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August 19, 2026Journal of Contemporary European Studies

The advantage of the right? Ideological asymmetry in link-sharing on X during 2019 and 2024 European elections in Slovenia

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LJLuka Jesenšek

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Social network analysis reveals pronounced ideological asymmetry in link-sharing on X during European elections, highlighting growing digital media fragmentation across political groups.

Key Points

  • To investigate ideological asymmetries in link-sharing practices and media repertoires on platform X across ideological communities during the 2019 and 2024 European election campaigns in Slovenia.
  • Applied social network analysis to evaluate link-sharing behavior on platform X during the 2019 and 2024 European Parliament election campaigns in Slovenia.
  • Analyzed the distribution of media source types (partisan versus mainstream outlets) and compared sharing patterns across political elites and ordinary citizens.
  • Right-wing users predominantly circulated partisan media sources, whereas left-wing users favored mainstream news outlets and demonstrated more diverse media repertoires.
  • Ideological asymmetry in media consumption and circulation persisted across both election cycles and intensified in 2024.
  • Asymmetric link-sharing was not restricted to political elites but was actively reproduced through citizen-level online behavior.

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Luka Jesenšek (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8563ae03308d306e2d703bhttps://doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2026.2718751
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