Mediating Europe [[electronic resource] ] : new media, mass communications and the European public sphere / / edited by Jackie Harrison and Bridgette Wessels

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791365103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-62793-7; 9786612627934; 1-84545-935-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Collana: Anthropology of the Media, 2 ; ; v.v. 2
• Altri autori (Persone): HarrisonJackie <1961->; WesselsBridgette
• Disciplina: 302.23094
• Soggetti: Mass media - European Union countries; Mass media policy - European Union countries; Communication policy - European Union countries; Mass media - Political aspects - European Union countries; Public interest - European Union countries; Intercultural communication - European Union countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page-Mediating Europe; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1-Introduction:Mediating Europe and the Public Sphere; Part I-New Media, Mass Media and the European Public Sphere; Chapter 2-European Cosmopolitanism or Neo-liberalism? Questions of Media and Education; Chapter 3-Transformation of the Public Sphere: Law, Policy and the Boundaries of Publicness; Chapter 4-Exploring the Online European Public Sphere: The Web and Europeanization of Political Communication in the European Union; Chapter 5-Entertainmentization of the European Public Sphere and Politics; Chapter 6-A European Model of the Public Sphere: Towards a Networked Governance ModelChapter 7-Exploring the Role of European Information Society Developments in the Europeanization of Public Spheres; 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; Chapter 9-EU Information Policies: A Case Study in the Environmental Sector; Chapter 10-Defending Communicative Spaces: The Remits and Limits of the European Parliament; Chapter 11-Supranational Regulation: The EU Competition Directorate and the European Audio-visual MarketplaceChapter 12-The Process of Neo-Liberalization and the Transformation of the Turkish Media Sector in the Context of the New Media Architecture; Notes on Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 broadcas