Media, Democracy and European Culture presents some of the most recent, cutting edge research on Europe, from social, political and cultural perspectives, equally focusing on each dimension of democracy in Europe.
The role of the media, communication policy and the question of how the media report on Europe runs as a thread through all contributions. The book is interdisciplinary and international. It brings together researchers from many countries and from humanities, social sciences and law. The articles combine the discussion of central theories and theoretical concepts for the understanding of media, democracy and European culture with empirical data and comparative analytical studies of media culture and democracy across Europe. The book is written by some of the most prominent European Scholars in media, political science, sociology and cultural studies.
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Introduction - Page 17
Ib Bondebjerg and Peter Madsen
Chapter 1: 'The Political Economy of the Media at the Root of the EU's Democracy Deficit' - Page 25
Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock
Chapter 2: 'Media: the Unknown Player in European Intergration' - Page 49
Hans Jorg Trenz
Chapter 3: 'Social Networks and the European Public Sphere' - Page 65
Hannu Nieminen
Chapter 4: 'Journalistic Freedom and Media Pluralism in the Public Spheres of Europe: Does the European Union Play a Role?' - Page 83
Deirdre Kevin
Chapter 5: 'The Berlusconi Case: Mass Media and Politics in Italy' - Page 107
Paolo Mancini
Chapter 6: 'European Journalism and the European Public Sphere' - Page 121
Peter Golding
Chapter 7: 'Telvision News Has Not (Yet) Left the Nation State: Reflections on European Integration in the News' - Page 135
Claes de Vreese
Chapter 8: 'The Europeanization of the Danish News Media: Theorizing the News Media as both National and Transnational Political Institution' - Page 143
Mark Ørsten
Chapter 9: 'Just Another Missed Opportunity in the Development of a European Public Sphere: The European Constitutional Debate in German, British and French Broadsheets' - Page 157
Regina Vetters
Chapter 10: 'Rare Birds: The 'Why' in Comparative Media Studies. Nordic Ideal Types of Good European Journalism' - Page 177
Vanni Tjernström
Chapter 11: 'The Cultural Dimension of Democracy' - Page 197
Jostein Gripsrud
Chapter 12: 'The European Imaginary: Media Fictions, Democracy and Cultural Identities' - Page 215
Ib Bondebjerg
Chapter 13: 'Writing the New European Identities? The Case of the European Cultural Journal Eurozine' - Page 237
Tessa Hauswedell
Chapter 14: 'Intellectuals, Media and the Public Sphere' - Page 253
Peter Madsen
Chapter 15: '(De)constructing European Citizenship? Political Mobilization and Collective Identity Formation Among Immigrants in Sweden and Spain' - Page 267
Zenia Hellgren
Chapter 16: 'Misrecognitions: Associative and Communalist Visions in EU Media Policy and Regulation' - Page 287
Richard Collins
Chapter 17: 'Between Supra-national Competition and National Cultures? Emerging EU Policy and Public Broadcasters' Online Services' - Page 307
Hallvard Moe
Chapter 18: 'The Effects of the Membership Processes of the European Union and Media Policies in Turkey' - Page 325
Mine Gencel Bek
Chapter 19: 'Re-conceptualizing Legitimacy: The Role of Communication Rights in the Democratization of the European Union' - Page 341
Julia Hoffmann
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