New open access book: Politics, Civil Society and Participation
A new book of the European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School, entitled "Politics, Civil Society and Participation" (Bremen: edition lumière) has been published. The volume is edited by Leif Kramp, Nico Carpentier, Andreas Hepp, Richard Kilborn, Risto Kunelius, Hannu Nieminen, Tobias Olsson, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Ilija Tomanić Trivundža and Simone Tosoni.
(Image removed) The main focus of “Politics, Civil Society and Participation” is dedicated to the fundamental question: How do media and communications practices within European cultures change with their environment?
This volume consists of the intellectual work of the 2015 European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School, organized in cooperation with the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) and a consortium of 21 European partner universities at the ZeMKI, the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research of the University of Bremen, Germany. The chapters cover relevant research topics, structured into four sections: “Policies and politics of communication”, “Civil participation in and through the media”, “Media representations and usages” and “On methods”.
Contributors are (in alphabetical order): Bertrand Cabedoche, Nick Couldry, Nico Carpentier, Şahika Erkonan, Rasmus Greiner, Maria Gutierrez, Andreas Hepp, Jockum Hildén, Ronald Hitzler, Sigrid Kannengießer, Herminder Kaur, Joanna Kędra, Leif Kramp, Risto Kunelius, Anne Laajalahti, Hannu Nieminen, Tobias Olsson, Winfried Pauleit, Irena Reifova, Julia Roll, Christina Sanko, Kim Christian Schrøder, Melodine Sommier, Fredrik Stiernstedt, Ilija Tomanić Trivundža, Simone Tosoni, Panu Uotila, Erik Vatnøy, Julia Velkova and Dino Viscovi. The book additionally contains abstracts of 40 doctoral projects that were discussed at the 2015 European Media Communication Doctoral Summer School.
"Politics, Civil Society and Participation" can be downloaded for free at the Researching and Teaching Communication Book Series Website.
Additional resources
- The separate chapters of "Politics, Civil Society and Participation"
- "Politics, Civil Society and Participation" at Diva
- The flyer of "Politics, Civil Society and Participation"
- The publisher's webpage on "Politics, Civil Society and Participation"
Print versions are still available - they cost 19,80 euro plus shipping. A print version can be ordered directly from the publisher, edition lumière, by sending an email to: edition.lumiere@arcormail.de.
Nico Carpentier is professor in media and communication studies at the Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University.