Television news has not yet left the nation state: Reflections on European integration in the news

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Television news has not (yet) left the nation
stateReflections on European integration in the
news
Copenhagen October 5, 2006

• Claes H. de Vreese
• The Amsterdam School of Communications Research
  ASCoR
• Universiteit van Amsterdam
• www.claesdevreese.com

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Visibility of EU news in television newscasts
1999 and 2004
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Visibility of EP election and other EU news 1999
and 2004 (EU 15)
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2004 journalist/ editor survey

• We have done a bare minimum, to keep all happy
  
• (British television journalist)
• There was a complete lack of excitement by the
  parties
• (British television journalist)
• Its hard making the elections relevant, MEPs
  have so little power
• (British television journalist)
• The elections were only interesting when the
  national party leaders appeared
• (Dutch television journalist)
• It was a very news-rich period
• (Dutch television journalist)

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