The contribution of the press to Europeanization of public debates: A comparative study of issue salience and conflict lines of European integration Export

@article{citeulike:6060320, abstract = {In our study we seek to understand how national political contexts and different media formats constrain the role of the press in contributing to a Europeanization of national public spheres. To single out the explicit role of different newspapers in seven Western European countries we systematically compare their commentating about European integration. The role of the press is analyzed with respect to the visibility of European issues and actors and to the synchronization of conflict lines across Europe. The results show that the further a country is integrated into the European Union, the less parochial is its press and the stronger it takes part in a common European debate. Compared to these political settings the influence of specific press formats seems to play a secondary role. 10.1177/1464884908091295}, author = {Pfetsch, Barbara and Adam, Silke and Eschner, Barbara}, citeulike-article-id = {6060320}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464884908091295}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jou.sagepub.com/content/9/4/465.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://jou.sagepub.com/content/9/4/465.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1464884908091295}, journal = {Journalism}, keywords = {media-resonance, politicization, salience}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {465--492}, posted-at = {2009-11-03 14:05:13}, priority = {0}, title = {The contribution of the press to Europeanization of public debates: A comparative study of issue salience and conflict lines of European integration}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464884908091295}, volume = {9}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6060320 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6060320 N2 - In our study we seek to understand how national political contexts and different media formats constrain the role of the press in contributing to a Europeanization of national public spheres. To single out the explicit role of different newspapers in seven Western European countries we systematically compare their commentating about European integration. The role of the press is analyzed with respect to the visibility of European issues and actors and to the synchronization of conflict lines across Europe. The results show that the further a country is integrated into the European Union, the less parochial is its press and the stronger it takes part in a common European debate. Compared to these political settings the influence of specific press formats seems to play a secondary role. 10.1177/1464884908091295 IS - 4 JF - Journalism EP - 492 TI - The contribution of the press to Europeanization of public debates: A comparative study of issue salience and conflict lines of European integration VL - 9 SP - 465 KW - media-resonance KW - politicization KW - salience AU - Pfetsch, Barbara AU - Adam, Silke AU - Eschner, Barbara PY - 2008/08/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464884908091295 ER -