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 …

popular subjectness. By drawing on a comparative media survey of constitutional debates from 2002-2007, the paper …

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