ABSTRACT
The programmes selected during the 2-week period of analysis were those considered most relevant to our research criteria and in many cases constituted the entire range available on the selected channels during this time (see Appendix II). Despite this being a more selective range of programming, the scheduling times more or less mirrored the Wndings from the Wrst phase in relation to when programmes were broadcast in each country. There are some apparent differences between the countries as regards the scheduling of informational or entertainment programmes that have a European perspective. The French and German channels in the study are more likely to deal with European political or economic issues during prime-time broadcasting than the other countries, although these are conveyed through national current affairs programmes rather than speciWc European programmes. This possibly reXects a different perspective on what ‘Europe’ means in two central states of the European cooperation project. Alternatively, for Dutch and British channels in the study, this is the appropriate time to feature documentaries of a historical or cultural nature. A reasonable spread of programmes throughout the day can be observed in the scheduling of the Polish, French, and Dutch television. Daytime television is particularly signiWcant in Poland. Unfortunately, many
VISIONS OF EUROPE: REPRESENTATIONS OF A COMMON IDENTITY?
