The European Public Sphere and the Media

1. Introduction
Michał Krzyżanowski, Anna Triandafyllidou, Ruth Wodak

Part I. Europe and the Media at Times of Crisis: Theoretical Reflections

2. Europe — Discourse — Politics — Media — History: Constructing ‘Crises’?
Bo Stråth, Ruth Wodak

3. Media, Political Communication and the European Public Sphere
Paschal Preston, Monika Metykova

Part II. Crisis Events and the Idea of Europe in Post-War Media Debates

4. Out of Maelstroms: Crises and Parlous Developments of Europe since World War Two
James Kaye

5. The 1956 Hungarian Revolution in the Hungarian, Austrian and German Media
András Kovács, Anikó Horváth, Nadežda Kinsky-Müngersdorff

6. The Berlin Wall Crisis: Global Cold War and the Role of Europe
Hagen Schulz-Forberg

7. Paris in May 1968: Social Conflict, Democracy and the Role of Europe
Hagen Schulz-Forberg

8. ‘Progressive’ versus ‘Bureaucratic’ Socialism: the Media Coverage of Prague 1968 in the ‘Other’ Europe
Primoz Krasovec, Igor Z. Žagar

9. The Discursive Construction of Europe and Values in the Coverage of the Polish 1981 ‘State of War’ in the European Press
Michał Krzyżanowski

10. The Fall of the Berlin Wall: European and Value-Oriented Dimensions in the News Discourse
Jessika Wal, Anna Triandafyllidou, Chiara Steindler, Maria Kontochristou

11. Europe’s Role in the World: the Invasion of Iraq and the Outbreak of the Second Gulf War
Jessika Wal, Anna Triandafyllidou, Chiara Steindler, Maria Kontochristou

12. The Mohammed Cartoons Crisis 2006: the Role of Islam in the European Public Sphere
Jessika Wal, Anna Triandafyllidou, Chiara Steindler, Maria Kontochristou

13. Conclusions: Europe, Media, Crisis and the European Public Sphere
Michał Krzyżanowski, Anna Triandafyllidou, Ruth Wodak

Nyckelord: Social Sciences, Social Policy, Sociology of Culture, Media Studies, Political Sociology, Cultural and Media Studies, general, European Union Politics