Is there a Belgian public sphere? What the case of a federal multilingual country can contribute to the debate on transnational public spheres. And vice versa Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Many authors argue that transnational polities such as the European Union (EU) cannot be considered democratically legitimate if corresponding public spheres do not develop, so as to allow genuine public participation on their policies. As ultimate carriers of public spheres, mass media have a crucial role to play. For the EU, this would be through a pan-European media system or Europeanisation of national media. The existence of merely national ...