The place of Europe in European media

Résumé du document

"European unification will only be achieved if Europeans want it. Europeans will only want it if there is such a thing as a European identity. A European identity will only develop if Europeans are adequately informed. At present, information via the mass media is controlled at the national level.? (European Parliament, 1982a, p. 8, Hahn Report quotation) European media policy can be considered as misknown by European citizens. However, this is a very important topic in the European Union (EU). Indeed, communication and information are the few means to catch a European identity. But what about the European media content? How is the European media policy is applied?

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[...] But when an Austrian family tragedy becomes home news in the US and the UK, it can seem that the interchange of information has created not worldwide concern but global voyeurism. The point of journalism is not just to show, but to tell: to explain what is going on. And yet the cellar story - and even the cyclone - are most likely to induce a feeling of impotent bewilderment in viewers. ( ) At least the Burmese coverage has an effect beyond a lethal peepshow in the appeals for western charitable cash that are already appearing amid the coverage. I am not as pessimistic. [...]

[...] MEDIA programme MEDIA is the EU support programme for the European audiovisual industry. It co-finances training initiatives for audiovisual industry professionals, the development of production projects (feature films, television drama, documentaries, animation and new media), as well as the promotion of European audiovisual works. In 2007, it comprises a series of support measures for the European audiovisual industry focusing on training professionals, developing production projects, distributing films and audiovisual programmes, promoting films and audiovisual programmes, supporting film festivals.[5] OLD and NEW MEMBER STATES: Different processes After the fall of communism, a media reform occurred. [...]

[...] The dominating national framing and the game framing widely helped hem in the political public space around the national community preferably to the European community. Anxiety about social matters and discontent towards governmental politics focused public attention, and led to the rejection of the ratification, become somehow redundant in this referendum about the management of French affairs. What could increase the phenomena is statesmen schizophrenia: statesmen vote texts in Brussels and then they accuse Brussels when they have to apply them at national level Thus Brussels is a perfect scapegoat. [...]

[...] The most powerful media about European topics is TV. Jacques Gertslé analysed that period on two audiovisual media France 2 and TF1[7]. We note that France 2 devoted more actual time and stories to the campaign as well as stories than TF1. Moreover, we notice that both channels tended to focus on the national frame rather than on the European frame. According to the survey conducted on May 29th 52% of the electors who voted NO came to this choice thinking of national problems rather than of the construction of Europe (against 42% who thought of Europe first). [...]

[...] They are catholic right wing oriented. This daily is supporting PiS party (Law and Justice). According to it, Germany, which is dominating Europe, is their enemy. Moreover, they are reproaching EU to be close to Russia. It denounces European conspiracy with Germany and Russia that are responsible for Polish economical problems. Besides, EU would be restrictive; Brussels would impose laws to Poland. Concerning Lisbon treaty, Nasz Dziennik says that Charter of Fundamental Rights will permit homosexual marriages and do no accept it. [...]