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The War in Ukraine and the EU's Geopolitical Role in Spanish Media Discourses
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Abstract The EU's ability to protect common interests and effectively address the challenges faced by its members relating to external threats is one of the most debated questions in the European landscape. Understandably, the war in Ukraine has had a major impact on discourses regarding the EU Common Securi... view more
The EU's ability to protect common interests and effectively address the challenges faced by its members relating to external threats is one of the most debated questions in the European landscape. Understandably, the war in Ukraine has had a major impact on discourses regarding the EU Common Security and Defense Policy, granting them more space and thus visibility in the media and public debates. Our study examines Spanish media discourses about the EU’s geopolitical role and, more specifically, to what extent such discourses foster or hamper European integration processes. To collect data and carry out this study, we selected six media outlets based on their ownership, ideological stance, consumption frequency, and impact on public opinion. Our sample includes 540 news items, collected between July 2021 and March 2022. Our discourse analysis benefits from, inter alia, a Foucauldian framework that focuses on the sayable, conservation, memory, reactivation, and appropriation. In addition, we also identify communicative strategies that are employed to promote different discourses, as well as possible policy alternatives, concerning the EU’s geopolitical role and future prospects.... view less
Keywords
EU; Spain; Ukraine; war; security; geopolitics; European integration; public opinion
Classification
Media Contents, Content Analysis
European Politics
Free Keywords
European Union; media discourses
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 20-33
Journal
Media and Communication, 11 (2023) 4
Issue topic
Mediatized Discourses on European Integration: Information, Disinformation, and Polarization
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed