ABSTRACT
This chapter first presents in more detail the body of literature on Euroscepticism and the media, including analyses of media content, investigations into how the media perceive their role in EU politics, and an overview of the concerted efforts of the EU institutions to improve their public visibility and communication with citizens. Analysing media reporting on EU politics offers us necessary empirical tools to assess the democratic credentials of EU contestation. Some researchers have focused on the analysis of specific news media dedicated to the 'Eurosceptic cause' and their links to political power. The chapter also discusses an explanatory framework on the role of the media in Eurosceptic public discourse, based on normative assumptions about the role of the media in a democratic public sphere and on the concept of mediatisation. Finally, the chapter gives a positive outlook on Euroscepticism in the media, as a necessary ingredient for the normalisation and democratisation of EU politics.
