Mapping the European Public Sphere

Cristiano Bee, Department of Political International and Policy Studies, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, University of Surrey, UK and Emanuela Bozzini, University of Trento, Italy.

'Formation of a European Public Sphere is a high priority for the European Commission. The democratic dialogue in Europe has to be stimulated and the communication gap between EU institutions and citizens seems to endanger the whole European project. This book offers fascinating and stimulating analyses of the role democratic institutions; media and organized civil society have in formation and nourishing of the European Public Sphere. It is essential reading for both Politicians, Citizens, and Scholars.' Thomas P. Boje, Roskilde University, Denmark and International Coordinator for the CINEFOGO Network of Excellence '...provides a long overdue discussion of the European public sphere which links the institutional realities of public communication in Europe, the practices of journalists and other media professionals and the role of civil society with innovative theoretical models and robust methodological approaches. Bringing together an impressive number of younger top researchers this book is to be recommended to all interested in cutting-edge knowledge of the making of European Public Sphere.' Klaus Eder, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany 'While the EU has been busy creating a system of "multi-level governance", public spheres in Europe remain stubbornly national. Cristiano Bee and Emanuela Bozzini have brought together key researchers from across the continent to provide an incisive and insightful examination of the role of the media and public communication in contemporary Europe. The empirical and theoretical material they present also throws light on the vital question of inclusion and exclusion in the public sphere. The work will interest academics, but also reaches out to European policy makers, commentators and NGOs. The collection is thus itself a significant contribution to a Europe-wide public and policy debate; to an emerging "public sphere".' Alan Scott, University of Innsbruck, Austria

• Introduction, CristianoBee, EmanuelaBozzini; Part 1 Conceptualising the European Public Sphere; Chapter 1 The Europeanisation of Political Communication, Hans-JörgTrenz; Chapter 2 Theoretical Reflections on the Public Sphere in the European Union, Marianne van deSteeg; Chapter 3 The Public Sphere and the European Information Society, BridgetteWessels; Part 2 Institutional Communication in Europe; Chapter 4 Vertical Europeanisation of Online Public Dialogue, AsiminaMichailidou; Chapter 5 Understanding the EU’s Institutional Communication, CristianoBee; Chapter 6 European Social Purpose and Public Service Communication, JackieHarrison; Part 3 Media and the Public Sphere; Chapter 7 Media Performance and Europe’s ‘Communication Deficit’, PaulStatham; Chapter 8 Assessing Conditions for the Homogenisation of the European Public Sphere, Auks?Bal?ytien?, AušraVinci?nien?; Chapter 9 ‘New’ and ‘Old’ Europe, JohnDowney, SabinaMihelj, ThomasKoenig, VaclavStetka; Part 4 Inclusion and Exclusion from the Public Sphere; Chapter 10 Cosmopolitanism or Ethnic Homogeneity? Roma Identity, European Integration and the European Public Sphere, HagenSchulz-Forberg; Chapter 11 Framing Anti-discrimination Policy at the EU level, EmanuelaBozzini; Chapter 12 The Europeanisation of the Anti-racist Policy Sphere, StefanoFella;