Euroopa Liidu representatsioon kolmes Eesti ajalehes märtsis 2005 ja 2007
Date
2007
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Tartu Ülikool
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The first part of the paper describes some of the most important theoretical concepts of
European public sphere and Europeanization of national media. Also it gives an overview
of Estonians opinions and attitudes associated with the EU. A common thesis in research
is that a European public sphere can be constituted via the Europeanization of reporting
in the national media.
This paper aims to answer the question whether such Europeanization is taking place in
Estonian print media. On the basis of content analysis of three newspapers- the largest
quality daily, tabloid daily and the largest local newspaper- the paper investigates
whether various forms of Europeanization in Estonian print media are on the rise.
This paper uses the same methodology that was used in international research program
Adequate Information Management in Europe (AIM). Results of the content analysis are
compared to the findings of the news agenda analysis of ten European countries in March
2005.
Major conclusions about EU coverage in Estonian newspapers are as follows: EU topics
account for an extremely small proportion of the reporting and there is no active debate
or discussion of European issues in Estonian print media. But the number of articles
where EU has major prominence is rising and the EU coverage in Estonia has now more
similarities to other European countries than it did two years ago.
Although there are lack of competent journalists specialised in EU issues and limited
space for EU news, the developmental tendencies towards a Europeanization of the
Estonian print media do exists.
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H Social Sciences (General)