Category Archives: Media

May 15 2019

A Polarized yet Hollow Debate: The Journalistic Coverage of the Greek Memoranda

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Posted in: Greece, Media

By Christos Kostopoulos The three memoranda signed between various Greek governments and the creditor Troika have been one of the most important European political issues in this decade, generating a lot of journalistic and scholarly interest. This article presents findings … Continue reading →

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Jan 10 2019

Spain is no longer exceptional: Mainstream media and the far-right party Vox

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Posted in: Elections, Media, Spain

By Sergio Olalla, Enrique Chueca and Javier Padilla For a long time Spain and Portugal have been considered exceptions within the European Union due to the lack of a far-right political party with representation in parliament. However, this situation is … Continue reading →

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Jun 5 2017

How the General Election 2017 Campaign is Shaping Up on Twitter

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Posted in: Max Hänska, Media, United Kingdom

By Stefan Bauchowitz and Max Hänska If we are to believe the pundits, social media has played an outsized role in recent political events, and so it is not surprising that its role in the upcoming General Election has been … Continue reading →

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Oct 20 2016

Democracy Between Compromise and Control

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Posted in: EU ref, Europe, Euroscepticism, Henry Radice, Media, Nationalism, United Kingdom

By Henry Radice The slogan ‘take back control’ was widely credited as a key factor in the UK’s vote to leave the EU on June 23rd.  That vote revealed many cleavages in how we understand our democracy. One significant one … Continue reading →

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Sep 9 2016

Fantastic Mr President: The Hyperrealities of Putin and Trump

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Posted in: Maria Brock, Media, Nationalism, Russia

By Maria Brock In July 2016 – more than 15 years into his time in office – Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s approval rating was at 82%, a figure made all the more remarkable by the fact that the country is experiencing … Continue reading →

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Apr 20 2016

The myths that are preventing us from solving the refugee crisis

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Posted in: Europe, Media, Migration

By Zoe Gardner The preventable deaths of another 400 people in the Mediterranean on Monday morning must be a wake-­up call. The British and European approach to the migrant and refugee humanitarian crisis simply isn’t working. For all of the … Continue reading →

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Mar 28 2016

The political ‘migration crisis’ and the military-humanitarian response

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Posted in: Europe, Italy, Media, Migration

By Pierluigi Musarò ‘We need more than a humanitarian response […] We need political leadership and action,’ Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said on 8 March 2016. Referring to the fact that ‘Europe is now seeing … Continue reading →

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Mar 10 2016

Read All About It (Or Not): The Trouble with the Turkish Press

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Posted in: Media, Turkey

By Kate Cyr Istanbul’s 2013 Gezi Park protests unearthed muddy tales of corruption, bias, and authoritarianism that powerful conglomerates and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would have preferred buried indefinitely. The government received global scrutiny as anyone from … Continue reading →

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Sep 15 2015

How Europe talks about itself: Lessons from the Euro Crisis

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Posted in: Europe, Euroscepticism, Media

By Robert G. Picard Although the continuing Euro Crisis is currently being overshadowed by the refugee crisis in Europe, its economic and political effects continue to shake the foundation of Europe and dampen national economies. There are lessons to be … Continue reading →

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Aug 28 2015

Fortress Europe: Cause or Consequence of Europe’s ‘Migrant Crisis’?

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Posted in: Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Media, Migration, Turkey, United Kingdom

By Catherine Briddick Europe, it seems, is facing a ‘migration crisis’. This crisis is ‘testing’ for, amongst others, the British public, because, as our Prime Minister David Cameron explained in an interview with ITV News: you have got a swarm … Continue reading →

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