Chair and discussant: Karen Arriaza Ibarra (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) Presentations: Room TBD Shawn Powers (Georgia State University, USA): Theorizing International Broadcasting in the Information Age. Christina Köhler & Oliver Quiring (University of Mainz, Germany): National Media Coverage and Europe’s Future. Media Coverage of the Euro Crisis in Ten EUCountries and Public Opinion on the EU Anabelle Srebreny (SOAS, University of London): Charlie Hebdo and the ‘global media/event’ horizon” John Yu Zhang (New York Institute of Technology, USA): Hegemony or Resistance? An Examination of the Ambiguous Power Communication on US ‘Rebalance’ to Asia Between China and the U.S