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Anker Brink Lund European Mass
Media Institutions of Current Affairs Acting
as a Proxy Public Sphere
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Lund, A.B. (2006) Institutions of Current
Affairs - Framework for Comparative Research in
European Public Spheres In Marcinokowski, Frank
et al (eds) Media and Democracy Experiences
from Europe. Wien Haupt Verlag 127-140.
Thompson, J.B. (1995) The Media and Modernity
A Social Theory of the Media. Cambridge Polity
Press. (Danish 2001) Habermas, J (1989). The
Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere.
Cambridge The MIT Press. (German 1962
Danish/Norwegian 1971) Schudson, M. (1998). The
Good Citizen A History of American Civic Life.
New York Free Press. Lund, A.B. (2006)
Domesticating the Simpsons Four Types of
Citizenship in Monitorial Democracy Politik
20069(2) 15-25
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• The contested concept of the public sphere
• National arenas where free and equal citizens may
  debate
• subject matter relevant to the commonweal, e.g.
  
• a civil space separating market and households
  from state.
• 2. Transnational fields of power relations, e.g.
• a social framework for bargaining and conflict
  resolution
• 3. Supernational here-and-now constructs in
  mediated networks, e.g.
• a virtual institutions of current affairs.
• 4. Non-profit organizations balancing commercial
  news and views, e.g.
• public service media.

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Institutions of Current Affairs
Reproduction
Public
Authorities
Government
Associations
Elected bodies
News Media
Administration
Production
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Institutions of Trans-National Affairs
Reproduction
Public
Authorities
FN NATO
Government
Associations
Elected bodies
OECD EU
stakeholders
News Media
NGO
Administration
Production
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Conclusion (1) A European Public Sphere Is a
Political Illusion But Probably a Necessary
One For the EU-institutions
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Federal
Regional
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Metro International
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3 categories of media companies
Type
Mission
Editorial Policy
Liberal
Serve the owner
creation of well defined audience groups to be
sold to advertisers
Polarized
Serve the cause
agitate and indoctrinate - use the media to
manipulate the audience
Corporatist
Serve the public
credibility, balance and variety independent of
political and financial interests
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SR/SVT
NRK
YLE
DR/TV2
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Penetration of Media and Communication Products
in European Households
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Conclusion (2) European Media Are Embedded in
Domestic ICAs with far more Commercial Than
Public Service Orientation
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EU-coverage in the Danish Press, Week 46,
1999-2004
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EU-coverage before, during, and after Danish
Euro-Referendum
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Ordinary citizens mainly participate during
referendums
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EU-coverage becomes more negative during
referencums
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Conclusion (3) National Institutions of Current
Affairs Frame Transnational News In Home/Abroad -
We/Them Stereotypes
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Conclusion (4) The ICAs Define Europeans as
Consumers rather than Trans-National Citizens
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The Making of a European ICA
Reproduction
Public
Authorities
Council of Ministers
Trans-national parties
European parliament
News Media
Administration
Production
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Making a European Public
Reproduction
Public
Authorities
Council of Ministers
Trans-national parties
European parliament
Direct presidential elections
News Media
Administration
Production