The Euro crisis in the media : journalistic coverage of economic crisis and European institutions / edited by Robert G. Picard.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.

Understanding the crisis / Robert G. Picard -- What went wrong and why? Roots, responsibilities, and solutions of the Euro crisis in European newspapers / Heinz-Werner Nienstedt, Hans Mathias Kepplinger, and Oliver Quiring -- Do political events change national views? / Hans Mathias Kepplinger, Christina Köhler, and Senja Post -- Who will fix the economy? Expectations and trust in the European institutions / Giovanni Barbieri and Donatella Campus -- The actors of the crisis : between personalisation and Europeanisation / Nicolas Hubé, Susana Salgado, and Liina Puustinen -- Consensus or discussion? An analysis of plurality and consonance in coverage / Susana Salgado, Heinz-Werner Nienstedt, and Lennart Schneider -- The battle for the Euro : metaphors and frames in Euro crisis news / Willem Joris [and others] -- Divergent perspectives? Financial newspapers and the general interest press / Ángel Arrese and Alfonso Vara -- Countries still matter / Paolo Mancini and Marco Mazzoni -- European journalism or many journalisms? Influences of media systems and journalistic cultures / Robert G. Picard and Susana Salgado -- Unity or heterogeneity : the promise of a European public sphere? / Juha Herkman and Timo Harjuniemi.

The Euro Crisis produced the most significant challenge to European integration in 60 years testing the structures and powers of the European Union and the Eurozone and threatening the common currency. This book explores how the financial and political crisis was portrayed in the European press and the implications of that coverage on public understanding of the developments, their causes, responsibilities for addressing the crisis, the roles and effectiveness of European institutions, and the implications for European integration and identity. It addresses factors that shaped news and analysis, the roles of European leaders, and the extent to which national and pan-European debates over the crisis occurred. In doing so, it provides a clear and readable explanation of what the portrayals tell us about Europe and European integration in the early twenty-first century.-- Provided by publisher.