Austerity and fragmentation: Dynamics of Europeanization of media discourses in Greece and Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (s1) ◽  
pp. 864-892
Author(s):  
Cristiano Bee ◽  
Stavroula Chrona
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
National Level ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Euro Crisis ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Fragmentation Dynamics ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
Media Discourses

AbstractThis article investigates media representations of the European financial crisis in Greece and Italy. We study the Euro crisis as an ‘emergency situation’ with domino effects, where media played a central role in shaping communication practices at the national level as well as between the two countries. Drawing upon vertical and horizontal dynamics of Europeanization, we map the convergences and divergences in media discourses that surround the period 2011–2015. In doing so, we elaborate a qualitative analysis of newspaper articles focusing, in particular, on the themes of austerity and the fragmentation of Europe. Our argument suggests that national public spheres in times of transnational crisis become increasingly nationalized; yet under certain circumstances such as when the supranational infrastructure is the target of blame, they converge, opening the path toward a transnational discursive dialogue.

Adapting the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS) to the EEA Two-Pillar Structure – A Workable Solution?

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 557-591
Author(s):  
Andri Fannar Bergþórsson
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
National Level ◽  
Financial Supervision ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
European System ◽  
Pillar Structure ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Eu

In response to the global financial crisis, the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS) was created in 2010. Supranational bodies were established for different financial sectors to act as supervisors of sorts for national-level supervisors in EU Member States. This article focuses on how the system was adapted to three EFTA States that are not part of the EU but form the internal market along with EU Member States through the EEA Agreement – Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein (EEA EFTA States). The aim is to clarify how ESFS has been incorporated into the EEA agreement and to discuss whether this a workable solution for the EEA EFTA States that have not transferred their sovereignty by name in the same manner as the EU Member States. One issue is whether the adaptation has gone beyond the limits of the two-pillar structure, as all initiative and work stem from the EU supranational bodies and not the EFTA pillar.

Lost in uncertainty: How the Euro crisis affected European identity constructions in national media discourses

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (6-8) ◽  
pp. 602-622
Author(s):  
Dennis Lichtenstein ◽  
Christiane Eilders
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
European Identity ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Euro Crisis ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Identity Constructions ◽  
Weekly Newspapers ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
The Eu

The Euro crisis has revealed severe conflicts between EU member states and challenged a shared European identity. This article investigates how the crisis was reflected in identity constructions in media discourses in EU key countries. European identity construction is conceptualized as framing of the EU in favour or against belonging to the EU and togetherness with other members. Conducting a systematic content analysis of two weekly newspapers and magazines in Germany, France and the UK, we compare identity constructions between 2011 and 2014. Findings show that while support of belonging to the EU is low in general, the countries differ remarkably in terms of their sense of togetherness. This particularly applies to strong or weak political integration, market regulation or market freedom and financial stability or impulses for economic growth. The positions reflect long-term political conflicts between the countries but are also flexible enough to adapt to the particular event context.

scholarly journals Trust Buffers Against Reduced Life Satisfaction When Faced With Financial Crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyne Clench-Aas ◽  
Ingrid Bergande ◽  
Ragnhild Bang Nes ◽  
Arne Holte
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
National Income ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Country Level

Background: In light of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its large economic consequences, we used a three-layer nested structural model (individual, community, and country), each with a corresponding measure of income, trust, and satisfaction, to assess change in their interrelationships following a global crisis; which, in this study, is the 2008/2009 financial crisis.Methods: With multilevel techniques, we analyzed data from two waves (2006 and 2012) of the European Social Survey (ESS) in 19 countries (weighted N = 73,636) grouped according to their levels of trust.Results: In high trust countries, personal life satisfaction (LS) was not related to personal, community, or national income before or after the crisis. In contrast, in low trust countries, LS was strongly related to all three forms of income, especially after the crisis. In all country groups, personal, social, and political trust moderated their respective effects of income on LS (“the buffer hypothesis”). Political trust moderated the effects of income more strongly in low trust countries. The moderating effect of political trust increased sharply after the crisis. After the crisis, national-level factors (e.g., political trust, national income) increased their importance for LS more than the factors at the local and individual levels. However, the relative importance of all the three forms of income to LS increased after the crisis, to the detriment of trust.Conclusion: Economic crises seem to influence personal LS less in high trust countries compared with low trust countries. Hence, high trust at a national level appears to buffer the negative impact of a financial crisis on personal satisfaction. Overall, the factors at the national level increased their impact during the financial crisis. When facing a global crisis, the actions taken by institutions at the country level may, thus, become even more important than those taken before the crisis.

