Synopses & Reviews
This book contributes to the theoretical and policy debate on the existence of a European public sphere. It presents a critical discussion of the links between media, history and politics in Europe today, examining the re-organization of ideological and political dimensions and debates the existence of a European editorial culture.
Synopsis
Introduction; M.Krzy?anowski, A.Triandafyllidou & R.Wodak PART I: EUROPE AND THE MEDIA AT TIMES OF CRISES: THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS Europe - Discourse - Politics - Media - History: Constructing 'crises'?; B.Str th & R.Wodak Media, Political Communication and the European Public Sphere; P.Preston & M.Metykova PART II: CRISES EVENTS AND THE IDEA OF EUROPE IN POST WAR MEDIA DEBATES Out of Maelstroms: Crises and Parlous Developments of Europe since World War II; J.Kaye The 1956 Hungarian Revolution in the Hungarian, Austrian and German Media; A.Kov cs, A.Horv th, N.Kinsky-M ngersdorff The Berlin Wall crisis: Global Cold War and the Role of Europe; H.Schulz-Forberg Paris in May 1968: Social Conflict, Democracy and the Role of Europe; H.Schulz-Forberg 'Progressive' Versus 'Bureaucratic' Socialism: How the Myth of Socialism Was Split in Two in the Yugoslav Press Coverage of the Warsaw Pact's Occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968; P.Krasovec & I.Z.Zagar The Discursive Construction of Europe and Values in the Coverage of the Polish 1981 'State of War' in European Press; M.Krzy?anowski The Fall of the Berlin Wall: European and Value-oriented Dimensions in the News Discourse; J.ter Wal, A.Triandafyllidou, C.Steindler & M.Kontochristou Europe's role in the World: The Invasion of Iraq and the Outbreak of the Second Gulf War; J.ter Wal, A. riandafyllidou, C.Steindler & M.Kontochristou The Mohammed Cartoons Crisis: The Role of Islam in the European Public Sphere; J.ter Wal, A.Triandafyllidou, C.Steindler & M.Kontochristou Conclusions: Europe, Media, Crisis and the European Public Sphere; M.Krzy?anowski, A.Triandafyllidou & R.Wodak Bibliography
About the Author
ANNA TRIANDAFYLLIDOU is Assistant Professor at the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece and Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP, Athens. She is also a Professor at the College of Europe, Belgium. Her research and publications look at migration and European integration from identity and policy perspectives.
MICHAL KRZYZANOWSKI is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, UK and Assistant Professor at the School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. His research focuses on critical text and discourse analysis and the study of discourses of the media in the processes of social, political and institutional change in Europe.
RUTH WODAK is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Discourse Studies at the Linguistics Department, Lancaster University, UK. Besides various other prizes, she was awarded the Wittgenstein Price for Elite Researchers in 1996 and is also head of the Wittgenstein Research Centre Discourse, Politics, Identity at the University of Vienna, Austria.
Table of Contents
Introduction;
M. Krzyzanowski, A. Triandafyllidou &--R. Wodak PART I: Europe and the Media at Times of Crises: Theoretical Reflections
Europe Discourse Politics Media History: Constructing crises?; B. Strth &--R. Wodak
Media, Political Communication and the European Public Sphere; P. Preston &--M. Metykova
PART II: Crises Events and the Idea of Europe in Post War Media Debates
Out of Maelstroms: Crises and Parlous Developments of Europe since World War II-- J. Kaye
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution in the Hungarian, Austrian and German Media--A. Kovcs, A. Horvth, N. Kinsky-Mngersdorff
The Berlin Wall crisis: Global Cold War and the Role of Europe; H. Schulz-Forberg
Paris in May 1968: Social Conflict, Democracy and the Role of Europe; H. Schulz-Forberg
Progressive versus bureaucratic socialism: How the myth of socialism was split in two in the Yugoslav press coverage of the Warsaw Pacts Occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968; P. Krasovec &--I. Z. Zagar
The Discursive Construction of Europe and Values in the Coverage of the Polish 1981 State of War in European Press--M. Krzyzanowski
The Fall of the Berlin Wall: European and Value-oriented Dimensions in the News Discourse; J. ter Wal, A. Triandafyllidou, C. Steindler &--M. Kontochristou
Europes role in the World: The Invasion of Iraq and the Outbreak of the Second Gulf War; J. ter Wal, A. Triandafyllidou, C.Steindler & M. Kontochristou
The Mohammed Cartoons Crisis: The Role of Islam in the European Public Sphere; J. ter Wal, A. Triandafyllidou, C. Steindler &--M. Kontochristou
Conclusions: Europe, Media, Crisis and the European Public Sphere; Krzyzanowski, A. Triandafyllidou &--R. Wodak
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