[Bilimsel Haber] ECREA Summer School 2011 book ready - online version available for free

[Salvatore Scifo]

Dear All,

It is our pleasure to announce the publication of our sixth Summer 
School Book, entitled »Critical Perspectives on the European 
Mediasphere. The intellectual work of the 2011 ECREA European Media and 
Communication Doctoral Summer School«, edited by Ilija Tomanic 
Trivundža, Nico Carpentier, Hannu Nieminen, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, 
Richard Kilborn, Ebba Sundin, and Tobias Olsson.

This book includes a series of papers that were presented by lecturers 
and PhD-students at the ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral 
Summer School in August 2011 in Ljubljana (Slovenia).

The 2011 European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School was 
supported by the Lifelong Learning Programme Erasmus Intensive Programme 
project (grant agreement reference number: 2010-7242), the University of 
Ljubljana – the Department of Media and Communication Studies and the 
Faculty of Social Sciences, a consortium of 22 universities, and the 
Slovene Communication Association. Affiliated partners of the programme 
were the European Communication Research and Education Association 
(ECREA), the Finnish National Research School, and COST Action IS0906 
Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies.

Contributors are (in alphabetical order): Bertrand Cabedoche, Bart 
Cammaerts, Nico Carpentier, Viorela Dan, Jeoffrey Gaspard, François 
Heinderyckx, Jan Jirák, Anders Johansen, Janis Juzefovics, Jens E. 
Kjeldsen, Friedrich Krotz, Manuel Parés i Maicas, Pille 
Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Michael Rübsamen, Francis Shennan, Heiner Stahl, 
Burcu Sümer, Ebba Sundin, Ilija Tomaniæ Trivundža, Leen Van Brussel, 
Juho Vesa and Pika Založnik.

The book consists of four sections: 1/ Theoretical frameworks and 
applications, 2/ Journalism and media, 3/ Perspectives on european 
mediasphere, 4/ Methodological and pedagogical approaches. The book also 
includes all abstracts of PhD projects presented at the Summer School.

DOWNLOAD THE BOOK

You can download a PDF-version of this book – free of charge – from the 
Researching and Teaching Communication Series website:
http://www.researchingcommunication.eu/

The direct link:
http://www.researchingcommunication.eu/reco_book7.pdf

The different chapters can be accessed here:
http://www.researchingcommunication.eu/TOC_book7.html

You can also download the book from the Summer School website:
http://www.comsummerschool.org/node/84

ORDER THE BOOK

A print version can be ordered by sending an email to:
ilija.tomanic at fdv.uni-lj.si

ABOUT THE BOOK

The book was published by Založba FDV (Faculty of Social Sciences, 
University of Ljubljana Press).
http://www.fdv.uni-lj.si/zalozba/

The book is a part of the Researching and Teaching Communication Series 
(ISSN 1736-3918 (print) & ISSN 1736-4752 (online)), edited by Nico 
Carpentier and Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt.

The publishing of this book was supported by the Slovene Communication 
Association and the European Communication Research and Education 
Association.

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

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

PART ONE: RESEARCH

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

PART TWO: THE SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENT ABSTRACTS



Salvatore Scifo
ECREA online
Executive Board member, ECREA
www.ecrea.eu