Does European Union politics become mediatized? The case of the European Commission

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1047-1064

  Meyer, Christoph O ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Commission; Governance; Journalism; Media; Mediatization; Public communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350639095     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760903226849     Document Type: Article

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