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?

The Editor: Lynda Lee Kaid is Professor of Telecommunication at the University of Florida. A Fulbright Scholar, she is the author/editor of more than twenty-five books including The Encyclopedia of Political Communication (forthcoming), The Handbook of Political Communication Research (2004), and Videostyle in Presidential Campaigns (2001).