Table of Contents

Preface 1. Understanding the Crisis, Robert G. Picard 2. Why study Portrayals of the Crisis, Robert G. Picard 3. How did we get here? What Now? Roots, responsibilities and solutions of the Crisis, Heinz-Werner Nienstedt, Hans Mathias Kepplinger, Oliver Quiring 4. Do political events change national stereotypes? Hans Mathias Kepplinger, Christina Koehler, Senja Post 5. Who will fix the economy? Expectations and trust in the European Institutions, Donatella Campus and Giovanni Barbieri 6. The Actors of the Crisis: Between Personalisation and Europeanization, Nicolas Hube, Susana Salgado and Liina Puustinen 7. A multitude of voices? Pluralism and Consonance in Coverage, Susana Salgado and Robert G. Picard 8. Europe's Perfect Storm: Uses of Metaphors and Frames in the Coverage, Willem Joris, Liina Puustinen, Katarzyna Sobieraj & Leen d'Haenens 9. Two Divergent Perspectives? Financial Newspapers and the General Interest Press, Angel Arrese and Alfonso Vara 10. When the newspaper matters: Types of Papers and Political Orientation, Paolo Mancini and Marco Mazzoni 11. European Journalism or Many Journalisms? Influences of media systems and journalistic cultures, Robert G. Picard and Susana Salgado 12. Unity or Heterogeneity: The Promise of European Public Sphere?, Juha Herkman and Timo Harjuniemi 13. Conclusion

About the Author

Robert G. Picard is Director of Research at the Reuters Institute in the Department of Politics and International Relations at University of Oxford, a research fellow at Green Templeton College, Oxford, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is a specialist in media economics and policy, author and editor of 28 books, and has consulted for numerous governments and international organisations including the European Commission, UNESCO and the World Intellectual Property Organisation.