@inbook {27484,
	title = {Introduction: Citizens, Participation and Media in Central and Eastern European Nations},
	booktitle = {Citizens, Participation and Media in Central and Eastern European Nations},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {1-6},
	publisher = {Routledge},
	organization = {Routledge},
	abstract = {Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries faced significant political, economic, social, and technological transformations over the last four decades. Democratic processes, after relative stabilization, tremble again around polarizing values, populist leaders, or nationalistic ideologies. Online communication, especially social media platforms, play a vital role in shaping how citizens interact with the state, political actors, media, and other citizens. The book focuses on some of the challenges democratic institutions in the region face, in transforming and sustaining civil society and attempts to capture how the digital media environments mitigate or exacerbate those challenges. Included manuscripts focus on the role that online platforms play in the satisfaction with democracy in the CEE region, the interactions between journalists and political actors, the strategic media coverage of elections, affective polarization and political antagonism, and discursive attempts to discourage young people from civic engagement.},
	url = {https://tinyurl.com/pcbfnhp9},
	author = {Koc-Michalska, KarolIna and Darren Lilleker and Baden, Christian and Damian Guzek and M{\'a}rton Bene and Doroshenko, Larissa and Milo{\v s} Gregor and Marko M. Scoric},
	editor = {Koc-Michalska, KarolIna and Darren Lilleker and Baden, Christian and M{\'a}rton Bene and Doroshenko, Larissa and Milo{\v s} Gregor and Marko M. Scoric}
}
