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    Grounding the European Public SphereL By M M DyM I P

    L B

    N. 43 | A 2012

    WORKING PAPER

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    2 | KFGWorking Paper No. 43 | August 2012

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    Grounding the European Public Sphere | 3

    Grounding the European Public Sphere

    Looking Beyond the Mass Media to Digitally Mediated Issue

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    Abstract

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    Contents

    1. I 5

    2. Tz I P N T Cx 6

    2.1 Who Are the Organizers of Issue Publics in Europe? 7

    2.2 Rethinking the Nature of Mediated Public Spheres 8

    3. Ayz Nw I P N EU 10

    4. R D 13

    5. M 15

    6. T C f EU F T Avy Nw 16

    6.1 Determining Whether There is A Cross-naonal EU FT Network 17 6.2 Public Engagement in the EU Networkt 187. T C f N Lv FT Nw UK 21

    7.1 Issue Framing in the UK Network 23

    7.2 Does the UK FT Network Refer to the EU? 23

    7.3 Evidence of Opportunies for Direct Cizen Engagement 24

    8. T C f Gmy 26

    8.1 Issue Framing 278.2 EU References 29

    8.3 Cizen Engagement 31

    9. D EU R T Bm-U Cmm? 31

    10. C: Tw D NGO S 31

    L 33

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    1. I1

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    Fairtrades vision is a world in which all producers can enjoy secure and sustainable livelihoods, fulll

    their potenal and decide on their future.

    We believe that trade can be a fundamental driver of poverty reducon and greater sustainable de-

    velopment, but only if it is managed for that purpose, with greater equity and transparency than is

    currently the norm [].

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    2009)13

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    vies of the internaonal Fair Trade movement in Europe and worldwide. (Internaonal Fair Trade

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    Figure 1: EU Fair Trade Network Core Organizaons

    Nodes sizes reect relave numbers of in- and outlinks per site. Crawl reach set to two iteraons (two

    outlinks from starng points) based on outlinks found three pages deep in the sites. Organizaon

    domains are indicated by colors in legend.

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    Figure 2: Locaons of Fair Trade Towns in Europe in 2009

    Source: Internaonal Fair Trade Towns (hp://www.fairtradetowns.org/about/).

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    Figure 3: UK Fair Trade Network Core Organizaons

    Nodes sized by relave numbers of in- and outlinks per site. Crawl set to one iteraon (one outlink

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    7.3 Evidence of Opportunies for Direct Cizen Engagement

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    Figure 4: Trade Jusce Movement Campaign 2006 Email Angela Merkel EU President

    Source: TJM website, hp://www.tjm.org.uk/, November 2006.

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    Figure 5: Example of direct cizen engagement opportunies with the EU from the 2009 Trade Jusce

    Movement campaign enabling cizens to contact the EU Trade Commissioner and MEPs

    Source: Source: TJM website hp://www.tjm.org.uk/, November 2009.

    8. The Case of Germany

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    Figure 6: German Fair Trade Network Core Organizaons

    Nodes sized by relave numbers of in and out links per site. Crawl set to one iteraon (one outlink

    from starng points), based on links found three pages deep in the sites. Organizaons and other

    URL designaons indicated by colors in legend.

    8.1 Issue Framing

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    Figure 7: The Fair Trade Company (and consumer acvist organizaon) GEPA uses the English framing in

    its publicity

    Source: GEPA Website hp://www.gepa.de/p/index.php/mID/1/lan/de

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    Figure 8: Oxfam German Campaign Site Featuring Actress Heike Makatsch and the English Framing of

    the Make Trade Fair Campaign

    Source: Oxfam Germany Website hp://www.oxfam.de/a_631_aktuell.asp?id=74

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    8.3 Cizen Engagement

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    interest groups, and other non-state actors, to make alliances with combinaons of naonal govern -

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    (Tarrow 2001: 250-251)

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