The Communicative Construction of Europe

Andreas Hepp is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Germany. His main research areas are media and communication theory, media sociology, mediatization research, transnational and transcultural communication, cultural studies, media change, and methods of media culture research.
Monika Elsler is a Research Associate at the Centre for Communications, Media and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Germany. Her main research areas are transnational and transcultural communication.
Swantje Lingenberg is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Germany. Her main research areas are cultural studies, public sphere theory, transnational and transcultural communication, audience research.
Anne Mollen is a Research Associate at the Centre for Communications, Media and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Germany. Her research focuses on transcultural and transnational communication, political online communication and audience research on media technologies.
Johanna Möller is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Germany. Her main research areas are public sphere research, transcultural political communication, political celebrity and the politicization of media technologies.
AnkeOfferhaus is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Germany. Her main research areas are journalism research, public sphere research with a focus on European Public Sphere, media sociology, media and religion, media appropriation with emphasis on grief.

Based on a 12-year long project, this book demonstrates the contested character of the communicative construction of Europe. It does so by combining an investigation of journalistic practices with content analysis of print media, an examination of citizens' online interactions and audience studies with European citizens.

1. Introduction2. Approaching The Communicative Construction Of Europe: Cultures Of Political Discourse, European Public Sphere, And The Euro Crisis3. Journalistic Practices: National And European Cultures Of Political Discourse4. Representing Europe In The Press: The Multi-Segmented European Public Sphere5. Citizens' Online Engagement: The Euro Crisis In Online Forums6. Appropriating Europe: Communication Repertoires, European Public Connections, And The Euro Crisis 7. Challenging Europe: Understanding And Overcoming The Euro Crisis8. Conclusion: The Contested Communicative Construction Of Europe