Full Description
The on-going constitutionalization of Europe has led to various changes in media and communications, opening up areas of debate regarding the role of traditional and new media in developing a specific European public sphere as part of the wider European Project. This timely volume addresses the little understood relationship between old and new media, communications policy at the European level, issues of regulation and competition within the EU, the role of the European Parliament in media policymaking, and the questions emerging about the sustainability of traditional public service broadcasting. To understand the concrete significance of these debates two contributions address specific practical areas, i.e. the potential of online environments and specific developments in European media contexts, such as channel strategies, web-related services, iDTV and community networks. Consequently, Mediating Europe provides an original and important contribution to understanding the role of the media in shaping a European public sphere.
Contents
Preface Chapter 1. Introduction: Mediating Europe and the Public Sphere Jackie Harrison PART I: NEW MEDIA, MASS MEDIA AND THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE Chapter 2. European Cosmopolitanism or Neo-liberalism? Questions of Media and Education Nick Stevenson Chapter 3. Transformation of the Public Sphere: Law, Policy and the Boundaries of Publicness Damian Tambini Chapter 4. Exploring the Online European Public Sphere: The Web and Europeanization of Political Communication in the European Union Renee van Os, Nicholas W. Jankowski and Fred Wester Chapter 5. Entertainmentization of the European Public Sphere and Politics Erkki Karvonen Chapter 6. A European Model of the Public Sphere: Towards a Networked Governance Model Christiano Bee and Valeria Bello Chapter 7. Exploring the Role of European Information Society Developments in the Europeanization of Public Spheres Bridgette Wessels PART II: EU AUDIO-VISUAL AND INFORMATION SOCIETY POLICIES: DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE MEDIATION OF EUROPE Chapter 8. EU Audio-visual Policy, Cultural Diversity and the Future of Public Service Broadcasting Peter Humphreys Chapter 9. EU Information Policies: A Case Study in the Environmental Sector Max Craglia and Alessandro Annoni Chapter 10. Defending Communicative Spaces: The Remits and Limits of the European Parliament Katharine Sarikakis Chapter 11. Supranational Regulation: The EU Competition Directorate and the European Audio-visual Marketplace Mark Wheeler Chapter 12. The Process of Neo-liberalization and the Transformation of the Turkish Media Sector in the Context of the New Media Architecture Gulseren Adakli Notes on Contributors Index
