Which Crisis? European Crisis and National Contexts in Public Discourse

Abstract

We do so through a political claim analysis conducted on the most important newspapers of each country between 2005 and 2014. We show that the economic crisis, as a shared experience able to produce consequences on political processes, does matter, but not as one monolithic factor that generates homogeneous outcomes. Different countries are characterized by specific features, which need to be taken into account to understand the relationship between economic crisis and political change. We identify four different "crises" (the global financial crisis, the public debt and austerity crisis, the industrial productive crisis, and the political legitimacy crisis) and propose interpretations on the relationship between their relative visibility, structural factors, and political change.

Spanish youth is emigrating: A bibliometric approach to the media coverage

“…According to other studies [23], this migratory movement differs from former Spanish emigration waves because of the high female presence among the emigrants and their high levels of education, although the main destinations are the same: United Kingdom, Germany and France have always been typical European destinations for emigrants. The tendency to emigrate in search of (new) opportunities is a proof of the new configuration of labor markets and productive sectors and of the macroeconomic rebalancing [4]—whereby countries such as Spain, who are severely affected by the crisis and experiencing critical financial situations—effectively drive out their labor force while other countries, whose economic and productive systems have suffered less harm, benefit from the structural instability by attracting this workforce and strengthening their economic and political competitiveness [3]. …”

“…Although the crisis has been felt all over Europe, different intensities of the problem in each country have created diverse social constructions of the recession [4]: in countries that have suffered a lesser economic impact, speeches have focused more on economic and financial aspects, whereas in countries that suffered a higher economic impact, a more diversified discourse has taken place, focusing not only on economic issues but also on social, labor, political and/or cultural issues. The latter group includes Spain, Greece and Italy; Spain is particularly notable for its highly suspicious attitude towards the government and public institutions and for the existence of an alarming new dimension: the political legitimacy crisis [4].…”

“…The latter group includes Spain, Greece and Italy; Spain is particularly notable for its highly suspicious attitude towards the government and public institutions and for the existence of an alarming new dimension: the political legitimacy crisis [4]. …”

The Political Attitudes of Divided European Citizens

“…At just under 2%, this share was very low. These findings show that even international developments, such as the global and European crisis, are processed and communicated along national relevance structures (Kutter and Jessop 2015;Zamponi and Bosi 2016;Sommer et al 2016;Monza and Anduiza 2016). This pertains to language areas and nationally patterned mass media systems.…”

“…It can be assumed that such a national "filter" exists for the selection and presentation of public statements on the economic and financial crisis (Zamponi and Bosi 2016;Sommer et al 2016) and that such a national filter is linked to the functioning and orientation patterns of mass media (Bijsmans and Altides 2007;Boomgaarden et al 2013;Adam et al 2019). However, this is not the only reason, because if the media were the central driving force behind this national bias, this would be reflected in our data set.…”