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February 2009
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January 2009
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This chapter draws on the communication studies literature to consider key aspects of the role of the media in the construction and negotiation of the public sphere and related concepts that impinge on the concerns of this book. We discuss conceptualizations of the public sphere that relate, in particular, to media and political communication. We also pay particular attention to the spatial aspects linked to concerns over national vs. transnational dimensions of the political and cultural public spheres.
July 2007
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Telecommunications Policy
The paper examines current trends and policy issues related to broadband access and use in the rural areas of European Union (EU) member states. It draws selectively on the findings of a recently completed, multi-country project focused on current and future trends in broadband provision, applications and use in the enlarged European Union.The paper reviews key aspects and examples of the research literature and policy initiatives related to socio-economic and policy aspects of broadband, especially those focused on spatial inequalities of network rollout, access and use. It presents the main trends and issues related to broadband access and use in rural areas in EU countries and considers some related implications and conclusions.
... Like other researchers (cf. AIM 2006, Eilders/Voltmer 2003, Kantner 2004, Preston & Metykova 2009, Trenz 2004, Vreese 2007, we share the fundamental position that we have to analyze the European public sphere as a process of transnationalizing national public spheres, rather than describing it as an independent unit. However, such a process of transnationalization is itself not linear and teleological, but contradictory in various ways. ...
January 2009
... Based on the definition of the European public sphere and the ability of media to involve a large audience of Europeans in the process of sharing public opinion, the media can be considered an important element of the European public sphere. 4 The following authors discuss the European public sphere and the role of media : Baisnee 2007;Bentele & Nothhaft, 2010;Brüggemann & Schulz-Forberg 2008;Butsch 2007;Chalaby 2002;Eriksen 2005 andFirmstone 2008;Fraser 2007;Garcia-Blanco & Cushion 2010;Gripsrud 2007;Grundmann 1999;Harrison & Wessels 2009;Heller & Renyi 2007;Kaitatzi-Whitlock 2007;Kantner 2006;Lauristin 2007;Lecheler 2008;Machill & Beller 2006;Metykova & Preston 2009;Papathanassopoulos &Negrine 2011a and2011b;Peters et al. 2005;Raupp 2004;Statham 2011;Trenz 2007 andVeltri 2012;Venturelli 1993;Volkmer 2008;Wessler & Brüggemann 2007. 5 I am referring here to the 1989 edition of his classical 1960 publication. ...
February 2009
... rural broadband, broadband investment, rural communities, development of rural areas, digital skills, Internet usage patterns [29,30,38,41,42,44] 3. ...
July 2007
Telecommunications Policy