The Media, European Integration And The Rise Of Euro-journalism, 1950s-1970s (palgrave Studies In The History Of The Media)

This book explains how the media helped to invent the European Union as the supranational polity that we know today. Against normative EU scholarship, it tells the story of the rise of the Euro-journalists – pro-European advocacy journalists – within the post-war Western European media. The Euro-journalists pioneered a journalism which symbolically magnified the technocratic European Community as the embodiment of Europe. Normative research on the media and European integration has focused on how the media might help to construct a democratic and legitimate European Union. In contrast, this book aims to deconstruct how journalists – as part of Western European elites – played a key role in elite European identity building campaigns. Acknowledgements 6 Praise for The Media, European Integration and the Rise of Euro-journalism, 1950s–1970s 9 Contents 11 Acronyms and Abbreviations 12 Chapter 1 Introduction 14 Definitions 17 The Media and European Integration in Social Science and Historical Research 18 Sources and Methodology 24 Structure 25 Chapter 2 The Media and the Many Europes 27 Western European Cooperation and Integration in the 1950s 30 Conflicts Over Western European Cooperation During the 1950s 33 Western European Media in the 1950s 41 Western European Media and European Integration in the 1950s 47 Empire and Commonwealth 49 Nationalism 56 Socialism and Communism 60 (Neo)Liberalism 63 Conservatism and Gaullism 71 Conclusion 74 Chapter 3 The Emergence of the Euro-journalists 76 Journalism, Politics and Diplomacy in Post-War Western Europe 79 Euro-journalists—Economists and Cosmopolitans 86 Becoming a Euro-journalist 110 Conclusion 123 Chapter 4 The Rise of the Euro-narrative 125 Political and Economic Change in Western Europe 127 Media Change 130 Chapter Structure 131 Creating a Space for the EEC in the Western European Media 131 Informing the Public About the EEC and Spreading the Euro-narrative 139 Informing the Public About the EEC 139 The Sui Generis EEC as a European Polity in the Making 146 Prosperity and Peace 155 The European Integration Process 157 The Rise of the Euro-narrative 161 Generational Change and Career Progress 162 Setting a Framework for European Integration Coverage 163 EEC Institutions, Member State Governments and Civil Society Public Relations Activities 166 A Changing International Context 176 Conclusion 183 Chapter 5 The Dominance of Euro-journalism 185 The “European Moment” and the 1970s Crises of European Integration 186 Media Change 190 Chapter Structure 192 The “European Moment” and Western European Journalism 193 Television 193 Newspapers 206 Transnational Journalism and the Magazine Europa 214 News Agencies 219 First-Generation and Second-Generation Euro-journalists 227 Second-Generation Euro-journalism 232 Building a European News Hub 241 Conflict 249 Resistance Against the Euro-narrative 256 Conclusion 259 Chapter 6 Euro-journalism and the Emergence of a European Polity 262 European Parliament and European Council 265 Promoting the European Council 269 Media Coverage 270 Promoting the First Direct European Parliamentary Elections 273 Broadcasting 277 Newspapers 294 News Agencies 299 Conclusion 302 Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Media, Politics and European Identity Building 304 The Media and Politics 308 The Media and Europeanisation 312 The Media, Consensus and Conflict 313 The Media and European Identity Building 315 Sources 319 Index 351 This book explains how the media helped to invent the European Union as the supranational polity that we know today. Against conventional EU scholarship, it tells the story of the rise of the Euro-journalists - pro-European advocacy journalists - within the post-war Western European media, and argues that the Euro-journalists pioneered a shift in the media representation of European integration. During the 1950s, multiple visions of Western European cooperation competed in the media, which initially considered the European Community to be a merely technocratic international organization. By the late 1970s, however, the media were symbolically magnifying the Community as a sui generis European polity and the sole embodiment of Europe. Normative research on the media and European integration has focused on how the media might help to construct a democratic and legitimate European Union. In contrast, this book aims to deconstruct a pro-European advocacy journalism, which became dominant within the Western European media between the 1950s and the 1970s. Moreover, the book shows how journalists - as part of Western European elites - played a key role in elite European identity building campaigns.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Introduction (Martin Herzer)....Pages 1-13 The Media and the Many Europes (Martin Herzer)....Pages 15-63 The Emergence of the Euro-journalists (Martin Herzer)....Pages 65-113 The Rise of the Euro-narrative (Martin Herzer)....Pages 115-174 The Dominance of Euro-journalism (Martin Herzer)....Pages 175-251 Euro-journalism and the Emergence of a European Polity (Martin Herzer)....Pages 253-294 Conclusion: The Media, Politics and European Identity Building (Martin Herzer)....Pages 295-309 Back Matter ....Pages 311-357