Authors:	Biel, Jonas Finger, Tobias Niemann, Arne Reinke, Vincent Kossakowski, Radosław Jungblut, Jens Mańkowski, Dobrosław Llopis-Goig, Ramón
Title:	A European public sphere united by football : a comparative quantitative text analysis of German, Norwegian, Polish and Spanish football media
Online publication date:	18-Jan-2024
Year of first publication:	2023
Language:	english
Abstract:	The ability of the European community to respond to the multiple crises threatening the European Union and Europe depends in part on citizens' shared European identity giving legitimacy and support to communal action. Men's elite European club football is an example of a cultural practice that is highly Europeanised, reaches diverse audiences and is a known carrier of collective identities. This article examines the emergence of a European public football sphere through the convergence of football coverage across national media spaces, serving as a foundation for European identity constructions. It connects the concept of a European public sphere to the Europeanisation and mediatisation of football and its potential effects on European identity formation. Results indicate a convergence of football coverage around high-profile and high-status aspects of European football, creating a strongly aligned, homogenous but exclusive European public football sphere that leaves many parts of Europe on the sidelines.
DDC:	300 Sozialwissenschaften 300 Social sciences
Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department:	FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport
Place:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9941
Version:	Published version
Publication type:	Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License:	CC BY
Information on rights of use:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal:	Journal of common market studies Version of Record (VoR)
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher place:	Oxford
Issue date:	2023
ISSN:	1468-5965
Publisher DOI:	10.1111/jcms.13559
Appears in collections:	DFG-491381577-H