From cultural defence to political culture

Media, politics and collective identity in the European Union

Bibliographic Data

ID11268802
AuthorsPhilip Schlesinger (0000-0003-0078-9630, STIRLING MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING, SCOTLAND, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume19
Issue3
Pages369-391
Publication date1997-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/016344397019003005
OpenAlexW2108452051
LanguageEN
Citations received52
References cited23

This paper takes recent EU policy concerning audiovisual media as its initial point of focus, placing it in the context both of the market negotiations of the GATT talks and the various notions of `European cultural identity' to be found in official EU statements and documents. Exploring a number of slippages and tensions, it maps the shifting ground of media and cultural policy in the mid-1990s, particularly in relation to questions of cultural protection, cultural identity and pluralism. Having critically reviewed the current dominance of technological and industrial perspectives and the particular articulation of economy, culture and polity which follows from this, it makes the case both for placing issues of political culture more firmly on the EU agenda and for recognizing the importance of the media in political as well as cultural development

Cultural identity · Cultural policy · Economics · European union · Identity politics · Media studies · Negotiation · Political communication · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · European Cultural and National Identity · European Union Policy and Governance · Law

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