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In Search of Europe

A Cross-National Comparative Study of the European Union in National Television News

Jochen Peter

Amsterdam School of Communication Research at the University of Amsterdam, j.peter{at}uva.nl

Claes H. de Vreese

Amsterdam School of Communication Research at the University of Amsterdam, c.h.devreese{at}uva.nl

This study is a cross-national comparative content analysis of the coverage of European Union politics in British, Danish, Dutch, French, and German television news. The study identifies key characteristics of the coverage and investigates influences shaping the coverage. In the majority of countries studied, EU politics was marginally represented in national television news. EU officials, too, were absent in the news. However, if the EU was covered, EU politics was more prominently presented than other political news. Three influences were found to positively contribute to the amount and prominence of EU news: it was more prominent in public broadcasting news programs, in countries with higher levels of public satisfaction with democracy, and during periods around EU summits. The visibility of EU officials in television news was highest in public news programs. The findings suggest that, with EU coverage being of limited visibility and without protagonists, the Europeanization of television news coverage is more an illusion than reality.

Key Words: cross-national comparative research • content analysis • European Union • public broadcasting • satisfaction with EU democracy • routine news coverage

The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Vol. 9, No. 4, 3-24 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X04270597
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