Evolving Euroscepticisms in the British and Italian Press : Selling the Public Short

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This book argues the discursive construction of the EU in national newspapers is pivotal in creating an environment of Euroscepticism. It will challenge the persuasive, manipulative and prejudicial language, sometimes peddled in the influential UK Murdoch and Italian Berlusconi press. The foci are the key Eurosceptic triggers of the euro; the subsequent national economic crises; and immigration, investigated through major events covered over two decades, including the UK’s recent Brexit vote. The book will explore the national responses to the post-war project; how the EU is understood through the prism of nationhood; and how that has now manifested itself in Euroscepticism in both countries, lastly articulated through interviews with British and Italian politicians and journalists involved. It will include Euroscepticism’s latest chapter. The increasingly key protagonists of the UK Independence Party and Italy’s Five Star Movement, want to take Britain out of the EU and Italy out of the euro – covered in the Murdoch and Berlusconi press. This book offers a rigorous academic analysis presented in an accessible style to experts and laypersons alike, exploring concrete articulations of Euroscepticism in the press – Selling the Public Short. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix The Loneliness of an Anglo-European: A Pathology (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 1-4 Overarching Academic Themes (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 5-17 Conceptualising Europe (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 19-35 The Post-war European Project: A Topography Divorced from Nationhood (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 37-48 The European Union and Its Communication Deficit (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 49-58 Communicating Europe? Berlusconi, Murdoch and the Interplay of National Politics and the Press (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 59-79 Into the Vacuum: Populism, UKIP and the Five Star Movement (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 81-90 The Architecture for Analysing Interviews and Text (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 91-121 Italian Interviews: Travelling Through the Labyrinth (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 123-141 British Interviews: Representing and Challenging the National Interest (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 143-171 The Persuasive Language of the Berlusconi and Murdoch Press (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 173-239 Newspapers and Their Discursive Construction of Europe (Paul Rowinski)....Pages 241-250 Back Matter ....Pages 251-255