This study focused on analyzing the frequency with which European institutions spoke about Brexit on their Facebook pages and on identifying and analyzing the messages that generate high engagement from users. | The Brexit on the Facebook pages of the European institutions Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 3 63-75 February 2020 ISSN 2668-7798 The Brexit on the Facebook pages of the European institutions Assist. Prof. PhD. Tănase Tasențe Ovidius University of Constanta Romania office@ Abstract. The Brexit referendum was among the first major public events where online users had no quot slacktivism quot reactions and they led the entire debate and popular will from the inside of the online world to the real world. It is becoming increasingly clear that Social Media is becoming an increasingly powerful tool in political debates and during the parliamentary presidential European parliamentary or even referendum elections it becomes the channel that can decide the final outcome. However the debate in the online environment can be altered by two important factors 1 political bots - which can manipulate public opinion by posting in a large number of fake news and 2 quot slacktivism quot reactions from online users. who are content only to quickly distribute unverified information or to push impulse driven on the quot like quot button and to scroll further. This study focused on analyzing the frequency with which European institutions spoke about Brexit on their Facebook pages and on identifying and analyzing the messages that generate high engagement from users. Thus we will analyze all the posts published by the three major European institutions - the European Commission the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union - starting on the first day after the Brexit Referendum in the UK 24 June 2016 until 24 June 2019. Keywords. Brexit Facebook European Commission Council of the EU European Parliament 1 Introduction Beyond the many advantages Social Media also has some disadvantages that keep the convenience it gives their users. Social Media still does not facilitate the creation of unitary public opinions or at least
