Evolving Euroscepticisms in the British and Italian Press Selling t
This book argues that the discursive construction of the EU in national newspapers is pivotal in creating an environment of Euroscepticism. The volume challenges the persuasive, manipulative and prejudicial language that is sometimes peddled in the
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Paul Rowinski
Evolving Euroscepticisms in the British and Italian Press Selling the Public Short
Paul Rowinski University of Bedfordshire Luton, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-64139-3 ISBN 978-3-319-64140-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-64140-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017949473 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: RapidEye Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Contents
1 The Loneliness of an Anglo-European: A Pathology 1 2 Overarching Academic Themes 5 3 Conceptualising Europe 19 4 The Post-war European Project: A Topography Divorced from Nationhood 37 5 The European Union and Its Communication Deficit 49 6 Communicating Europe? Berlusconi, Murdoch and the Interplay of National Politics and the Press 59 7 Into the Vacuum: Populism, UKIP and the Five Star Movement 81 8 The Architecture for Analysing Interviews and Text 91 9 Italian Interviews: Travelling Through the Labyrinth 123 10 British Interviews: Representing and Challenging the National Interest 143 vii
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11 The Persuasive Language of the Berlusconi and Murdoch Press 173 12 Newspapers and Their Discursive Construction of Europe 241 Index 251
List of Tables
Table 6.1 Party–press parallelism in Italian newspaper readership, 1996 Table 8.1 Fields of analysis covered Table 8.2 Interviewees by nationality, field and subfield
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CHAPTER 1
The Loneliness of an Anglo-European: A Pathology
We profess to understand Europe, without reflecting on who we are and how it has come about that we have formulated tha
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