„DU «EUX» AU «NOUS»: ÉTUDE D’IMPACT DE LA CONSTRUCTION EUROPÉENNE SUR LA RESPONSABILITÉ SOCIALE DES JOURNALISTES - FROM “THEM” TO “US”: STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION ON THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF JOURNALISTS (French version)

This study analyzes the media construction of the role of journalists in their relationship with institutional sources and public opinion. The main research questions refer to the influence of the European argument on the way in which journalists define their “mission” and their symbolic identity in the public space. What are the generalization strategies which journalists deploy in order to legitimize their participation in the definition of the post EU-accession period as a public issue? The study uses a constructivist paradigm applied to the European issue. By using a semiotic-discursive methodology, the analysis highlights certain media practices relevant for the Europeanization of the media discourse in Romania. It demonstrates that at the time of the imminent accession to the EU, the press begins to use certain identity themes and imageries, as well as a militant and, at the same time, statutory image of the journalist.