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Provisional Schedule (as of Nov. 16, 2003)
Contents
Concepts of a European Public Sphere
Friday Nov. 28, 2003
14.00 - 16.30 hrs
Discussion on "Concepts of a European Public Sphere" with experts
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hartmut Kaelble, Humboldt-Universität
- Prof. Dr. Hans J. Kleinsteuber, Universität Hamburg
- Prof. Dr. Bernhard Peters, Universität Bremen
- Prof. Colin Sparks Ph.D., University of Westminster
Guiding questions: How can we define a European public sphere? Which are the normative and theoretical presuppositions that we assume? How can we operationalise these concepts?
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16.30 - 17.00 hrs
Coffee Break
17.00 - 19.00 hrs
Participants' workshop on concepts (6 working groups)
On the basis of each participant's "statement" the participants' own concepts and definitions of the European public sphere shall be discussed in groups of 5 to 7 participants. The statement should be based on a one-page paper that has been prepared in advance. The goal is to be able to discuss and compare the different definitions of the European public sphere guiding our research. We suggest to state in bullet points the central aspects of (a) the definition, (b) normative presuppositions and (c) attempts at operationalisation.
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19.00 - 20.00 hrs
Dinner
20.00 - 21.00 hrs
Plenary session: Which concepts of the European public sphere are out there?
Summary of the results of the workshop on concepts: The results will be presented to the other groups in this plenary session. The experts' comments are most welcome.
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Saturday / Sunday: The vertical and the horizontal perspective of the European public sphere
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003
The horizontal perspective: A transnational European public sphere
9.30 - 11.00 hrs
Participants' papers in three parallel sessions:
Horizontal I: Networks and Transnational Communication
1. Poehls, Kerstin: "We speak European". The Making of the Homo Europaeus.
Discussant: Michael Brüggemann
2. Dereje, Cornelia: Normative integration in Europe? A case study on British policies towards cloning in the European Quality Press.
Discussant: Antje Knorr
Horizontal II: Transnationalized Social Movements
1. Gray, Emily: Campaigning across borders: transnational networks and the UK's pro- and anti-EU campaigns
Discussant: Alexander Reinfeldt
2. Hille, Jochen: Do Swiss and Norwegian Euroskeptics fight for the same goals? A comparison of arguments and ideologies.
Discussant: Anke Tresch
Horizontal III: Structures of Transnational Media
1. Fickers, Andreas: National Barriers for an imagined European Identity: The techno-political frames of postwar television development in Europe.
Discussant:
2. Nevinskaite, Laima: Media of the Baltic States in the European Networks of Communication.
Discussant: Jochen Hille
11.00 - 11.15
Coffee Break
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11.15 - 12.45 hrs
Participants' papers in two parallel sessions:
Horizontal I: Networks and Transnational Communication Part II
3. Erbe, Jessica: Do press reviews in the Mass Media Contribute to the Europeanisation of Public Spheres?
Discussant: Stefan Bredt
4. Knorr, Antje: Transatlantic and European Public Spheres
Discussant: Marianne van de Steeg
Horizontal II: Transnationalized Social Movements Part II
3. Wimmer, Jeffrey: Elements of a European counterpublic
Discussant: Emily Gray
4. Bredt, Stefan: Sectoral Publics and the Development of a European Principle of Democracy
Discussant: Kerstin Poehls
12.45 - 13.45
Lunch
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The vertical perspective: Publics referring to the EU
13.45 - 15.15 hrs
Participants' papers in two parallel sessions:
Vertical I: Social Movements and Contention Part I
1. Jochum, Margit: Communication and mobilization strategies and their "Europeanization" in the fields of European integration and agricultural policy in Switzerland
Discussant: Leonard Novy
2. Schulz-Forberg, Rolf-Hagen: The Meaning of Europe and the European Public Sphere after 1945. Crisis, negotiation and change.
Discussant: Alexander Svyetlov
Vertical II: National Discourses Part I
1. Boos, Verena: Europeanisation of Press Discourse in stateless nations (Scotland, Catalonia)
Discussant: Burcu Mahmutoglu
2. Tresch, Anke: Towards a regionalisation of Europeanised political discourse in Swiss print media?
Discussant:
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15.15 - 15.30 hrs
Coffee Break
15.30-17.00 hrs
Participants' papers in two parallel sessions:
Vertical I: Social Movements and Contention Part II
3. Steeg, Marianne van de: The public sphere in the EU: a media analysis of the debate on the Sanctions against Austria.
Discussant: Jan-Henrik Meyer
Vertical II: National Discourses Part II
3. Adam, Silke: Power structures in the media discourse on Eastern Enlargement in Germany. First results of a network analysis of the public sphere.
Discussant: Laima Nevinskaite
4. Mahmutoglu, Burcu: The Re-emergence of a Public Sphere in Cyprus.
Discussant: Jessica Erbe
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17.00 - 17.15
Coffee Break
17.15-18.30 hrs
Participants' papers in two parallel sessions:
Vertical II: National Discourses Part III
5. Taseli, Bahar: The Turkish Cypriot Print Media as Political Actors in the Cyprus Conflict and their Role in Manufacturing the Europeanization of the Public Sphere
Discussant:
Vertical III: Comparing the Europeanization of National Discourses Part I
1. Seidendorf, Stefan: Europeanisation of Identity Discourses: community of communication vs. community of memory.
Discussant: Andreas Fickers
18.30 Dinner
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Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003
9.30 - 11.15 hrs
Participants' papers in two parallel sessions:
Vertical III: Comparing the Europeanization of National Discourses Part II
2. Meyer, Jan-Henrik: The Maastricht Summit and the European Public Sphere.
Discussant: Stefan Seidendorf
3. Novy, Leonard: Reporting the Future of Europe: The EU's future as covered by German and British newspapers.
Discussant: Silke Adam
4. Kantner, Cathleen: Waiting for a European Progressive Era.
Discussant:
Vertical IV: Public Relations: Top-down Europeanization?
1. Brüggemann, Michael: Chances and limits to the top-down construction of a European Public.
Discussant: Margit Jochum
2. Reinfeldt, Alexander: Influencing British Public Opinion on Europe (1952-69)
Discussant: Verena Boos
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11.15 - 11.30 hrs
Coffee Break
Conclusions: What do we know about the European Public Sphere?
11.30 - 13.00 hrs
Final discussion of the results
Chairs presenting summaries of the results on:
- Concepts of the European public sphere: Similarities and differences
- Vertical perspective: Participation in the European public sphere - conclusions
- Horizontal perspective: Transnationalisation of the European sphere - conclusions
Comparison and final conclusions: What do we know about a European public sphere as of today?
Discussion, Critique and Evaluation
13.00 - 14.00 hrs
Lunch
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