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British press attitudes towards the EU’s global presence: from the Russian-Georgian War to the 2009 Copenhagen Summit

Nitoiu, Cristian (2014) British press attitudes towards the EU’s global presence: from the Russian-Georgian War to the 2009 Copenhagen Summit. Comparative European Politics (07 Jul 2014). Blog Entry.

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Identification Number: 10.1057/cep.2014.15

Abstract

This article surveys the way in which British print media have presented the European Union (EU)’s global presence in the international arena by analysing two case studies which reflect two very distinctive areas of EU foreign policy: global climate change policy and the policy towards Russia. It employs frame analysis, allowing for the identification of the way in which the discourse of the press was categorized around a series of central opinions and ideas. Frames underscore the connections made by journalists between different events, policies or phenomena and their possible interpretations. The analysis highlights that acting through the common framework of the EU rather than unilaterally was a strategy preferred by the British press. These findings are in stark contrast with the deep Euroscepticism which characterizes press attitudes towards most policy areas, and is often considered to be rooted in the British political culture, media system, public opinion or the longstanding tradition of viewing the European continent as the other.

Item Type: Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/cep/index.html
Additional Information: © 2015 Palgrave Macmillan
Divisions: IGA: LSE IDEAS
Subjects: J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited: 10 Apr 2015 09:45
Last Modified: 16 Apr 2024 22:39
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/61464

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