The myth of European identity Representation and construction of regional, national and European identities in German, French and international television news broadcasts

Abstract: This paper presents an overview of some of the central myths (sensu Roland Barthes) of European identity in its interdependence with national and regional identities. Starting from the premises that television-news perceived as a social practice is still highly influential for how we perceive the world and ›locate‹ ourselves in it, we examine significant examples of TV-news – reaching from regional (Bavaria/Alsace), national (Germany/France) to supra-national public broadcasting stations (arte) on both the macro-level and the micro-level of the programs.Thereby, we follow a pluri-disciplinary research axis: Combining a semio-historic approach with methodological instruments from the Cultural Studies ›tool-box‹ allows us to understand topical cultural phenomena and their expressions in (mass-)media as socio-culturally embedded imprints of collective memory and imagination.Covering a wide spectrum of ›news-narratives‹, the analysis focuses on the interdependence of.... http://www.inter-disciplines.org/index.php/indi/article/view/1061

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
The myth of European identity Representation and construction of regional, national and European identities in German, French and international television news broadcasts ; volume:5 ; number:1 ; day:26 ; month:06 ; year:2014
InterDisciplines ; 5, Heft 1 (26.06.2014)

Urheber
Wiehl, Anna

DOI
10.4119/indi-1061
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2018121115005792171668
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