Deadline for Abstracts 

1. November 2006.

Abstracts are to be sent to cristiano.bee@soc.unitn.it and cinefogo@soc.unitn.it

About the conference

With this workshop (Trento 1,2 december 2006) we want to address different aspects regarding the development of the European public sphere, considering both the actual institutional debates that  the EU’s is facing and broader questions such as the process of identity building in Europe, European citizenship, participation in the EU’s policy making.

The workshop is therefore aimed at presenting papers on both theoretical and empirical ongoing research on the European public sphere and at opening up a discussion and confrontation with experts coming from the EU institutions, the European Media and civil society networks involved on european citizenship issues.

Papers on the following themes are welcome:

-  How has the European public sphere been conceptualised from a theoretical point of view?
-  How is the debate about the emergence of a civil society in Europe related to the       conceptualisation of a European public sphere?
- Is there a link between EU institutional communication and EU’s media policy? How have EU’s institution tried to shape media policies in Europe?
- How have different media in different countries represented the debate about recent political and social issues (such as enlargement, constitution, etc.)?
- How have different media in different countries represented issues such as participation-inclusion/exclusion-belonging-identity?
- What are the current conflict and social exclusion that are inspired by European media and what can be done about corporate media responsibility?
- What can be theoretical and empirical grounds to analyze the civic culture of European mass media?

Where

The workshop will take place in Trento (Italy) on the 1. and 2. December 2006.

Costs

The University of Trento will provide accomodation, while travel costs shall be covered by each individual participant