Making Democracy Work in Greece: The Indignant Citizens Movement, Media and Political Engagement
(2013) SIMV05 20131Graduate School
Master of Science in Global Studies
Department of Communication and Media
- Abstract
- This research addresses the role that the media have in guiding public perceptions about social
movements and also the importance of the media in a well functioning democracy. In order to do so,
a case study of the Indignant Citizens movement of Greece is presented, using theories related to
participation, including voice and deliberative democracy. Furthermore, theories regarding the
Europeanization of social movements and European cosmopolitan identity are discussed, in order to
include the trans-national element of the movement. Also theories regarding media power and
media framing are included, in order to discuss the role of the media and more specifically the
press. The issue is further explored by focusing on Dahlgren's... (More) - This research addresses the role that the media have in guiding public perceptions about social
movements and also the importance of the media in a well functioning democracy. In order to do so,
a case study of the Indignant Citizens movement of Greece is presented, using theories related to
participation, including voice and deliberative democracy. Furthermore, theories regarding the
Europeanization of social movements and European cosmopolitan identity are discussed, in order to
include the trans-national element of the movement. Also theories regarding media power and
media framing are included, in order to discuss the role of the media and more specifically the
press. The issue is further explored by focusing on Dahlgren's concept of civic cultures. Finally, the
paper will present a news framing analysis on Greek and English newspapers, in order to
understand how they constructed the Indignant Citizens movement. (Less)
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- author
- Kostopoulos, Christos LU
- supervisor
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- Annette Hill LU
- organization
- course
- SIMV05 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- participation, democracy, Europeanization, cosmopolitanism, Indignant Citizens, media, media power, news frame analysis
- language
- English
- id
- 3806264
- date added to LUP
- 2013-06-14 12:05:09
- date last changed
- 2014-09-08 14:04:11
@misc{3806264, abstract = {{This research addresses the role that the media have in guiding public perceptions about social movements and also the importance of the media in a well functioning democracy. In order to do so, a case study of the Indignant Citizens movement of Greece is presented, using theories related to participation, including voice and deliberative democracy. Furthermore, theories regarding the Europeanization of social movements and European cosmopolitan identity are discussed, in order to include the trans-national element of the movement. Also theories regarding media power and media framing are included, in order to discuss the role of the media and more specifically the press. The issue is further explored by focusing on Dahlgren's concept of civic cultures. Finally, the paper will present a news framing analysis on Greek and English newspapers, in order to understand how they constructed the Indignant Citizens movement.}}, author = {{Kostopoulos, Christos}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Making Democracy Work in Greece: The Indignant Citizens Movement, Media and Political Engagement}}, year = {{2013}}, }