Objective Media & Citizenship studies the ways transnational media, in particular Arabic language television, reshape the political landscapes of citizenship (Area 8.5.1) in the European Union. It provides the first European wide empirical research on the use of Arabic language television and its effect on integration in multicultural societies (Area 8.3.1). After collecting ratings data across 7 EU nations, focus group studies explore how Arabic speakers themselves construct citizenship in the light of their media use, and their adopted national cultures. Models of democratic participation continue to be based on the nation state, while political debate is no longer contained within its boundaries. Concerns around extreme expressions of Islamic fundamentalism on one hand, and the advance of moral panics around a threatening religious difference on the other, have brought Muslim communities into the core of political and media debates about citizenship in Europe. Those communities now have access to a shared ‘public sphere’, the space of Arabic language television. The project will gather quantitative and qualitative comparative empirical data on the use of Arabic language television in Europe, in order to deliver well founded policy advice on issues relating to the media and its regulation. The project works with Arabic speakers on their understandings of citizenship, derived from the media on the one hand and imposed by citizenship testing regimes on the other, in order to involve the community to influence policy at the national and European level. The project will be disseminated to the community through public meetings with stakeholders and a documentary. Keywords Arabic speakers in Europe cultural citizenship media ratings transnational television Programme(s) FP7-SSH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Topic(s) SSH-2007-3.1-01 - The impcat of European demographic changes in Europe SSH-2007-5.1-02 - Reassessing European Union citizenship Call for proposal FP7-SSH-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Address Heidelberglaan 8 3584 CS Utrecht Netherlands See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Lianne Toussaint (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 588 634,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITAET BIELEFELD Germany EU contribution € 180 148,40 Address Universitaetsstrasse 25 33615 Bielefeld See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Detmold Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Nadja Hanhart (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 29 900,25 Address Woodhouse lane LS2 9JT Leeds See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber West Yorkshire Leeds Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Kathy Brownridge (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window OREBRO UNIVERSITY Sweden EU contribution € 112 412,15 Address Fakultetsgatan 1 70182 Orebro See on map Region Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Örebro län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Inger Ljungkvist (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITE PARIS III SORBONNE NOUVELLE France EU contribution € 85 990,00 Address Rue de la sorbonne 17 75005 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Philippe Dubois (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE United Kingdom EU contribution € 243 139,20 Address Houghton street 1 WC2A 2AE London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ruth Holmes (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
