‘Bridging the Gap’ between EU politics and citizens? the european commission, national media and EU affairs in the public sphere

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-340

  Bijsmans, Patrick ^a   Altides, Christina ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Democracy; European Commission; media; political communication; public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050712448     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036330701442315     Document Type: Article

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