(De)constructing Societal Threats During Times of Deep Mediatization

This book explores how both elite and non-elite actors frame societal threats such as the refugee crisis and COVID-19 using both digital and traditional media,and how the framing of these issues as threatening can be challenged using these platforms. It draws on a range of traditional and innovative research methodologies to explore how these issues are constructed and deconstructed in an era of hybrid media,enriching our understanding of how civil and uncivil actors frame these issues and their impact on societal resilience towards future crises.

Format: Hardback
Length: 114 pages
Publication date: 26 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The media, both digital and traditional, plays a crucial role in shaping how society perceives and responds to societal threats such as the refugee crisis and COVID-19. This book delves into the intricate dynamics between elite and non-elite actors, exploring how they frame these issues through various media platforms. It also examines the potential challenges to the framing of these issues as threatening.

In the realm of media consumption, people often encounter societal threats through the media they consume, both offline and online. Much of the existing research in this field has focused on either how political and media elites present these issues to citizens or the audience's responses to these frames. This book, however, takes a distinct approach by examining how issues such as the refugee crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic are constructed and deconstructed in the era of hybrid media.

To achieve this, the book draws on a diverse range of traditional and innovative research methodologies. It employs content analysis of newspaper coverage of the Macedonian name dispute in Greece to investigate how the media frames this issue as a threat. Additionally, it utilizes Systemic Functional Linguistics to analyze conspiratorial communities on YouTube, shedding light on how these communities construct narratives that challenge mainstream media narratives.

By exploring these diverse methodologies, the book offers a comprehensive understanding of how civil and uncivil actors frame these issues and their impact on societal resilience towards future crises. This book will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Communication Studies, Media Studies, Journalism, Cultural Studies, Research Methods, Sociology, and Politics.

The chapters included in this book were originally published as a special issue of "The Communication Review," further highlighting the significance of the research presented therein.

Weight: 385g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032566825