TY - BOOK ID - 77933259 TI - Media and cultural policy in the European Union PY - 2007 SN - 9401204152 1429481072 9781429481076 9042021756 9789042021754 9789401204156 9042021756 9789042021754 PB - Amsterdam New York, NY Rodopi DB - UniCat KW - Mass media policy KW - Cultural policy. KW - Mass media policy. KW - Mass media KW - Mass media and state KW - State and mass media KW - Communication policy KW - Cultural policy KW - Intellectual life KW - State encouragement of science, literature, and art KW - Culture KW - Popular culture KW - Government policy KW - Law and legislation KW - Political aspects KW - European Union countries KW - Europe KW - EU countries KW - Euroland KW - Mass media policy - European Union countries KW - European Union countries - Cultural policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77933259 AB - The areas of media and cultural policy offer a unique prism through which to understand wider processes of European integration. Questions of European identity, citizenship and community or polity-building clearly resolve themselves as questions of the (non-)emergence of a European 'communicative space'. At the same time, as a more specific area of policy study, the role which has or may be played by the European institutions themselves in the fostering of such a 'communicative space' raises questions as to both the effectiveness and the legitimacy of their interventions. This volume in the European Studies series brings fresh, interdisciplinary insight into this relatively understudied area, making the case for a renewed look at the trajectory of cultural and media policies in the EU. Distinctively, the collection offers a historical and socio-political analysis of major media policies in the European Union, allowing for the contextualisation of recent developments; turns its attention to areas largely neglected by scholarly publishing, such as the press, the culture of the newsroom, and the role of media in an enlarged Europe; and addresses media and cultural policies as an interrelated part of EU construction, through questions of identity and political representation. Media and Cultural Policy in the European Union will be of interest to scholars and students of Cultural and Media Studies, European Studies, and European Integration, as well as appealing to broader Social Science audiences concerned with the politics and policy of cultural diversity. ER -