mass media constitute the core framework in the transnationalisation of the public sphere. This paper argues that such an …

, 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 …

The debate about the European Constitution has generated a considerable degree of media attention over the last years … the borders of nation-states and become transnationalised. Furthermore, the media’s alleged role in generating support for …

only useful to look at elite and mass surveys but also to consider the public sphere. Though media are predominantly … identities can be gathered from comparative media analyses focusing on common European frames and references made to a European …

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