The Coverage of the Eurozone Economic Crisis in the British Press

Calls for a referendum on UK's membership in the EU entered permanently into the political debate, and several surveys showed that many British citizens may like to leave the European community. This article examines the portrayal of the EU in the British press during the eurozone recession. It...

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Published in:European politics and society (Abingdon, England) England), 2014-10, Vol.15 (4), p.500-517
Main Author: Baranowska, Paula M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
British
British press
Citizens
Debates
Discourse
Economic Crises
Economic crisis
Economic Recession
EU-UK relations
Europe
European Council
European economic crisis
European Union
Great Britain
Membership
Political development
Politics
Press
Recession
Recessions
United Kingdom
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Summary:Calls for a referendum on UK's membership in the EU entered permanently into the political debate, and several surveys showed that many British citizens may like to leave the European community. This article examines the portrayal of the EU in the British press during the eurozone recession. It presents analysis of news sections in four newspapers: The Guardian, The Times, The Sun and The Daily Mail, which was conducted between November 2011 and July 2012. The research shows inaccuracies in the coverage of the eurozone crisis that lead to a very unfavourable portrayal of the EU as an artificial, undemocratic organisation dragging Britain and the world into financial problems.
ISSN:1570-5854
2374-5118
1568-0258
2374-5126
DOI:10.1080/15705854.2014.922352