Effects of Europeanization: Media, Identity, and Citizenship

Abstract

In the context of European integration, concepts as European identity, European public sphere or Europeanization become more frequent in everyday speech, especially regarding media’s role in spreading the feeling of affiliation to a European family. The process of Europeanization suggests a “top-down diffusion of common political rules, norms and practices in Europe” (Hughes, Sasse & Gordon, 2005). Considering the level of Europeanization (Brüggemann & Kleinen-von Königslöw, 2009), we can then refer to a European public sphere, to Europeanized national public spheres or simply to national public spheres (de Vreese, 2007, Risse, 2003). Communication plays a key role in the Europeanization of the national public spheres. The Europeanization process can develop by an increase in reporting and broadcasting European topics in national media and some indicators of the process can be that EU official protagonists enter in debate with protagonists from other places, different actors from EU member states take part in debates on common issues and agree upon solutions, similar topics are discussed simultaneously in the media of several EU states, EU protagonists from different states interact through national media inquiries, Brussels’ policies are present on news agenda from EU member states (Machill, Beiler & Fischer, 2006). This panel seeks contributions that may include, but are not restricted to:  Mediated communication and the Europeanization processes (top-down and bottom-up)  Mass media and Europeanization of national public spheres  The democratic deficit of the EU and the European public sphere  The European public sphere – a utopia or an ideal in the making?  Media effects on EU-related attitudes in the context of the crisis  Key actors and key frames in EU-related media news and debates  Mediated debates in the European public sphere in the context of major crises affecting the EU (i.e. Ukrainian crisis, the Arab Spring, the Refugees Crisis)  The European media – characteristics and perspectives.

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