Zur Transformation nationalstaatlicher Öffentlichkeit in Europa

Eder, Klaus

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“…Other research has distinguished segmented transnational public spheres which have been conceptualized as issue-specific communicative spaces, largely dominated by political and economic elites (Eder 2000). In this vein, communication is perceived at the national level, but concentrates on specific topics and in specific segments, typically 'elite quality newspapers'.…”

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The EU as a public sphere

Vreese¹

2007

Living Rev. Euro. Gov.

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This Living Review takes stock of our current theoretical and empirical knowledge with respect to a European public sphere. It first outlines the notion of a public sphere and the incompatibilities between the notion of a public sphere in the nation state and the current state of European integration. It is then argued why a notion of a (Europeanized national) public space for debate between citizens and with power-holders is eminent for the legitimacy and accountability of the EU.A three-fold typology is proposed that organizes previous research on the European public sphere: the Utopian, the Elitist and the Realist perspective. The diverging conclusions stemming from extant research are reviewed in the light of the methodological pluralism in the studies. It is demonstrated that most signs of Europeanization of national public spheres stem from studies focusing on the quality broadsheet press, whereas studies focusing on the popular press, television and new media provide some, albeit limited evidence (yet) of a Europeanization trend. The review looks ahead in both theoretical and methodological terms and also assesses the consequences of the (absence of) a European public sphere and current policy initiatives in this area.Keywords: European identity, European public space, Europeanization, legitimacy, media, multilevel governance, public opinion Because a Living Reviews article can evolve over time, we recommend to cite the article as follows: Claes H. de Vreese, "The EU as a public sphere", Living Reviews in European Governance, Vol. 2, (2007) Article RevisionsLiving Reviews in European Governance supports two methods of keeping its articles up-to-date:Revisions consist of minor editorial changes and allow the author the opportunity to update the article according to current research findings, new publications or significant developments. These include, for example, the addition of new references or URLs. The revised article is reviewed by the Section Editor and an overview of changes will be listed through a 'change log' at the beginning of the article.Major Updates involve extensive changes that require a substantial revision of the article's content, or the addition of new ideas that were not in the original text. Major updates are subject to full external reviewing and are published with a new publication number. Access to the original text is available only through the updated version of the article. Page 8: Expanded paragraph below.Page 9: Added concluding statement.Page 9: Added reference to Stepinska (2011).Page 11: Removed statement: "In addition to Greece, the elections were most visible in Denmark, Slovakia, Austria, and Ireland, taking up more than 15% of the news in these countries. In addition to Germany, the elections were least visible in Belgium and the Czech Republic, where less than 5% of the news was devoted to the elections.Page 11: Note on Schuck et al. (2011) replaces statement: "Also the results for the new member states give a rather positive outlook. Visibility was relative...

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The EU as a public sphere

Vreese¹

2007

Living Rev. Euro. Gov.

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“…Muitos autores têm mostrado que não há plausibilidade empírica na proposta: não há indícios palpáveis de que uma esfera pública européia se encontre em formação (Eder, 2000). Argumenta-se ainda que a diversidade das origens dos habitantes da Europa contemporânea impede o recurso à história comum como fonte de constituição de Teoria Crítica, Democracia e Esfera Pública: Concepções e Usos... uma identidade cultural efetivamente abrangente e mesmo que se chegasse a constituir algo como uma identidade comum, esta implicaria o permanente estabelecimento das fronteiras simbólicas de uma european membership e os processos de exclusão daí decorrentes (ver Costa, 2002).…”

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Teoria crítica, democracia e esfera pública: concepções e usos na América Latina

