Unravelling the mysteries of the Europe Direct Information Relays

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dc.contributor.advisorSchon-Quinlivan, Emmanuelle
dc.contributor.advisorCottey, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorGuedes de Freitas Rodrigues, Ricardo Jorgeen
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-01T11:19:04Z
dc.date.available2025-10-01T11:19:04Z
dc.date.issued2025en
dc.date.submitted2025
dc.description.abstractIn the year 2004 the European Commission created the Europe Direct Information Relays, an official European information structure instituted across the European Union. It used an innovative architecture to do so, by resorting to a circular model of communication as its intellectual inspiration. This was the first attempt of the European institutions to design a two-way communication outlet with the European citizens. This research examines the extent to which the establishment of the Europe Direct Information Relays by the European Commission fit the Circular Model of Communication of Osgood and Schramm (Schramm, 1954). Additionally, it investigates whether the European Commission adhered to a textbook application of such framework or instead used a proxy model to this one. Located at the intersection of information and communication, and European politics, this research is likely the first attempt to explore the interplay between the adoption of an academic theory in the field of communication and its practical implementation by a European institution. Resorting to both qualitative and quantitative research methods, this work dispels the puzzle of the Europe Direct Information Relays. By doing so, it advances understanding in this field of knowledge and offers clues for potentially larger research agendas ahead in this area.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationGuedes de Freitas Rodrigues, R. J. 2025. Unravelling the mysteries of the Europe Direct Information Relays. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.
dc.identifier.endpage272
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/17930
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.rights© 2025, Ricardo Jorge Guedes de Freitas Rodrigues.
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCommunicationen
dc.subjectEurope Direct Information Relaysen
dc.subjectEuropean Commissionen
dc.subjectEuropean Unionen
dc.subjectInformationen
dc.titleUnravelling the mysteries of the Europe Direct Information Relays
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD - Doctor of Philosophyen
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