Media Representations of Anti-Austerity Protests in the EU : Grievances, Identities and Agency

This book analyzes constructions of injustice, group identification and participation in news and social media in anti-austerity protests within the European Union (EU). Since 2008, EU member-states have witnessed waves of protests and demonstrations against the adoption of austerity measures and alignment of domestic economies with the prevailing global neoliberal order. Understanding how the media represents dissent and how it influences public deliberation is of critical importance. It is accordingly necessary to explore the strategies deployed and role played by news and social media in representing and perhaps acting upon anti-austerity protests in the Eurozone crisis. This volume undertakes such a critical exploration.-- Provided by Publisher Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Articulating Grievances, Identities and Agency: Critical Issues in Media Representations of Anti-Austerity Protests in the EU -- PART I: Constructing Grievances -- 2 Discursive Constructions of the Anti-Water Charges Protest Movement in Ireland -- 3 Crisis, Labour and Education: Media Discourse and Anti-Austerity Protest in Italy -- 4 'It is Not the Time for Intifada': A Framing and Semiotic Analysis of Televised Representations of the 2013 Cypriot Protests -- PART II: Group Identic fi ation -- 5 Solidarity or Antagonism? An Analysis of German News Media Reporting on Anti-Austerity Protests in Greece -- 6 The 2015 Greek Bailout Referendum as a Protest Action: An Analysis of Media Representations of the 'Yes' and 'No' Campaigns -- 7 Anti-Austerity Protests, Brexit and Britishness in the News -- PART III: Articulating Agency -- 8 New Media, New Resistance and Mass Media: A Digital Ethnographic Analysis of the Hart Boven Hard Movement in Belgium -- 9 The Mediation of the Portuguese Anti-Austerity Protest Cycle: Media Coverage and Its Impact -- 10 Transnational Solidarity and Anti-Austerity Campaigning for European Political Change -- 11 Conclusion: Media-Framing Analysis, One-Word Framing and 'Austerity' -- List of Contributors -- Index