Britain and Germany Imagining the Future of Europe [electronic resource] : National Identity, Mass Media and the Public Sphere /
Novy, L.author.
Through analysis of newspaper coverage on the debate over the future of Europe in Great Britain and Germany between 2000 and 2005, this book explores the intricate ways in which national identities shape media discourses on European integration. In doing so, it provides some compelling insights into Europe's emerging communicative space(s).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. The EU, the Nation State and the News Media -- 2. Scope of the Book -- 3. Plan of the Book -- PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- 4. The Social Construction of Europe - a New Focus for Theory and Research -- 5. Democracy and Legitimacy at the EU level -- 6. Democracy and Communication -- 7. The Nexus of Communication, Legitimacy and Identity -- PART III: THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE -- 8. The European Public Sphere, Brussels and the Media -- 9. A European Public Sphere or a European Sphere of Publics? -- PART IV: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY -- 10. Discursive Conditions for a Europeanisation of Public Spheres -- 11. The News Media as Subject of Analysis -- 12. The Communicative Event under Study: The Future of Europe Debate -- PART V: IDENTITIES IN PERSPECTIVE: TWO DIFFERENT HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIPS TO EUROPE -- 13. Introduction -- 14. Britain -- 15. Germany -- 16. Concluding Remarks -- PART VI: THE DISCURSIVE REPRESENTATION OF THE FUTURE OF EUROPE PROCESS -- 17. Joschka Fischer's Humboldt Speech (2000) -- 18. The Presentation of the Convention Results (2003) -- 19. The Reactions to the Rejection of the Constitutional Treaty (2005) -- PART VII: CONCLUSION -- 20. Britain and Germany Imagining the Future of Europe -- 21. Implications for the 'European Sphere of Publics' -- Bibliography -- I. Primary Sources -- Official Documents -- Official Speeches -- Additional Media Sources -- II. Secondary Literature -- Index.
Through analysis of newspaper coverage on the debate over the future of Europe in Great Britain and Germany between 2000 and 2005, this book explores the intricate ways in which national identities shape media discourses on European integration. In doing so, it provides some compelling insights into Europe's emerging communicative space(s).
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