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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 615-635 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Comparative European Politics |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 7 Jul 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2015 |
Bibliographical note
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/cep.2014.15Keywords
- climate change
- European Union
- Euroscepticism
- foreign policy
- media Russia
- newspapers