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Framing Austerity
Print Media Portrayals of the Public Sector During the Irish Financial Crisis
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2021
Summary
This monograph examines the ways in which discourses on the public sector were articulated in the print media during the 2011 financial crisis in the Irish, UK and European news media. It finds that coverage of the public sector was ideological, portraying public sector workers as overpaid, inefficient, and sheltered from the worst of the crisis. These explanations perpetuated the view that there was a need for austerity through cutbacks to public services and public sector pay. The central thesis is that these representations must be understood as being part of the complex organisational culture of the newsroom.
Additional themes explored in the book include but are not limited to:
Media ownership concentration and journalistic self-censorship.
The marketisation of news and its impact on journalistic practice.
The casualisation of the newsroom.
The fourth estate function of the media.
The discourse of austerity.
Neoliberalism as a dominant ideology.
Reflexivity in the newsroom.
The crisis of credibility in journalism.
Media portrayals of The “Looney” Left versus the “Reasonable” Right.
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Copyright year
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-78661-105-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-78661-106-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
125
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Contents No access
Acknowledgements No access
Glossary of Abbreviations No access
A Framing Approach to Media Analysis No access
The Production of News: A Political Economy Approach No access
The Irish Independent and The Irish Times: Agenda-Setting News Organisations No access
Studying News Organisations No access
Researching the Media and Its Role in the Global Financial Crisis No access
Notes No access
Collapse and Crisis in the Irish Economy No access
The McCarthy Report No access
The Public Sector Pension Levy No access
The Croke Park Agreement No access
Neoliberal Ireland and the Role of the Media No access
Notes No access
Research Methods: Finding Media Frames No access
The Newspaper Sample No access
The Media Frames No access
The Use of Language No access
The Use of Historical Allusions No access
The Use of Statistics and Key Figures No access
The Use of Sources No access
Conclusion No access
Notes No access
The Use of Language No access
The Use of Sources No access
Frame Magnitude: Numbers, Narrative and Newsworthiness No access
The Narrative Structure No access
Framing the Public Sector: Another Side to the Story No access
Conclusion No access
Notes No access
News Making as an Organisational Process No access
Media Ownership and Self-Censorship No access
The Irish Times Trust: Perpetuating the Myth of Objective Journalism No access
Ideological Orientations and Coverage of the Public Sector No access
Delegitimising ‘The Left’ No access
Source Bias in the News No access
Organisational Roles: Social Control in the Newsroom No access
The Editing Process No access
The Role of Newspaper Editor No access
Time and Space in the Newsroom No access
Market Forces and Changing Work Practices No access
Reflexivity ‘On the Run’ No access
Routine Reliance on Other News Organisations No access
Conclusion No access
Note No access
The Propaganda Model No access
Media Ownership and Its Influence on Content No access
The Role of Advertising No access
The Marketisation of News No access
Source Bias in the News No access
Organisational Cultures No access
The Neoliberal News Media No access
Conclusion: The Limitations of Modern Journalism No access
Representations versus Reality No access
A Neoliberal Programme of Austerity No access
Discrediting ‘The Left’ No access
Maintaining the Perception of Debate No access
Factors Influencing Coverage of the Public Sector No access
The Problem with Objectivity No access
Media Professionals and Sources: A Self-Perpetuating Dynamic No access
