Media narratives : productions and representations of contemporary mythologies

Author(s)

• Contantopoulou, Christiana

Bibliographic Information

Media narratives : productions and representations of contemporary mythologies

edited by Christiana Contantopoulou

（Studies in critical social sciences, v. 228）

Brill, c2023

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents of Works

• Media narratives of contemporary mythologies / Christiana Constantopoulou
• The new criminal news narrative modalities on fear of crime in newscasts of the city of Buenos Aires, 2015-2019 / Mercedes Calzado, Mariana Fernández, Yamila Gómez, and Vanesa Lio
• 'Sex, drugs and communism' : far- right narratives about universities in Brazil / Gabriela Villen, Graziela Ares, Leda Maria Caira Gitahy, and Leandro R. Tessler
• The business elite and media worked together? Analyzing both narratives in the Brazilian 2016 impeachment process / Humberto Fernandes and Eduardo Barbabela
• Crime or commiseration : the contingent framing of homelessness on Brazilian television / Pedro Paulo Martins Serra
• Immortal and happy! Myths about vulnerability in the press / José A. Ruiz San Román, Enrique García Romero, Jaqueline García Cordero, Lucía Acuña-Pedro, and Miranda Claudio Cornejo
• Blogging national identity / Hara Stratoudaki
• Contemporary mythologies of television's fictional institutions in the United States / Melina Meimaridis
• Mexican drug dealers in TV series : symbols of new heroism or the adulation of bandits? / Omar Cerrillo Garnica
• Mythic representations of heterosexual relations in popular serials : romantic love against "hyper realistic" porn / Christiana Constantopoulou
• Concluding remarks: Consumer storytelling in advanced-modern societies / Christiana Constantopoulo.

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Media constitute a privileged field of analysis as it interferes dynamically with the current popular ideas and myths (myths which narrate, explain and often justify social realities – such as games of power, economic and financial inequalities, drug dealing, disasters, diseases or pandemic threats). In this frame, the archetypal dimensions of the imaginary, of gossiping and of storytelling also seem to play an important role even in the frame of the (so called) “rational discourse”. Media Narratives is an effort to analyze ongoing narratives (either political or fictional) in Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Mexico or United States, expressing interpretations of contemporary events (such as crimes, scandals, diseases or political activism), but also presenting common beliefs and desires revealed by the popular artistic creations. These narratives compose the mythical background of the contemporary globalized world, the “spirit of the time” as Edgar Morin had named it, a spirit which is expressed in current ideas and mentalities. This effort can be characterized as a representative survey of popular beliefs of the 21st Century represented in storytelling. The articles collected in this book will reveal some important facets of the contemporary mythologies. Contributors are: Lucia Acuña-Pedro, Graziela Ares, Eduardo Barbabela, Mercedes Calzado, Omar Cerrillo Garnica, Christiana Constantopoulou, Mariana Fernández, Humberto Fernandes, Jaqueline García Cordero, Enrique García Romero, Leda Maria Caira Gitahy, Yamila Gómez, Vanesa Lio, Melina Meimaridis, José A. Ruiz San Román, Pedro Paulo Martins Serra, Hara Stratoudaki, Leandro R. Tessler, and Gabriela Villen.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction Media Narratives of Contemporary Mythologies   Christiana Constantopoulou 2 The New Criminal News Narrative Modalities on Fear of Crime in Newscasts of the City of Buenos Aires, 2015–2019   Mercedes Calzado, Mariana Fernández, Yamila Gómez, and Vanesa Lio 3 ‘Sex, Drugs and Communism’ Far-Right Narratives about Universities in Brazil   Gabriela Villen, Graziela Ares, Leda Maria Caira Gitahy, and Leandro R. Tessler 4 The Business Elite and Media Worked Together? Analyzing Both Narratives in the Brazilian 2016 Impeachment Process   Humberto Fernandes and Eduardo Barbabela 5 Crime or Commiseration The Contingent Framing of Homelessness on Brazilian Television   Pedro Paulo Martins Serra 6 Immortal and Happy! Myths about Vulnerability in the Press   José A. Ruiz San Román, Enrique García Romero, Jaqueline García Cordero, Lucía Acuña-Pedro, and Miranda Claudio Cornejo 7 Blogging National Identity   Hara Stratoudaki 8 Contemporary Mythologies of Television’s Fictional Institutions in the United States   Melina Meimaridis 9 Mexican Drug Dealers in tv Series Symbols of New Heroism or the Adulation of Bandits?   Omar Cerrillo Garnica 10 Mythic Representations of Heterosexual Relations in Popular Serials Romantic Love against “Hyper Realistic” Porn   Christiana Constantopoulou 11 Concluding Remarks Consumer Storytelling in Advanced-Modern Societies   Christiana Constantopoulou Index

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Details

• NCID: BD04098013
• ISBN:
  • 9789004518391
• LCCN: 2022060648
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, [209] p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P96.M94
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Myth in mass media -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Mythology in mass media -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Storytelling in mass media -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Narration (Rhetoric) -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Social representations -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Mass media -- Social aspects -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Mass media -- Political aspects -- Case studies
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA70442845