Joualism and Austerity:Digitization and Crisis During the Greek Memoranda (Digital Activism And Society:Politics, Economy And Culture In Network Communication)

by: Christos Kostopoulos (Author)

Publisher: Emerald Publishing

Publication Date: 2020/9/10

Language: English

Print Length: 232 pages

ISBN-10: 1839094176

ISBN-13: 9781839094170

Book Description

Joualism and Austerity:Digitization and Crisis During the Greek Memoranda presents an overview of press coverage focused on the Greek crisis. The impacts of disaster and digitization in Greek joualism are analyzed with the help of expert testimonies in one of the most significant political cases of the decade. The author examines the increased use of digital technologies during the economic crisis, and the production of democratic debate around the memoranda in Greece, alongside the interplay between framing and political economic theories. The book enhances our understanding of joualistic production around significant political issues, such as the case of the memoranda signed between the Greek govement and the European troika. In this case, the debate was presented in the dominant newspapers of the period in a polarized manner, cut off from global debates The author presents a multi-level theoretical model of power influences on the frame building process, along with his findings from a frame analysis of media articles and political announcements. The book also includes interviews with elite Greek joualists.

About the Author

Joualism and Austerity:Digitization and Crisis During the Greek Memoranda presents an overview of press coverage focused on the Greek crisis. The impacts of disaster and digitization in Greek joualism are analyzed with the help of expert testimonies in one of the most significant political cases of the decade. The author examines the increased use of digital technologies during the economic crisis, and the production of democratic debate around the memoranda in Greece, alongside the interplay between framing and political economic theories. The book enhances our understanding of joualistic production around significant political issues, such as the case of the memoranda signed between the Greek govement and the European troika. In this case, the debate was presented in the dominant newspapers of the period in a polarized manner, cut off from global debates The author presents a multi-level theoretical model of power influences on the frame building process, along with his findings from a frame analysis of media articles and political announcements. The book also includes interviews with elite Greek joualists.