par Sobotova, Alena 
Référence 24th International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress of Political Science (23-28/07/2016: Poznan, Poland)
Publication Non publié, 2016-07-27
Référence 24th International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress of Political Science (23-28/07/2016: Poznan, Poland)
Publication Non publié, 2016-07-27
Communication à un colloque
| Résumé : | Media are an important arena for debate on EU matters. Brussels features one of the biggest international press corps in the world. Correspondents from New Member States (2004 onwards) are a relatively small but understudied part of it. Those journalists come from political, social and media contexts potentially marked by their (post)communist past. As relative newcomers, they may be more open to socialization to the specificities of Brussels environment. On the other hand, they might also bring in new ways of relating to the EU. The paper answers the following questions : To what extent do correspondents from new Member State countries define themselves as European and how is this identity constructed? What are their attitudes towards the EU? Day by day, Brussels-based foreign correspondents experience the most concrete aspects of European integration. To inform about it, they need to understand the European political system and interpret its actions. This sense-making is necessary in order to make the EU news intelligible for the publics. Two contrasting hypotheses can be formulated. The first one stipulates a reinforcement of identification and positive attitude towards the EU, while the second one expects a disenchantment experienced by those who are looking at the EU from within - from Brussels. The paper is based on in-depth interviews with the journalists, which are analyzed using interpretive content analysis. |
