Destructive storytelling : disinformation and the Eurosceptic myth that shaped Brexit

Destructive storytelling : disinformation and the Eurosceptic myth that shaped Brexit / Imke Henkel.

This book offers a new approach to understanding disinformation and its destructive impact on the democratic function of the news media. Using the notoriously false reporting of EU policies by the British press as a starting point, it utilises Critical Discourse Analysis to examine the linguistic pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henkel, Imke (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Subjects:
European Union > Press coverage > Great Britain.
European Union
Propaganda > Great Britain.
Disinformation > Great Britain.
Journalism > Objectivity > Great Britain.
Disinformation
Journalism > Objectivity
Press coverage
Propaganda
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Euromyths
  • News Stories as Narrations and as Myths
  • The Myth of British Superiority and European Silliness
  • Eurosceptic Ideology
  • Disinformation and Narratives
  • Conclusion: Destructive Storytelling.

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