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International Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies and Environmental Communication Volume 2, Issue 2, 2013 Volume 1, Issue 1, 2014 ISSN 2285 – 3324 ISSN-L = 2285 – 3324 DOI: (Digital Object Identifier):10.5682/22853324 DIALOGUE-DRIVEN CHANGE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE 1 2, Issue 2013 Volume IJCCSEC EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ana-Maria Munteanu Universitatea Ovidius Constanþa, RO [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOR Florentina Nicolae Universitatea Ovidius Constanþa, RO [email protected] EDITOR Nicoleta Stanca Universitatea Ovidius Constanþa, RO [email protected] MEMBERS James Augerot University of Washington, Seattle, USA [email protected] Paul Michelson Huntington University, USA [email protected] Vasile Muscalu Director Editura Universitara, RO [email protected] Aida Todi Universitatea Ovidius Constanþa, RO [email protected] Lucica Tofan Universitatea Ovidius Constanþa, RO [email protected] Site Administrator Alina Costiana Stan [email protected] IJCCSEC Volume 2, Issue 2013 Volume IJCCSEC 2 International Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies and Environmental Communication http://crossculturenvironment.wordpress.com/ Volume 2, Issue 2, 2013 Volume 1, Issue 1, 2014 DIALOGUE-DRIVEN CHANGE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE Coordinator: Cornelia Ilie Editura Universitarã www.editurauniversitara.ro & Asociaþia pentru Dezvoltare Interculturalã (ADI) www.adinterculturala.wordpress.com 3 2, Issue 2013 Volume IJCCSEC ADVISORY BOARD Marta Árkossy Ghezzo Claudia Jensen Lehman College, New York, USA University of Washington, Seattle, USA [email protected] [email protected] Adina Ciugureanu Maria Do Rósario Laureano Santos Universitatea Ovidius Constanþa, RO Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal [email protected] [email protected] Augusto Rodrigues Da Silva Junior Ileana Marin Universidade de Brasilia, Brasil University of Washington, Seattle, USA [email protected] [email protected] Timothy Ehlinger Charles Moseley University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, University of Cambridge, UK USA [email protected] [email protected] Stephen Prickett Victor A. Friedman Professor Emeritus, University of University of Chicago, USA Glasgow/Kent [email protected] [email protected] Ana-Cristina Halichias Giovanni Rotiroti University of Bucharest, RO Universita Occidentale, Naples, Italy [email protected] [email protected] Ioan Ianoº Leonor Santa Bárbara University of Bucharest, RO Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal [email protected] [email protected] Cornelia Ilie Eduard Vlad Zayed University, UAE Universitatea Ovidius Constanþa, RO [email protected] [email protected] IJCCSEC Volume 2, Issue 2013 Volume IJCCSEC 4 International Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies and Environmental Communication TABLE OF CONTENTS Cornelia ILIE Dialogue-driven Change in the Public Sphere: An Introduction ....................... 7 I. Multi-voiced discourses in the changing European public sphere Cornelia ILIE Undergoing or enacting change? Societal change as discursive practice.......... 13 Oana ªTEFÃNIÞÃ EU – from media discourse to citizens’ interpersonal conversation agendas ... 25 Francesca RUGGIERI Political satire on television: How political satire encourages critical awareness of political issues and contributes to the formation of a civic culture ............... 38 Gemma SCALISE European identity construction in the public sphere: A case study of narratives of Europe ........................................................................................................... 51 Raluca LEVONIAN Endorsing change from a conservative perspective? The case of a new Romanian right-wing party ................................................................................ 63 Ivanka MAVRODIEVA The functions of rhetoric in the Bulgarian public sphere .................................. 86 Luigi CAZZATO For a border-dialogue in ‘fortress Europe’: The re-appropriation of mediterranean routes ......................................................................................... 99 5 2, Issue 2013 Volume IJCCSEC II. Changing strategies in gendering discourses Ruxandra BOICU The current world crisis and the thematic changes in media discourse: An illustration of masculinization of political journalists’ discourse ...................... 111 Rosanna MASIOLA, Renato TOMEI Gender in blackness: Stereotyping in children’s literature, media and political discourse ............................................................................................................ 121 Adriana ªTEFÃNEL Lost in a men’s world: Women in Romanian local politics .............................. 