The making of a European public sphere : media discourse and political contention / edited by Ruud Koopmans, Paul Statham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koopmans, Ruud, editor.

Statham, Paul, editor.

Series:

Communication, society and politics.

Communication, society and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--Press coverage.

European Union.

Legitimacy of governments--European Union countries.

Legitimacy of governments.

Press and politics--European Union countries.

Press and politics.

Mass media--Political aspects--European Union countries.

Mass media.

Europe--Economic integration--Political aspects.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 335 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates an important source of the European Union's recent legitimacy problems. It shows how European integration is debated in mass media, and how this affects democratic inclusiveness. Advancing integration implies a shift in power between governments, parliaments, and civil society. Behind debates over Europe's 'democratic deficit' is a deeper concern: whether democratic politics can perform effectively under conditions of Europeanization and globalization. This study is based on a wealth of unique data from seven European countries, combining newspaper content analyses, an innovative study of Internet communication structures, and hundreds of interviews with leading political and media representatives across Europe. It is by far the most far-reaching and empirically grounded study on the Europeanization of media discourse and political contention to date, and a must-read for anyone interested in how European integration changes democratic politics and why European integration has become increasingly contested.

Contents:

Europe's search for a public sphere / Paul Statham

The European Union and the public sphere: conceptual issues, political tensions, moral concerns, empirical questions / Jos de Beus

Theoretical framework, research design and methods / Ruud Koopmans and Paul Statham

The Europeanization of public spheres: comparisons across issues, time and countries / Ruud Koopmans, Jessica Erbe and Martin F. Meyer

Winners and losers, supporters and opponents in Europeanized public debates / Ruud Koopmans

Making Europe news: journalism and media performance / Paul Statham

The media's voice over Europe: issue salience and conflict lines in editorials / Barbara Pfetsch, Silke Adam and Barbara Eschner

Transnational political communication on the Internet: search engine results and hyperlink networks / Ruud Koopmans and Ann Zimmermann

Framing the European Union in national public spheres / Juan Diez Medrano and Emily Gray

Going public in the EU: action repertoires of collective political actors / Hanspeter Kriesi, Anke Tresch and Margit Jochum

Political party contestation: emerging Euroscepticism or a normalization or Eurocriticism? / Paul Statham, Ruud Koopmans, Anke Tresch and Julie Firmstone

What kind of Europeanized public politics? Paul Statham.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-84895-1

1-107-20398-8

1-282-77163-9

9786612771637

0-511-76101-5

0-511-90863-6

0-511-90660-9

0-511-90939-X

0-511-90532-7

0-511-90788-5

OCLC:

665581301