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In:Crisis and the Media: Narratives of crisis across cultural settings and media genres
Edited by Marianna Patrona
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 76] 2018
► pp. 1–14

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Crisis or the media?

Some preliminary reflections

Published online: 22 February 2018
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Abstract
This is the introduction to the edited volume which clarifies the main conceptual and analytical framework adopted in the book. In this approach, ‘crisis’ is viewed as a form of mediated social practice and is placed within the framework of a broader ‘politics of crisis’ brought to life in and by the media. The chapter reviews the relevant literature on mediated representations of and discourses on crisis, and provides an overview of the chapters that follow.
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Mediatization and recontextualization
  • Theoretical assumptions: Crisis as mediated social practice
    • Narratives of crisis
  • Methodological framework
  • Volume description
    • Chapter overview
  • References
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