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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs there really an alternative? The mainstream media and the limits of public debate over austerity
Mainstream media can still have a critical influence in prescribing limits to potential policy solutions, and thus...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAusterity and war against multiculturalism
Understanding how austerity, sexism, multiculturalism and racism become intertwined discourses. Part of the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK#greekdocs: an archive for documentaries about the crisis in Greece
Independent media production in the context of austerity and declining media trust can allow for an exploration of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEl Roto and graphic humour as a generator of alternative public opinion in Spain
Graphic humour is in fact graphic opinion and as such can effectively challenge the abusive practices of different...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBeyond Zombie Management?
Austerity only makes any sense at all if viewed as a strategy for sustaining the financial status quo; the zombie...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAnti-austerity forces and the digital media in Spain
The experiences of the 15-M and Podemos in Spain demonstrate that by participating in both the traditional mass...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFlying the nativist flag
Austerity has opened up rifts within the EU, with extreme-right nationalist parties gaining traction. But is it...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAnti-austerity in the tabloids: red-top campaigns against the Bedroom Tax
Tabloid human interest stories don’t always blame poor people for their poverty and can be connected to political...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSpain: no country for old-men-politics?
While male politicians occupy newspapers headlines, television and radio debates in Spain, at local and regional...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGreek media and independent journalism under austerity
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In Greece, the media landscape under austerity has created...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThis is what Anti-Austerity looks like
Photo essay: People's Assembly against Austerity protest, London, 16 April 2016.Part of the Anti-Austerity and Media...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe invisible victims of economic violence ought to shame the media
The dominant media have failed to report on the pain, misery and fatalities associated with economic violence: from...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMedia amnesia, austerity and the great crisis
In our era, media amnesia has played a central role in the legitimisation of Austerity measures. For certain...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAusterity as a failed experiment
Austerity is a failed experiment, it is an elite narrative that informs a set of policies whose outcomes are not yet...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNew series: Anti-Austerity and Media Activism
Today we launch a new series, the latest collaboration between Goldsmiths and openDemocracyUK, exploring the role of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK media and the legitimisation of austerity policies
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 By featuring some perspectives whilst excluding others, UK...