Critical Perspectives on the European Mediasphere.
The intellectual work of the 2011 European media and communication doctoral summer school.

Introduction

The intellectual work of the 2011 ECREA European media and communication doctoral Summer School in Ljubljana
Ilija Tomanic Trivundža and Nico Carpentier

SECTION ONE: Theoretical frameworks and applications

Media as a societal structure and a situational frame for communicative action: A definition of concepts
Friedrich Krotz

Mediation and Resistance
Bart Cammaerts

Using Discourse Theory: A Discourse-Theoretical Exploration of the Articulation of Death
Nico Carpentier and Leen Van Brussel

Dragons and Arcades: Towards a Discursive Construction of the Flâneur
Ilija Tomanic Trivundža

The added value of frames: On the differences with related concepts
Viorela Dan

Approaching celebrity – sketching an analytical framework
Michael Rübsamen

SECTION TWO: Journalism and media

Striving for noiseless journalism
François Heinderyckx

The role of ‘Hey Mabels’ in making sense of the world
Ebba Sundin

Who are you calling a journalist – can one form of communication command special protection?
Francis Shennan

The flip-side of mediatised politics: ‘Unpackaging’ politics to avoid publicity
Juho Vesa

The Dangerous and Disruptive Relationship Between Media and Information
Manuel Parés i Maicas

SECTION THREE: Perspectives on European Mediasphere

The Broadcasting of Authenticity: How the media transform public politics into personal feelings
Jens E. Kjeldsen and Anders Johansen

Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Public broadcasters and their publics in post-Communist societies
Janis Juzefovics

Foley Artists – Wiring acoustic spaces in cinema, TV and radio plays
Heiner Stahl

Social Scientists and the European Neoliberal University: Tensions in Conceptualisations of the Public Role of Universities
Pika Založnik and Jeoffrey Gaspard

SECTION FOUR: Methodological and pedagogical approaches

The Importance of Literature Review in Research Design
Burcu Sümer

Exploring the foundations and theoretical distancing required for a PhD thesis: an incursion into the backyard of research
Bertrand Cabedoche

How to teach interactively large classrooms: a participation-focused approach
Pille Pruulman-Vengerfeldt

The popularisation of media studies as a factor in media literacy
Jan Jirák