The EU Expansion

Contents: Lynda Lee Kaid: European Parliamentary Elections: Communicating a Shared Vision for Europe – Timothy McLendon: Institutional and Political Development of the EU – Juri Mykkänen: Untying the Social Bond? Webstyle in the Finnish European Campaign – Colleen Connolly-Ahern/Julio César Herrero: Politics and Impression Management in Spanish Advertising – Frank Esser/Christina Holtz-Bacha/Eva-Maria Lessinger: A Low-Key Affair: German Parties’ TV Advertising – Jürgen Maier/Michaela Maier: The Reception of European Election Campaigns and Political Involvement – Wojciech Cwalina/Andrzej Falkowski: Political TV Advertising in Forming Voters’ Attitudes in Poland – Jolán Róka: Strategic Political Communication Implications in Hungary – Jesper Strömbäck/Lars W. Nord: Still a Second-Order Election: Comparing Swedish Media Coverage of the 2004 European Parliamentary Election and the 2002 National Election – Andrew Paul Williams/Lynda Lee Kaid/Kristen D. Landreville/Juliana Fernandes/Hyun Jung Yun/Drew Bagley/Sarah Urriste: The Representation of European Elections in News Media Coverage around the World – Daniela V. Dimitrova/Monica Postelnicu: Coverage of the Election in Candidate Countries: A View from Bulgaria and Romania – Kaye D. Sweetser/Justin D. Martin/Abby Gail LeGrange: Media Reliance and International Perceptions of the EU among Young People – Joan Solsman/Anne Johnston: Newspaper Coverage of Two U.S. and EU Summits – John C. Tedesco/Emiley M. Baker/Ana Constantinescu/Scott Dunn: The EU and the United States on Terrorism: United We Stand?