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The emergence of a European Community of communication: insights from empirical research on the Europeanization of public spheres

Die Entstehung einer Europäischen Union der Kommunikation: Einblicke in empirische Forschungen über die Europäisierung des öffentlichen Raums
[working paper]

Steeg, Marianne van de
Risse, Thomas

Corporate Editor
Freie Universität Berlin, FB Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft Kolleg-Forschergruppe "The Transformative Power of Europe"

Abstract

A European public sphere emerges out of Europeanized national public spheres if the following two phenomena are verified. First, if and when the same (European) themes are discussed at the same time with similar frames of reference, meaning structures, and patterns of interpretation across the vario... view more

A European public sphere emerges out of Europeanized national public spheres if the following two phenomena are verified. First, if and when the same (European) themes are discussed at the same time with similar frames of reference, meaning structures, and patterns of interpretation across the various media sources. Second, if and when a transnational community of communication emerges in which speakers and listeners recognize each other as legitimate participants in a discourse that frames the issues at stake as common European problems. We present empirical evidence from other scholars and two case studies of our own, namely Eastern enlargement and the sanctions against the Austrian ÖVP/FPÖ-government. The main finding is that at least when European issues are discussed, that a European public sphere is constituted and re-constituted through the discursive connections and debates across borders.... view less

Keywords
EU; discourse; politicization; Europeanization; eastwards expansion; European integration; european identity; communication policy; EU policy; communications area; EU expansion; collective identity; public space; reporting; media

Classification
Mass Communication
European Politics

Method
descriptive study

Free Keywords
European public sphere; transnational communication

Document language
English

Publication Year
2010

City
Berlin

Page/Pages
30 p.

Series
KFG Working Paper Series, 15

ISSN
1868-7601

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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