Bulletin n. 1/2012
June 2012
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Hinrichsen Malte Carlos
    Religion, the media and EU membership of Turkey
    in Comparative European Politics , vol. 10, n. 2, april ,  2012 ,  198-217
    ABSTRACT: This study investigates the role of religiousness and exposure to news about the European Union (EU) in the media in explaining public support for Turkish EU membership. The study draws on surveys in highly religious Ireland (n=1437) and rather secular Netherlands (n=1089) as well as media content analyses of television news and national newspapers in both countries. The results suggest that media coverage of EU affairs matters to public opinion about EU enlargement. The effects of the news media, however, are conditional upon the visibility and consistency in tone of the news. The results provide evidence for an important role of religiousness and the moderating role of EU media coverage in that more and more positive information about the EU decreases anti-Turkey sentiments in a highly religious country context.
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