowments) to pursue and appreciate societal well-being in its fullest sense. As suggested here, “inequality in agency” arises as a result of “inequality in representation”, which is linked with underlying differences between the dominant political and media systems, on the one hand, and the civil society structures, on the other. This study predominantly considers public perceptions of political and social inclusiveness and representation and examines them in connection with the media and digital information environments existing in different European countries.

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Gothenburg: Nordicom, University of Gothenburg , 2019. p. 245-264
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URN: urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-11849Libris ID: x7w3w11rv9kws02wISBN: 978-91-88855-10-7 ISBN: 978-91-88855-11-4 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:norden-11849DiVA, id: diva2:1535727
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