The decision to establish direct elections to the European Parliament was intended by many
to establish a direct link between the individual citizen and decision making at the European …

Political advertising is an increasingly researched area. Yet the sundry natures of research
findings to date demonstrate a body of work searching for direction and a unifying theory. A …

This article analyses the news coverage of the 2004 European parliamentary elections in all
25 member states of the European Union (EU). It provides a unique pan-European overview …

In January 1972, the Taoiseach Jack Lynch and his Foreign Minister, Dr Patrick Hillary, left
Dublin airport for Luxembourg to sign Ireland's Treaty of Accession to the European …

This study departs from the finding that media attention contributed to the electoral success
of candidates in the Belgian election campaign of 2003. While the authors do find an impact …

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 …

News coverage about the European Union (EU) has the potential to inform citizens about
and to involve them in matters of European integration. Investigations of factors that explain …

In this article we analyse the news coverage of the 2009 EP elections in all 27 EU member
states (N= 52,009). We propose that the extent to which these second-order elections are …

We propose a context‐dependent approach to the study of political information. Combining
a content analysis of broadcast news with a national survey measuring public awareness of …

Public service broadcasters (PSBs) are a central part of national news media landscapes,
and are often regarded as specialists in the provision of hard news. But does exposure to …