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Tag Archives: Public Sphere
Jun 14 2016
“We Are the Green Ones”: How News on Climate Change Make ‘Us’ European
Comments Off on “We Are the Green Ones”: How News on Climate Change Make ‘Us’ EuropeanBy Leif Hemming Pedersen and Magnus Boye Bjerregaard As research on European integration ever so often seems to point out, the European Union suffers from a democratic deficit. The challenge lies in the distance between lawmakers and citizens, between … Continue reading
Posted by: June 14, 2016
Tagged with: Climate Change, European identity, European Public Sphere, Europeanization, Public Sphere
Nov 20 2014
Crisis Discourses in Europe: Media EU-phemisms and Alternative Narratives
3 CommentsBy Tamsin Murray-Leach It would be catastrophising to claim that euroscepticism won the European elections earlier this year – but it certainly staked a claim. Two years ago, we predicted the capturing of Europe by populist parties in our study of … Continue reading
Posted by: November 20, 2014
Tagged with: austerity, Election, EU, Euro, Euro crisis, European Elections 2014, European Public Sphere, European Union, Euroscepticism, media, populism, Public Sphere
May 21 2014
The Crises in the Eurozone and Ukraine Have Heralded the ‘Return of Politics’ to European Integration
3 CommentsBy Luuk van Middelaar On New Year’s Eve 2011, a sober but moving ceremony took place in the Estonia theatre in Tallinn. Prime-minister Ansip withdrew his country’s first euros from an ATM outside the building, walked back inside and delivered … Continue reading
Posted by: May 21, 2014
Tagged with: banking union, Euro crisis, European Elections 2014, European identity, European integration, European Public Sphere, European Union, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Germany, Public Sphere
Oct 30 2013
Finnish and Dutch Government Budgets in the Eurocrisis: Between fanaticism and belief in fair play
7 CommentsBy Paul Jonker-Hoffren Autumn is a time for new plans to be made for the next year in national governments. Usually these new plans follow estimates by the national statistics office or the national central bank. This post compares the … Continue reading
Posted by: October 30, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, Press, Public Sphere
Oct 15 2013
Was the EU Crisis the Elephant in the Room? Revisiting Angela Merkel’s victory in the German elections
Comments Off on Was the EU Crisis the Elephant in the Room? Revisiting Angela Merkel’s victory in the German electionsBy Hannah Richter While debates about the possibilities and conditions necessary to form a new German government are still ongoing amongst the different political parties, the general election result appears indisputable. Chancellor Angela Merkel was confirmed as Germany’s unchallenged conservative leader … Continue reading
Posted by: October 15, 2013
Tagged with: Eurozone crisis, German Elections 2013, Germany, Hannah Richter, populism, Public Sphere
Aug 20 2013
Emerging Themes from the First Six Months of Euro Crisis in the Press
Comments Off on Emerging Themes from the First Six Months of Euro Crisis in the PressBy the Editorial Team The Euro Crisis in the Press blog began as part of a wider LSE-based research project on media representations of the Euro crisis across European states. The aim of the blog has been to provide a … Continue reading
Posted by: August 20, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, Blame, blog highlights, Crisis, Cyprus, European identity, European Public Sphere, European Union, Eurozone crisis, Freedom of the press, Journalism, media, Media Systems, Public Sphere
Jun 15 2013
The struggle over the Greek national broadcaster: a debate of extremes
8 CommentsBy Maria Kyriakidou Greece is once more in turmoil. The sudden and shocking shutdown of the state television and radio network, ERT, by the government last Tuesday was met with angry demonstrations not only by the virtually 2,600 employees of … Continue reading
Posted by: June 15, 2013
Tagged with: Antonis Samaras, Corruption, ERT, Freedom of the press, Golden Dawn, Greek economy, Media Systems, Press, Public Sphere
May 17 2013
Intimate Fusion: Media and Political Power in Silvio Berlusconi’s Italy
1 CommentBy John Lloyd and Ferdinando Giugliano (reposted from openDemocracy) Key to the politics of public discourse about the crisis are media structures and their relationship with politics across Europe’s diverse media environments. This repost is the first in an occasional … Continue reading
Posted by: May 17, 2013
Tagged with: Berlusconi, Journalism, Media ownership, Media Systems, Public Sphere
Apr 25 2013
Who’s reporting the crisis? The state of the media in Greece
4 CommentsBy Maria Kyriakidou Greece has been ranked 84th among 179 countries for freedom of the press, according to the 2013 World Press Freedom Index published in January 2013 by the international NGO “Reporters Without Borders”, with a staggering fall of … Continue reading
Posted by: April 25, 2013
Tagged with: Corruption, Freedom of the press, Journalism, Media Systems, Press, Public Sphere
Apr 7 2013
Selective truths and Spanish riches: The Bundesbank’s study on household wealth
29 CommentsBy Stefan Bauchowitz and José Javier Olivas* At the height of the Cyprus bailout crisis, the German Central Bank, the Bundesbank, has introduced into the public discourse the notion that Southern Europeans are richer than Germans. This claim is based on a study … Continue reading
Posted by: April 7, 2013
Tagged with: Bundesbank, Crisis, deception, finances, Household wealth, Public Sphere, Southern Europe