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

Other author/creatorKoopmans, Ruud.
Other author/creatorStatham, Paul.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxviii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Communication, society and politics
Communication, society, and politics. ^A464687
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.
Abstract "As it investigates the European Union's legitimacy problems, this book shows how European integration is debated in the mass media, and how this affects democratic inclusiveness. Based on a wealth of unique data from seven European countries, it is a far-reaching, empirically grounded study on the Europeanization of media discourse and political contention"--Provided by publisher.
Abstract "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"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010006773
ISBN9780521190909 (hardback)
ISBN0521190908 (hardback)
ISBN9780521138253 (pbk.)
ISBN0521138256 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks JN30 .M2835 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold