Europe, the Crisis, and the Internet

A Web Sphere Analysis
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-60842-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 317 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 5308 g

This book provides a detailed analysis of the transnational web sphere that emerged at the height of the Eurozone crisis between 2011 and 2013. During these turbulent years, a diverse spectrum of professional communicators from the media and political sectors as well as from opinionated individuals on blogs and social media discussed, and thus framed, the crisis in the digital public sphere. The analysis focuses on the various fields of contestation of the crisis that became detectable in the transnational online discourse and shows how conflict and fragmentation shaped political communication in this context. Nguyen concludes that there was not a single crisis but a chain of intersecting and profound political and cultural conflicts triggered by the economic upheavals, which led to the emergence of an extremely dynamic and unstable transnational digital public sphere, where different political and cultural viewpoints collided.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nguyen, Dennis

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Kultur-, Wissenschafts- & Technologiepolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Transnational Media Communication.- 3. Public Discourses and Political Online Communication.- 4. Analysing Transnational Web Spheres.- 5. The Crisis Web Sphere.- 6. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Dennis Nguyen is a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht. His research focuses on online public spheres and political communication, with emphasis placed on transnational political discourses.