@article{2011:schuck:finding_eu,
title = {Finding Europe: Mapping and explaining antecedents of ‘Europeanness’ in news about the 2009 European Parliamentary Elections},
year = {2011},
note = {Previous research has characterized European news coverage as mainly
domestic in focus, hampering the emergence of a European public
sphere. This study analyses the European nature of the news coverage
of the 2009 European Parliamentary elections. We not only describe the
level of Europeanness in news coverage but also propose a
comprehensive model to explain differences across countries. We employ
a cross-national media content analysis (N=52.009) conducted in all 27
EU member states. Findings show that especially public TV channels and
broadsheet newspapers are more European in coverage than their private
and tabloid counterparts. Newspapers are also more European in focus
in general compared to television. Furthermore, coverage is more
European in countries with higher public EU support, the coverage gets
more European during the campaign and is more European in countries
that are geographically closer to Brussels, and in which no other
elections take place at the same time.},
journal = {SCM Studies in Communication and Media},
pages = {265--294},
author = {Schuck, Andreas R.T. and de Vreese, Claes H.},
volume = {0},
number = {2}
}