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For some scholars, the possibilities for diminishing the European democratic deficit and the Union’s legitimacy crisis are intertwined with the creation of a European demos and a European public sphere, that, in turn, can create a European civil solidarity. The European citizens’ initiative, which has recently been re-regulated, was precisely designed to help to solve these problems. As we shall see, the new Regulation includes a whole series of positive technical issues that will improve the usage of the mechanism. However, the European citizens’ initiative is still far from being a popular initiative and, therefore, to contribute to diminish the perception of distance between institutions and citizens of the EU or promoting the creation of a European demos. In this vein, after an overview of the European citizens’ initiative new Regulation main innovations and weaknesses, I will present a set of measures in order to achieve a more effective development of the mechanism.

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How the Eu Constructs the European public Sphere Seven Strategies of Information Policy

Javnost - The Public ◽

10.1080/13183222.2005.11008888 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 57-73 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Michael Brüggemann

Keyword(s):

Public Sphere ◽

Information Policy ◽

European Public Sphere ◽

European Public ◽

The Eu

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Signs of Europeanization?: the 2014 EP election in European newspapers

Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica ◽

10.1017/ipo.2016.10 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 131-150 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marinella Belluati

Keyword(s):

Public Sphere ◽

Political Communication ◽

European Elections ◽

European Public Sphere ◽

European Public ◽

Electoral Campaign ◽

National Leaders ◽

European Election ◽

The Public Sphere ◽

The Impact

Taking into account the European public sphere and the EU democratic deficit theories, and utilizing the European elections as an evidence, this article demonstrates that despite appearances the European public sphere is showing signs of Europeanization. In the last European electoral campaign, the electorate has gained a more direct voice in the selection of the President of the European Commission. For the first time, EP parties (or party groups) have selected candidates for this position, hence structuring the electoral campaign and giving visibility to such candidates, as suggested by the European Parliament resolution document issued on 4 July 2013. Through political communication approaches, the article explores the impact these guidelines had in the domestic electoral strategies. It does so drawing on a comparative perspective approach. Descriptive content analysis tools are utilized to examine the online edition of articles related to the European election campaign in five European newspapers: The Guardian, Le Monde, El Pais, La Stampa, and Süddeutche Zeitung. The research focused on (i) coverage of European campaign, (ii) main issues and topics of the electoral debate, (iii) visibility of European and national leaders, and (iv) impact of Eurosceptic perspective in the European election debate. Special attention is given to comparing the different journalistic approaches about gender balance and Euroscepticism. The results of this comparative analysis show a strengthening of the Europeanization of the public sphere.

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Institutional organizations’ use of social media to communicate EU policy and the emergence of a European public sphere

Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Reserach ◽

10.38191/iirr-jorr.20.006 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 111-129

Author(s):

Luca Pareschi ◽

Edoardo Mollona ◽

Vitaliano Barberio ◽

Ines Kuric

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

The European Union ◽

Cohesion Policy ◽

Media Communication ◽

European Public Sphere ◽

European Public ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

The Eu

Cohesion Policy accounts for the European Union main investment budget and seeks to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion. While accomplishments in this field are constantly measured, European citizens are not always aware of policy’s impact and of the role the EU plays therein. This issue is relevant, as communication of social policy is central to the emergence of the European public sphere, an acknowledged condition to foster European integration.In this work we aim at advancing research on the European public sphere through an analysis of the social media communication of EU cohesion policy by ten LMAs. We build on a bottom-up construction of shared meaning structures through semi-automatic techniques of analysis and highlight three main results: first, ‘horizontal Europeanization’ takes place on social media; second, Europeanization occurs both as the spontaneous integration of shared discontent expressed by citizens, and by the institutionalization of top-down procedures of communication adopted by LMAs; Third, a cluster of topics articulated internationally and conveying a negative attitude towards the EU funding scheme suggests that, counter-intuitively, Euroskepticism seems to facilitate the building of a European public sphere.

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The Impact of Mediatization on EU Public Outreach Campaigns

RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism ◽

10.22363/2312-9220-2021-26-4-681-688 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 681-688

Author(s):

Sergei A. Samoilenko

Keyword(s):

Public Sphere ◽

Political Institutions ◽

Political Legitimacy ◽

Public Outreach ◽

European Public ◽

European Values ◽

The Media ◽

The Public Sphere ◽

The Impact ◽

The Eu

This article addresses the mediatization of the European public sphere(s) and the issues it creates for the implementation of EU-wide public outreach efforts. As applied to the EU context, the concept of mediatization is understood as a relationship between the media and political institutions that causes societal transformation. In this sense, the public sphere is seen as a mediating infrastructure of debates of political legitimacy. In the context of mediatized politics, European public opinion is fragmented and bound to national public spheres. EU public outreach efforts are increasingly filtered and shaped by the media of its member countries. Due to multiple implementation issues, the EU has not been able to offer its members an attractive and unifying identity narrative promoting European values. This article offers some conceptual solutions to the problem.

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Europe in local news

Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies ◽

10.30722/anzjes.vol12.iss3.15361 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Mariel C. Pluschke

Keyword(s):

Public Sphere ◽

Local News ◽

European Public Sphere ◽

Local Newspapers ◽

European Public ◽

Depth Study ◽

The Eu

Local newspapers are rarely in the focus of research on the European public sphere. However, due to their various democratic functions, they should not be neglected and may help to build a European public sphere. This article presents the results of an in-depth study of local newspapers by asking: a) How and to what extent can local newspapers contribute to the construction of a European public sphere by Europeanisation of the local public through reporting on the EU? b) Which factors have an effect on how local newspapers report on EU topics? This paper synthesises theories and models of the European public to develop hypotheses, which are then tested in interviews with six local German journalists. It finds that local newspapers can promote the emergence of a European public sphere and that news factors, resources, individual attitudes and editorial frameworks do have an impact on their EU reporting.

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German Quality in the Service of a European Public Sphere? An Analysis of the Deutsche Welle’s European Journal program

Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations ◽

10.21018/rjcpr.2015.1.64 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Oana Ludmila Popescu

Keyword(s):

Public Sphere ◽

Communication Link ◽

The European Union ◽

European Public Sphere ◽

European Dimension ◽

European Public ◽

Tv Program ◽

The Media ◽

Deutsche Welle ◽

The Eu

The economic crisis of the European Union has rendered the European public sphere as a forever emerging concept marked by uncertainties regarding its structure. In this context, eyes of both European officials and citizens turn towards the media, the main communication link between the EU and its citizens. The present paper looks at a media product that is designed to permeate multiple national public spheres, the weekly news show European Journal, a half-hour TV program produced by Deutsche Welle and rebroadcast by partner TV channels throughout Europe. Considering the main characteristics of the European public sphere as identified in the literature, with a focus on horizontal Europeanization, and using the method of content analysis, this paper looks at the means employed by the European Journal to support the integration process and to add a European dimension to national public sphere. Findings suggest that the type of public sphere promoted by the European Journal is not centered around the EU as a distinct entity, but around the member states, approach which supports the idea of a horizontal Europeanization.

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