Crisis Representations: Frontiers and Identities in the Contemporary Media Narratives (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, 173)

A Sociological Research On The Current “narrations” Of The Crisis Reflected By Media And The Relation Between Political Discourses And Popular Myths, Consists A Revealing Study Of The Dominant Social Representations Worldwide. The Real Inequalities Are Counterbalanced By Cultural Industries’ “fairytales”. "This book constitutes a sociological research on the current "narrations" of the economic and refugee crisis which has mobilized all the aspects of social storytelling during the last decade, most particularly in the European South. Because the different (mass and social) media reflect the dominant ideas and representations, the research on the meaning of different media narratives becomes a necessary report for the understanding of the relation (or "inexistent dialogue"?) between official political discourses and popular myths (based on everyday life values of prosperity, mostly promoted by the mass culture and the cultural industries' products). Despite the ongoing inequalities and difficulties, the contemporary audiences seem to counterbalance misery by the dreams of happiness, provided by this kind of products. Contributors include: Christiana Constantopoulou, Amalia Frangiskou, Evangelia Kalerante, Laurence Larochelle, Debora Marcucci, Valentina Marinescu, Albertina Pretto, Maria Thanopoulou, Joanna Tsiganou, Vasilis Vamvakas, and Eleni Zyga"-- Provided by publisher