Why European tv news matters : a cross-nationally comparative analysis of tv news about the European Union and its effects

Thesis

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Preface

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List of abbreviations used

1 Why the television news coverage of the EU may matter

Part I Television news coverage of the EU

2 Television coverage of the EU in the 1999 European election campaign

3 Television coverage of the European Union in routine and summit periods

Part II ...and its effects

4 The impact of the amount of EU coverage on the perceived importance of European integration depends on the nature of elite opinion

5 The influence on the tone of EU coverage on support for European integration depends on the consonance of the entire coverage

6 The influence of performance depictions of the EU on support for the EU and for European integration depends on trade relations

7 The impact of EU coverage on fears about European integration depends on a country's size and wealth

8 Why the television news coverage of the EU matters

Technical Appendix A Post hoc probing of interaction effects

Technical Appendix B Additional tables and figures

References

Samenvatting in het Nederlands

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