138 Stefania SPINA, Jessica CANCILA Gender issues in the interactions of Italian politicians on Twitter: Identity, representation and flows of conversation............................................ 147 Valeria ROSSINI, Fiorenza LOIACONO How Italian fathers’ perception of their childcare capacity is changing between tradition and modernity ..................................................................................... 158 Dilina BESHIRI, Edi PUKA Domestic violence as a human rights issue: The case of Albanian women ...... 169 Letizia CARRERA Gender issues and social change: Looking at new male job choices ................ 176 III. The impact of digital environments on citizens’empowerment Donatella PADUA The role of trust in e-engagement: A case study on EU governments .............. 187 Haris NEOPHYTOU, Neofytos GEROSAVVA, Yiannis KONNARIS SEED: Enforcing citizen-centered social dialogue in European Municipalities 201 Andrea CASSANO The role of forums in the social construction of public opinion ....................... 211 IJCCSEC Volume 2, Issue 2013 Volume IJCCSEC 6 DIALOGUE-DRIVEN CHANGE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE: AN INTRODUCTION Cornelia Ilie1 The International Journal of Cross-cultural Studies and Environmental Communication has decided to devote two special issues (Volume 2, Issue 2, 2013 and Volume 1, Issue 1, 2014) to selected papers presented at the 2nd ESTIDIA Conference, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy on 3-5 October 2013. These papers raise and discuss a significant range of current issues related to the theme of the conference “Dialogue-driven Change in the Public Sphere”. The first of the two special issues (Volume 2, Issue 2, 2013) brings together 17 articles devoted to the following three topics: (1) Multi-voiced discourses in the changing European public sphere; (2) Changing strategies in gendering discourses; (3) The impact of digital environments on citizens’ empowerment. The second of the two special issues (Volume 1, Issue 1, 2014) features 12 articles pertaining to the following two topics: (1) Socio-political change at the interface of tradition and modernity; (2) Intercultural approaches to educational change. The articles in these two issues address the challenges involved by processes of change in context-specific dialogue practices and strategies from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, crossing both geographical and methodological borders. The focus of these studies is on the traditions, principles, purposes and practices of interaction in the public sphere that are part of, and conducive to, societal change.Since language use is crucial in shaping individual and collective identity, social interaction and power patterns, the construction and use of discourse gives meaning to specific events, circumstances, attitudes and actions (Wodak and Meyer, 2009; Van Dijk, 2011). Discourses are used in everyday contexts for building power and knowledge, for regulation and normalization (Bergerand Luckmann,1966), for the development of new knowledge and power relations (Chilton, 2004), and for hegemony (excess influence or authority of one group or nation over another).Moreover, there is increased awareness that changes at the societal level are closely intertwined with changes at the organizational level (Seo and Creed, 2002; Scheuer, S. and Scheuer, J.D., 2008). A particular concern of the articles in these two issues is with the role of language in contemporary social, political and cultural change – for example, how do (changing) uses of language , 2013 contribute to the multi-voiced discourses in the public sphere, to the changing structure of ‘information society’ (through the impact of digital environments), to the construction of regional, national, trans-national identities, or to effects of ‘globalisation’. 1 Zayed University, UAE, [email protected] 7 IJCCSEC Volume 2, Issue 2 Change, be it subtle or dramatic, is constantly an integral part of social life, bringing about significant alteration of social structure, behavior patterns and cultural values. Social change refers to variations over time in the ecological ordering of populations and communities, in patterns of roles and social interactions, in the structure and functioning of institutions, and in the cultures of societies. In recent times, two fallacies about social change have been intensively debated. According to the first fallacy, social change is simply a linear movement in time from a traditional past towards a modern future, while old values and institutions are regarded as impediments to changes and obstacles to modernization. The second fallacy is based on the assumption that there is an irreconcilable conflict between old and new traditions and structures, which leads to old traditions and structures being simply displaced by new ones. However, both fallacies have been proved