This book analyzes constructions of injustice, group identification and participation in news and social media in anti-austerity protests within the European Union (EU). Since 2008, EU member-states have witnessed waves of protests and demonstrations against the adoption of austerity measures and alignment of domestic economies with the prevailing global neoliberal order. Understanding how the media represents dissent and how it influences public deliberation is of critical importance. It is accordingly necessary to explore the strategies deployed and role played by news and social media in representing and perhaps acting upon anti-austerity protests in the Eurozone crisis. This volume undertakes such a critical exploration.

Tao Papaioannou is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Communications at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. She co-edited a special issue of Cyprus Review on media representation and the 2013 financial and political crises in Cyprus (Spring 2015) and Media Studies on critical insights in European media literacy research and policy (December 2012). Suman Gupta is Professor of Literature and Cultural History at the Open University, UK.