Journalism, Representation and the Public Sphere edited by Leif Kramp, Nico Carpentier, Andreas Hepp, Ilija Tomanić Trivundža, Hannu Nieminen, Risto Kunelius, Tobias Olsson, Ebba Sundin and Richard Kilborn The topic “Journalism, Representation and the Public Sphere” is dedicated to the fundamental question: How do journalism, the various representations and public spheres of European cultures and societies change? This volume con- sists of the intellectual work of the 2014 European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School, organized in cooperation with the European Com- munication Research and Education Association (ECREA) at the ZeMKI, the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research of the University of Bremen, Germany. The chapters cover relevant research topics, structured into four sections: “Journalism”, “Representations and Everyday Life”, “Pub- lic Sphere, Space and Politics”, “Rethinking Media Studies” and “Academic Practice”. The European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School brings to- gether a group of highly qualified doctoral students as well as senior research- ers and professors from a diversity of European countries. The main objective of the fourteen-day summer school is to organize an innovative learning pro- cess at doctoral level, focusing primarily on enhancing the quality of individual dissertation projects through an intercultural and interdisciplinary exchange and networking programme. This said, the summer school is not merely based on traditional postgraduate teaching approaches like lectures and workshops. The summer school also integrates many group-centred and individual ap- proaches, especially an individualized discussion of doctoral projects, peer-to- peer feedback — and a joint book production. ECREA Kramp, Carpentier, Hepp, Tomanić Trivundža, Nieminen, Kunelius, Olsson, Sundin, Kilborn (Eds.): Journalism, Representation and the Public Sphere edition lumière edition lumière