Media narratives : : productions and representations of contemporary mythologies / / Christiana Constantopoulou.

• Superior document: Studies in Critical Social Sciences
• VerfasserIn: Kōnstantopoulou, Chrysoula,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2023]
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (225 pages)

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Media Narratives of Contemporary Mythologies -- 1 The Anthropological Aspects of Media Narratives -- 1.1 The Archetypal Dimensions of the Imaginary -- 1.2 The "Spirit of the Time" -- 1.3 The Power of Storytelling: The Narrative Spell Cast over Politics and Society -- 1.4 The "Common Sense" in Fictional Productions -- Chapter 2 The New Criminal News: Narrative Modalities on Fear of Crime in Newscasts of the City of Buenos Aires, 2015-2019 -- 1 The Production of Police News on Television: Introductory Remarks -- 2 Fear of Crime in the News: Conceptual Framework and Antecedents -- 3 The Centrality of Police Stories in Newscast -- 4 Police News as Spectacle -- 5 "Hot" Zones, Hazards, and Potential Victims -- 6 The Narration of Crime on Television: Reflections on the Construction of Police News and Its Relationship with the Prevention by the Public -- References -- Chapter 3 'Sex, Drugs and Communism': Far-Right Narratives about Universities in Brazil -- 1 'Sex, Drugs and Communism' -- 2 Disinformation Ecosystem -- 3 Higher Education under Siege -- References -- Chapter 4 The Business Elite and Media Worked Together?: Analyzing Both Narratives in the Brazilian 2016 Impeachment Process -- 1 Introduction -- 2 São Paulo Business Elite's Narrative on Media -- 2.1 Findings on the Business Elite's Political Discourse Strategies -- 3 The Manchetômetro Database -- 3.1 Manchetômetro Data Analysis -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Crime or Commiseration: The Contingent Framing of Homelessness on Brazilian Television -- 1 Methodology -- 2 The Repossession in Downtown São Paulo on September 16, 2014.

3 News Framing: The Homeless from the Criminalization Perspective -- 4 Interpretive Framing -- 5 The Homeless from the Commiseration Point of View: The Wilton Paes de Almeida Building Collapse Affair in 2018 -- 6 Closing Comments -- References -- Chapter 6 Immortal and Happy! Myths about Vulnerability in the Press -- 1 Classical Greek Mythology on Vulnerability and Happiness -- 2 Science, Technology and Happiness -- 3 Pandemic and Vulnerabilities -- 3.1 Have There Been Changes in the Treatment of the Idea of Progress? -- 3.2 Have There Been Changes in the Treatment of Scientism? -- 3.3 Have There Been Changes in the Treatment of Vulnerabilities? -- References -- Chapter 7 Blogging National Identity -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Blogs and 'Identity' -- 3 Greek Political Blogs -- 4 The Case-Study -- 5 The Blogs-Media Ecosystem -- 6 The 'Prolific' Blogs -- 7 The Legacy Media -- 8 The Blogs -- 9 Discussion -- 10 The First Narrative: A Divided Nation -- 11 The Second Narrative: Conspiracies -- 12 Comparing Discourses -- 13 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 8 Contemporary Mythologies of Television's Fictional Institutions in the United States -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Myths and Television Fiction -- 3 Television's Fictional Institutions -- 4 Myths and Fictional Institutions in the United States -- 5 The Good Doctors of Grey's Anatomy -- 6 The Bad Cops of Chicago P.D. -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9 Mexican Drug Dealers in TV Series: Symbols of New Heroism or the Adulation of Bandits? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Drug Trafficking in Mexico: From Underground Business to Pop Media Culture -- 3 Creating the Archetype -- 4 Methodology -- 5 Joaquín Guzmán Loera, What We Know about Him -- 6 El Chapo, the TV Hero -- 7 Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, the First Big Kingpin -- 8 Félix in Narcos -- 9 Capos, in between Historical and Mythical Life -- 10 Conclusions.

References -- Chapter 10 Mythic Representations of Heterosexual Relations in Popular Serials: Romantic Love against "Hyper Realistic" Porn -- 1 From Popular Stories to Soap-Operas: Fantasies and Archetypes -- 2 Sex and the City: Reporting "Single Women's" Love Affairs -- 3 Desperate Housewives: Dealing with Current Myths about Family and Household Life -- 3.1 Family and Violence -- 3.2 Everyday Issues -- 3.3 "Juicy" Delinquency -- 4 Negotiating Heterosexual Love: Symbols, Archetypes and Emotional Capitalism -- 4.1 The Oppression of Females -- 4.2 Rareness of Alternative Forms of Erotic Love in the Contemporary Dominant Myths -- 4.3 Heterosexual Love Archetype -- 4.4 "Escaping" into Dreams -- 4.4.1 Psychologically the Dreams Are Necessary as Counterbalance of a Fade Reality -- 4.4.2 Dreams Can Only Become True If They Are Created, First in Imagination and Second by Making Them Happen, with Ideas, Plans, Commitment and Faith -- References and Bibliography -- Chapter 11 Concluding Remarks: Consumer Storytelling in Advanced-Modern Societies -- Subject Index -- Names Index -- Back Cover.