The Lisbon Treaty of December 2009 is the latest success of the European Unions drive to restructure itself and expand. Yet questions persist about how democratic this new Europe might be. Will Brussels promotion of the "European idea" produce a common European culture and society? The authors consider it might, as a culture of everyday shared experience, though old ways are cherished, citizens forever thinking twice about committing to an uncertain future. The book focuses on mass media, as a prime agent of change, sometimes used deliberately to promote a "European project"; sometimes...