. Thirdly, we find that a primary concern in EU legitimacy contestation is democracy, especially for those evaluating EU …

. Thirdly, we find that a primary concern in EU legitimacy contestation is democracy, especially for those evaluating EU …

collective identities. A European collective identity is perceived in terms of the discursive representation of the underlying … demos of a European democracy. Against the common view that holds the self-identified political community as prior and … independent of constitutional designing, it is claimed that democracy rather operates through the identification of popular …

of enhancing the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU), i.e. the ways in which online media participate or …

to weak. However, the European media space is predominantly oriented towards national publics. And although transnational …

, if not impossible. This has shifted the research agenda to the Europeanisation of public and media communication. The … “European public sphere light” is observed by measuring different degrees of Europeanisation of existing national media spheres … indicate how to measure the Europeanisation of public and media communication. Finally, public sphere research must critically …

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between media coverage of EU policy-formulation and the … parliaments in EU policy-formulation is unrelated to media coverage, that media strengthen the hand of backbenchers and opposition …, or that media reinforce executive dominance. However, the mechanisms underlying these expectations are not mutually …

claim making and debate on European issues in Germany. The media are seen as prime actors in the public sphere that not only … influence the public agenda towards favourable European frames and positions. We investigate whether the media, in comparison … Spheres" (Europub.com). We analyse the communication through which political actors and the media make public demands on …

collection of party positions or characteristic of public opinion. Thirdly, it points to the media as central players and … to the public and media sphere as the principal locus of analysis. Reproduction …