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- Title
EUROPEAN ELECTIONS IN ITALIAN MEDIA: BETWEEN SECOND ORDER CAMPAIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE.
- Authors
Belluati, Marinella; Bobba, Giuliano
- Abstract
The European Parliament (EP) elections are usually a pretext to discuss domestic issues and this is a common feature in most member states. EP election campaigns play a secondary role in terms of political strategies and journalistic practices. Studying newspapers, newscasts and the Web, this article aims to investigate the Italian 2009 EP election campaign, within the wider European context, discussing three main questions: a) Will data relating to the interest of news media, issues discussed by politicians and electoral turnout, allow us to include this campaign among the examples of second-elections? Or does the great lack of interest suggest that it should be counted among the campaigns of third-rate? b) Will news coverage confirm the lack of newsworthiness of Europe and the importance of domestic issues and national political actors? And related to this trend, do several medium specificities stand out (daily press, television and the Web)? c) Studying this campaign, does some evidence support the hypothesis of a slow, but constant "transnationalization" of national public opinion?
- Subjects
GERMANY; EUROPEAN Parliament; ELECTION policy; POLITICAL campaigns; MASS media &; politics; ELECTIONS in mass media; BROADCASTING industry &; politics; POLITICS of technology; MASS media &; public opinion; MASS media criticism; PUBLICITY; EUROPEAN Union; ELECTIONS
- Publication
CEU Political Science Journal, 2010, Vol 5, Issue 2, p160
- ISSN
1818-7668
- Publication type
Article