National Context - Transnational Perspectives - Mapping Commonalities and Differences in Diasporic, Ethnic Experience and the Media in Europe

The mapping of minorities and their media in and across European countries is grounded in the data collected from 12 EU member-states, while learning from case studies and in-depth research conducted by other researchers. The 12 national reports include rich and extensive information about minorities' demography, about models of multiculturalism and about media cultures. They indeed show that the national context still matters, even if transnational and local elements co-exist and challenge its predominance.

Introduction	Myria Georgiou
Austria	Martina Böse, Regina Haberfellner and Ayhan Koldas
Belgium	Meghann Ormond
Denmark	Mustafa Hussain
Finland	Ralf Kauranen and Salla Tuori
Germany	Ulrich Raiser
Greece	Myria Georgiou
Italy	COSPE
Netherlands	Susan Bink
Portugal	Alexandra Figueiredo
Spain	Berta Gaya
Sweden	Leonor Camauër
United Kingdom	Myria Georgiou

Note on Terminology

Readers will notice that the scholars, whose work is presented here, use different concepts and/or the same concepts in different ways while discussing minority groups, communities and multiculturalism. The most controversial terms are those that relate to characterising the groups on study - diasporas, migrants, immigrants, ethnic groups, etc. The diversity in the use of concepts is unavoidable and relates to different research traditions and different academic perspectives. We would argue that differences in terminology and academic approaches do not reflect weakness or inconsistency; rather, they reflect the richness and diversity within ethnicity, diaspora and transnationalism studies.