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How did the electoral victory of SYRIZA in Greece become a worldwide trend on Twitter

How did the electoral victory of SYRIZA in Greece become a worldwide trend on Twitter

The victory of SYRIZA in the Greek parliamentary elections is unquestionably a major political event. Given the current political environment, characterized by the rise of protest against austerity policies that are imposed within the EU, the elections in this small peripheral EU country have taken an importance surpassing by far

#TellEurope: an analysis of the Twitter coverage of the Eurovision debate

#TellEurope: an analysis of the Twitter coverage of the Eurovision debate

The debate between the five candidates for the presidency of the European Commission that took place on May 15 in Brussels, although a small scale political event, was an important step in the gradual emergence of an embryonic common public sphere in the EU. So far the non existence of