This paper uses quantitative and qualitative text analysis methods to study the discourse surrounding Germany's current account surplus across seven national newspapers. The results of the analysis highlight that the German surpluses are a contested discursive subject across the different...

The key objective of this multi-method, exploratory study was to investigate advertising and marketing practices in online social media (OSM) from the perspective of consumer behaviour and consumer protection. It aimed to identify and assess commercial practices in the context of OSM that could...

"European media and informed citizenship" took centre stage at the 8th EESC civil society media seminar, organised under the Italian presidency in Milan from 27 to 28 November 2014. In four panels ("The EU in the news: generating interest and citizen engagement", "The EU and the media in...