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The ValCon project examines the role of digital social & news media in creating political value polarization among citizens and in promoting the rise of populism in Europe. The study was conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. In the survey period from April to May 2021, people between the ages of 18 and 65 with internet access in 6 European countries (Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain) were surveyed in online interviews (CAWI) on the following topics: social media, democratic values, political participation and alignment. The respondents were selected using a quota sample from the Ipsos Online Access Panel with the following quota characteristics: Age, sex, region, education.Social Media: frequency of use of the following sources in the last month: print newspapers, digital news outlets, TV or Radio Programs, voice/video calls, internet private messaging, You Tube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, other social media); hours of active use of these sources on an average day; frequency of different ways of meeting and communicating socially in the last month (face-to-face meetings, letters through regular mail, voice/ video calls, private messages on the internet, Facebook posts or comments, Twitter tweets or replies, Instagram posts or comments, other (open)); estimated number of friends on Facebook; estimated number of followers on Twitter; estimated number of accounts the respondent follows on Twitter; estimated number of followers on Instagram; estimated number of accounts the respondent follows on Instagram; frequency of how often people brought politics into the conversation in the following situations (people whom the respondent meets and visits, people with whom the respondent exchanges letters through regular mail, people whose comments the respondent encounters in digital news outlets, people with whom the respondent communicates through Voice/ Video calls, people with whom the respondent exchanges private messages on the internet, people in YouTube...