(De)constructing Societal Threats During Times of Deep Mediatization

This book explores how both elite and non-elite actors frame societal threats such as the refugee crisis and COVID-19 using both digital and traditional media. It will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Communication Studies, Media Studies, Journalism, Cultural Studies, Research Methods, Sociology and Politics.

Paul Reilly is Senior Lecturer in Communications, Media and Democracy at the University of Glasgow, UK. Virpi Salojärvi is Assistant Professor in Communication Studies at the University of Vaasa. Finland, and University Researcher at the Helsinki Hub on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation (HEPPsinki), University of Helsink, Finland.

Introduction 1. Framing the Macedonian name dispute in Greece: Nationalistic journalism and the existential threat 2. The "ultimate empathy machine" as technocratic solutionism? Audience reception of the distant refugee crisis through virtual reality" 3. A systemic functional linguistics approach to analysing white supremacist and conspiratorial discourse on YouTube 4. Internet regulation and crisis-related resilience: From Covid-19 to existential risks