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3rd European Parliament Digital Trends Survey

online tools

meetings, events and position papers

infographics, video, Wikipedia

stakeholder websites and social channels. they are listening

LinkedIn (28%)

TO P 5 TA K EAWAYS

Traditional pan-European and national media (67%) EU-focused media

(58%)

Twitter

search engine and social advertising

craft attention-grabbing content

TO P 5 TA K EAWAYS

W H I C H O N L I N E TO O L S D O M E P S U S E ?

Twitter accounts

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Facebook

W H I C H O N L I N E TO O L S D O M E P S U S E ?

LinkedIn

personal website

7

W H I C H O N L I N E TO O L S D O M E P S U S E ?

8

social media adoption among MEPs is a fact

social channels have emerged as channels of choice.

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FAC E B O O K A N D T W I T T E R B E AT OT H E R O N L I N E C O M M U N I C AT I O N C H A N N E L S

Which of the following online tools do you use to communicate with your constituents and other relevant stakeholders (e.g. NGOs, industry, think tanks)?

H OW U S E F U L D O M E P S F I N D O N L I N E TO O L S ?

Facebook and Twitter one-on-one meetings

whether it takes place on- or offline, conversation is simply conversation.

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S E A R C H E N G I N E S , N E W S PA P E R S , A N D E U A N D S O C I A L M E D I A E S S E N T I A L TO L EG I S L AT I V E WO R K

How frequently do you, or your staff on your behalf, use the following online tools / resources in your daily legislative work?

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FAC E B O O K A N D T W I T T E R A R E A S E F F EC T I V E A S M E E T I N G S

Don’t know (1) Very ineffective (2) Somewhat ineffective

(3) Neither effective nor ineffective (4) Somewhat effective (5) Very effective

How effective do you believe the following activities to be in communicating to your constituents and other relevant stakeholders (e.g. NGOs, industry, think tanks)?

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M E P S U S E T W I T T E R TO L I S T E N , L E A R N A N D E N G AG E

What do you view as the greatest benefit of using Twitter?

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M E P S U S E L I N K E D I N TO L I S T E N A N D B U I L D T H E I R P E R S O N A L N E T WO R K S

What do you view as the greatest benefit of using LinkedIn?

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H OW D O M E P S P R E F E R TO C O M M U N I C AT E W I T H S TA K E H O L D E R S ?

meetings and position papers—continue to play important roles in the EU policy sphere.

infographics, social media and stakeholder websites

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M E P S K E E N O N P O S I T I O N PA P E R S B U T O P E N TO I N F O G R A P H I C S A N D OT H E R O N L I N E C O N T E N T

In which of the following ways to do you prefer to receive information from stakeholders?

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M E P S VA LU E P E R S O N A L C O N TAC T

What is your preferred means of interaction with stakeholders (e.g. NGOs, industry, think tanks)?

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M E P S C O U N T O N A W I D E R A N G E O F C H A N N E L S W H E N F O R M I N G O P I N I O N S O N P O L I C Y

How useful are the following types of communication with stakeholders (e.g. NGOs, industry, think tanks) in informing your thinking on policy issues?

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B U S I N E S S A S U S UA L I N T H E E P A S T R A N S PA R E N C Y R U L E S T I G H T E N , B U T U S E O F O N L I N E TO O L S S E T TO R I S E S L I G H T LY

How do you think your interactions with stakeholders (e.g. NGOs, industry, think thanks) will change in the future in light of stricter EU transparency rules?

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I S O N L I N E A DV E R T I S I N G A N E F F EC T I V E M E A N S O F R E AC H I N G M E P S ?

MEPs do click on online advertising – but not often.

while MEPs may not click, they do in fact notice these ads.

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S P O N S O R E D A DV E R T I S I N G I S S O M E T I M E S C L I C K E D O N

Twitter LinkedIn

What do you when you are presented with a paid advertisement marked “promoted” or “sponsored” on social media?

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M E P S U S E G O O G L E ’ S N E W S A N D S E A R C H R E S U LT S , N OT A D S

When using Google to conduct research on an issue, where would you click first?

Sample Demographics & Methodology

M E T H O D O LO GY

N U M B E R O F R E S P O N D E N T S

n=100

Proportion of EP delegation surveyed

E P G R O U P R E S P O N D E N T S

G I V I N G BAC K

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