Media, Democracy And European Culture

Description:
'Media, Democracy and European Culture' presents some of the most recent, cutting edge research on Europe, from social, political and cultural perspectives, equally focusing on each dimension of democracy in Europe. The role of the media, communication policy and the question of how the media report on Europe runs as a thread through all contributions. The book is interdisciplinary and international.The articles combine the discussion of central theories and theoretical concepts for the understanding of media, democracy and European culture with empirical data and comparative analytical studies of media culture and democracy across Europe.

Table of Contents:
Introduction - Page 17 - Ib Bondebjerg and Peter Madsen Chapter 1: 'The Political Economy of the Media at the Root of the EU's Democracy Deficit' - Page 25 - Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock Chapter 2: 'Media: the Unknown Player in European Intergration' - Page 49 - Hans Jorg Trenz Chapter 3: 'Social Networks and the European Public Sphere' - Page 65 - Hannu Nieminen Chapter 4: 'Journalistic Freedom and Media Pluralism in the Public Spheres of Europe: Does the European Union Play a Role?' - Page 83 - Deirdre Kevin Chapter 5: 'The Berlusconi Case: Mass Media and Politics in Italy' - Page 107 - Paolo Mancini Chapter 6: 'European Journalism and the European Public Sphere' - Page 121 - Peter Golding Chapter 7: 'Telvision News Has Not (Yet) Left the Nation State: Reflections on European Integration in the News' - Page 135 - Claes de Vreese Chapter 8: 'The Europeanization of the Danish News Media: Theorizing the News Media as both National and Transnational Political Institution' - Page 143 - Mark A rsten Chapter 9: 'Just Another Missed Opportunity in the Development of a European Public Sphere: The European Constitutional Debate in German, British and French Broadsheets' - Page 157 - Regina Vetters Chapter 10: 'Rare Birds: The 'Why' in Comparative Media Studies. Nordic Ideal Types of Good European Journalism' - Page 177 - Vanni Tjernstrom Chapter 11: 'The Cultural Dimension of Democracy' - Page 197 - Jostein Gripsrud Chapter 12: 'The European Imaginary: Media Fictions, Democracy and Cultural Identities' - Page 215 - Ib Bondebjerg Chapter 13: 'Writing the New European Identities? The Case of the European Cultural Journal Eurozine' - Page 237 - Tessa Hauswedell Chapter 14: 'Intellectuals, Media and the Public Sphere' - Page 253 - Peter Madsen Chapter 15: '(De)constructing European Citizenship? Political Mobilization and Collective Identity Formation Among Immigrants in Sweden and Spain' - Page 267 - Zenia Hellgren Chapter 16: 'Misrecognitions: Associative and Communalist Visions in EU Media Policy and Regulation' - Page 287 - Richard Collins Chapter 17: 'Between Supra-national Competition and National Cultures? Emerging EU Policy and Public Broadcasters' Online Services' - Page 307 - Hallvard Moe Chapter 18: 'The Effects of the Membership Processes of the European Union and Media Policies in Turkey' - Page 325 - Mine Gencel Bek Chapter 19: 'Re-conceptualizing Legitimacy: The Role of Communication Rights in the Democratization of the European Union' - Page 341 - Julia Hoffmann

Author Biography:
Ib Bondebjerg is Professor at the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, Section of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen, and director of Centre for Modern European Studies (CEMES). Peter Madsen is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Copenhagen.