The deliberative qualities of the debates from a comparative perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-96
Author(s):  
Donatella della Porta ◽  
Pietro Castelli Gattinara ◽  
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis ◽  
Andrea Felicetti
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Substantial Variation ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Critical Junctures ◽  
Democratic Norms ◽  
Charlie Hebdo

Chapter 4 discusses the deliberative qualities of the Charlie Hebdo debate in alternative public spheres. The chapter explains the way in which deliberation has been operationalized for qualitative analysis. It then focuses on the deliberative qualities of the Charlie Hebdo debate among the three main groups of public-sphere actors under examination (far-right, left-wing, and religious groups). There is substantial variation in the deliberative democratic qualities displayed within and across the three public spheres while there is limited variation across countries. In order to account for this phenomena, at the end of the chapter, we reflect on the nature of critical junctures specifically and differences in different public sphere actors’ dispositions toward deliberative and democratic norms.

scholarly journals Kenyan Universities: On the Brink of Financial Insolvency

2019 ◽  
pp. 25-27
Author(s):  
Ishmael Munene
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
National Level ◽  
Entire System ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
Financial Governance

The financial crisis engulfing Kenyan universities has impacted operations and raised doubts about long-term sustainability. This crisis has a double impetus: at the national level, policy changes impacting the entire system, and at the institutional level, challenges in terms of financial governance. A short-term solution requires an immediate infusion of cash, but a long-term strategy entails a multipronged reform in the financing of higher education at national and institutional levels.

The First Metrosexual Rugby Star: Rugby Union, Masculinity, and Celebrity in Contemporary Wales

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Harris ◽  
Ben Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Rugby Union ◽  
Feminist Perspective ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Rugby Player ◽  
Gender Identities ◽  
Feminist Theories ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Modern Era

This paper examines media representations of Welsh rugby player Gavin Henson, arguing that through analysis of media discourses we can trace shifting shapes of masculinities in the (post)modern era of sport. Contradiction and inconsistencies are prevalent in the narratives that accompany the equally conflicting images of Henson, who both conforms to and challenges traditional rugby playing masculinities. The paper examines articles from Welsh and British newspapers from a critical (pro)feminist perspective, arguing that Henson transcends boundaries in a way that no rugby player has ever done before and analyzes his place as the first metrosexual rugby star. The study also examines the somewhat problematic concept of metrosexuality within critical (pro)feminist theories of sport and attempts to conceptualize the position and significance of the term. This work brings images of the continual, dialectic process of the (re)defining of gender identities to the study of masculinities, and sport masculinities in particular.

scholarly journals Interpreter-mediated diabetes consultations: a qualitative analysis of physician communication practices

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Hudelson ◽  
Melissa Dominicé Dao ◽  
Noelle Junod Perron ◽  
Alexander Bischoff
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Physician Communication ◽  
Communication Practices

(A285) Hospital Preparation for Mass Casualty Events

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s79-s79
Author(s):  
G. Margalit
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Task Assignment ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Mass Casualty ◽  
Mass Casualties ◽  
Trauma Patients ◽  
Industrial Accidents ◽  
Car Accidents ◽  
Mass Casualty Events

BackgroundHospitals handle numerous tasks whose fundamental purpose is to provide medical treatment. Amongst these, the hospital prepares for the treatment of trauma patients who have been involved in car accidents, injuries at work and industrial accidents. These preparations, although part of the operative conventions of the hospital, do not guarantee the ability to handle Mass Casualty Events which require unique and dedicated preparation and a different operational approach. This paper presents the hospital approach of handling Emergency Mass Casualty Events.The ApproachThe preparations require involvement of a national level that must participate in the definition of the activities, task assignment and preparation of an annual plan. The peak of the preparations is a multidisciplinary drill, implemented as part of the annual activity of the hospital.The ImplementationIn an emergency situation, the aim is for the hospital staff to be capable of providing its patients (and family members) the best professional care in any given scenario. To achieve the above, the hospital is required to perform the following tasks: Defining procedures, personnel training, logistics infrastructure, control, drills and lesson learned implementation. The tasks should be performed under a multi-annual plan that covers various Mass Casualties Events scenarios including: a train accident, an event involving dangerous industrial materials (e.g. ammonia spill), biological scenarios (e.g. bird-flu) and radiation events (e.g. nuclear reaction).ConclusionsOnly precise preparations, disconnected completely from the on-going hospital routine can answer the need to handle Mass Casualties Events.

scholarly journals User profiles for populist counter-media websites in Finland

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Noppari ◽  
Ilmari Hiltunen ◽  
Laura Ahva
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Media Content ◽  
User Profiles ◽  
Personal Beliefs ◽  
Different Types

This article examines the users of Finnish populist counter-media (PCM) websites with the aim of exploring their motives for consuming and engaging with populist online media content. The article is based on a qualitative analysis of 24 semi-structured, focused interviews. We conclude that consuming and engaging with populist counter-media content is typically motivated by scepticism and mistrust of legacy media journalism and aspirations of constructing and sharing representations and narratives that challenge those of the dominant public sphere. These efforts are often motivated by deeply held personal beliefs and political stances. Three user profiles are devised to illustrate different types of counter-media users: (1) system sceptics, who express all-encompassing societal mistrust; (2) agenda critics, who express politicised criticism towards media representations of selected themes; and (3) the casually discontent, who sporadically browse sites for alternative information and entertainment.

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