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Costa

2004

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A s chamadas teorias da transição democrática constituíram, como se sabe, um dos filões mais ricos das ciências sociais no Brasil e na América Latina nas últimas décadas. Realizando uma ampla radiografia institucional dos países que se democratizavam, trabalhos como aquele editado por O'Donnell et alii (1986) constituíram, pelo menos até os anos 90, a forma por excelência de estudar e interpretar o autoritarismo e o momento em que a incerteza sobre os resultados do jogo político e a força reguladora de regras universais se impuseram novamente sobre o poder de um ator único -tal a definição de democratização das teorias da transição. Mais ainda, as teorias da transição consagraram a recém surgida ciência política, que na maioria dos países latino-americanos somente a partir dos anos 70 se afirma como um campo de investigação independente, com uma metodologia própria e paradigmas de análises distintos.Ao longo dos anos 90, vai se consolidando, contudo, uma nova abordagem sociológica da democratização, a qual, refuta a homologia en- 703* Este artigo retoma partes de trabalhos anteriores dos autores e mais notadamente artigos escritos para um dossiê sobre espaço público publicado pela revista Metapolítica

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“…(Koopmans and Erbe, 2004). On European issues, differences across Europe are not particularly large, demonstrating similar level of attention, and more importantly several European themes are framed in rather similar ways across 3 national media, leading to similar interpretative schemes and structures of meaning (Eder, 1998(Eder, , 2000Eder and Kantner, 2000;Van de Steeg, 2000).The third approach -the most relevant for this study -focuses on the communicative exchange between public spheres. Important within this approach is the notion of 'transnational public spheres' as formulated by Fraser (2007) (2005) distinguishes between four types of mechanism practiced by the media: 1) formal cooperation between media outlets; 2) inter-media observation, invisible to their audience and not explicit;…”

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Information flows and centrality among elite European newspapers

Veltri

2012

European Journal of Communication

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Combining citations and network analysis, this study examines information flows between 10 Introduction: transnational information flows in EuropeThe study of information flows between media sources from different countries explores the dynamics underlying transnational communication spaces. There is no prevalent and accredited methodology for gathering data about transnational information flows, but there is a rather consolidated research literature that focuses on the interaction among European mass media within the context of study of a European public sphere (EPS). For example, Castells (1997) sees 2 the emergent Euro-state not only as a political-economic zone but, by virtue of privileging its network character (the so-called Euro-matrix), also as a specific kind of communicative space.In the current literature, there are three main aspects of the EPS and each involves a different theoretical angle and methodological approach: the attention of national media for EU politics, the Europeanization of national media and the communicative exchange between national public spheres.The first approach focuses on the attention of national media for EU politics and issues.Typically, studies in this mode are based on content analysis methods that measure EPS by frequency of words that refer to EU affairs as proxy indicators of salience in European mass media, usually newspapers or television reporting (Gehards, 2002). The most common result in this approach is that European news is dwarfed in comparison with national and regional issues (Machill, Bellet et al., 2006). In terms of longitudinal trends, Meyer (2002) reports some increase in media attention towards European affairs during the 1990s with some important distinctions on the nature of media reporting. Interestingly, several studies seem to indicate that there is rather little variation in terms of national media attention on European issues. The dominant themes being discussed and reported in national media seem to vary little across the EU (Sievert, 1998; Medrano, 2001;Meyer, 2002). The conclusion of this kind of research is that there is no EPS to speak of in a meaningful sense given the low salience of European issues in mass media, although the significance of the European dimension has increased slightly over the 1990s.The second approach focuses on the Europeanization of national media (Koopmans, 2004;Risse, 2003;Trenz, 2004). Studies of this kind are less pessimistic about the EPS. Concentrating on analysing media reporting on particular European issues, such as the debate over EU enlargement, the Lisbon Treaty, BSE, etc. (Koopmans and Erbe, 2004). On European issues, differences across Europe are not particularly large, demonstrating similar level of attention, and more importantly several European themes are framed in rather similar ways across 3 national media, leading to similar interpretative schemes and structures of meaning (Eder, 1998(Eder, , 2000Eder and Kantner, 2000;Van de Steeg, 2000).The third approach -the most relevant for this...

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Zur Transformation nationalstaatlicher Öffentlichkeit in Europa

Cited by 64 publications

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The EU as a public sphere

The EU as a public sphere

Teoria crítica, democracia e esfera pública: concepções e usos na América Latina

Information flows and centrality among elite European newspapers

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