Introduction: the Study of the Greek Economic Crisis in Europe through the Media

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Mylonas Y.

As is generally known, the latest major economic crisis of global proportions started in the usa with the credit crunch of 2007–8. Ten years later, in 2018, critics note that the crisis is far from fully resolved, with a new – and potential-ly more serious – one pending (Roos, 2018b). Along with the economic crisis, a broader and multifaceted crisis with harsh political, ecological and social di-mensions is advancing, with capitalism being the root cause of it (Feldner & Vighi, 2015).In the 2010’s, a growing scholarly literature developed, tackling the various political, cultural and social dimensions of the aformentioned economic crisis. The study of the media is one important dimension in the analysis of the crisis, its politics, and its culture. The media play a crucial political role in the ways that the crisis is perceived and managed. In today’s liberal democratic states, it is through the mass media that the policies predicated to alleviate the crisis are publicly explained and legitimised in order to be applied.

Keywords: global economic crisis, Greece, Neoliberalism

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The “Greek Crisis” in Europe: Race, Class and Politics

Mylonas Y. Leiden: Brill, 2019.