Die Digitalisierung spielt bei den Prozessen und Entwicklungen in einer Demokratie eine immer größere Rolle. Denn Digitalisierung erweitert die Möglichkeiten der Information, Kommunikation und Partizipation. Gleichzeitig können digitale Technologien zu einer schnellen Verbreitung von...

Using a unique dataset (a nationally representative pre-election Rolling Cross-Section survey with post-election panel wave) the paper tests a series of hypotheses about conditions that increase or decrease the amount of agreement resp. disagreement in dyads of voters and discussants at the 2009...

This study analyses party group cohesion and patterns of defections of national party delegations from party group lines in the present European Parliament, using a total of 1,370 roll call votes. The study confirms previous findings according to which party groups in the EP show (surprisingly)...

While much speculated on, the effects of media polls on citizens' political perceptions and preferences have remained notoriously elusive in empirical research, in particular in field research using representative surveys. Applying a unique data base - a two-wave pre- and post-election panel...