Understanding media impact on european integration: enhancing or restricting the scope of legitimacy of the eu?

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-309

  Trenz, Hans Joerg ^a  

^a ARENA   (Norway)

Author keywords

EU communication defecit; EU democracy; European journalism; European media; European public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044795039     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036330802005516     Document Type: Article

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