Title: The making of a European public sphere : media discourse and political contention /
Authors: Koopmans, Ruud.; Statham, Paul.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: European Union Press coverage.; Legitimacy of governments European Union countries.; Press and politics European Union countries.; Mass media Political aspects European Union countries.; Europe Economic integration Political aspects.
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.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Europe's search for a public sphere Paul Statham; Part I. A European Public Sphere: Questions and Approach: 1. The European Union and the public sphere: conceptual issues, political tensions, moral concerns, empirical questions Jos de Beus; 2. Theoretical framework, research design and methods Ruud Koopmans and Paul Statham; Part II. European Public Debates: Visibility and Inclusiveness: 3. The Europeanization of public spheres: comparisons across issues, time and countries Ruud Koopmans, Jessica Erbe and Martin F. Meyer; 4. Winners and losers, supporters and opponents in Europeanized public debates Ruud Koopmans; Part III. Mass Media: Performance, Claim Making and Framing: 5. Making Europe news: journalism and media performance Paul Statham; 6. The media's voice over Europe: issue salience and conflict lines in editorials Barbara Pfetsch, Silke Adam and Barbara Eschner; 7. Transnational political communication on the Internet: search engine results and hyperlink networks Ruud Koopmans and Ann Zimmermann; 8. Framing the European Union in national public spheres Juan Diez Medrano and Emily Gray; Part IV. Political Actors: Collective Action and Party Competition: 9. Going public in the EU: action repertoires of collective political actors Hanspeter Kriesi, Anke Tresch and Margit Jochum; 10. Political party contestation: emerging Euroscepticism or a normalization or Eurocriticism? Paul Statham, Ruud Koopmans, Anke Tresch and Julie Firmstone; Conclusion: 11. What kind of Europeanized public politics? Paul Statham.