Includes bibliographical references and index.

emsp;List of Figures and Tables vii -- Notes on Contributors viii -- 1 Frontiers and Identities in Contemporary Media Storytelling -- Christiana Constantopoulou -- 2 The Value Image of Europe through Images -- Albertina Pretto and Debora Marcucci -- 3 Social Media and the Institutionalization of Hate Speech in Greek Politics -- Vasilis Vamvakas -- 4 Transnational Soap Operas and Cultural Identity in Times of Change -- Dimitra-Laurence Larochelle -- 5 Narrative Structures and the Export of Meaning: the Case of South Korean Popular Culture's Reception in Central and Eastern Europe -- Valentina Marinescu -- 6 What Can Be Seen by Breaking "Bad"? -- Amalia Frangiskou -- 7 The Representation of the Current Crisis in the Greek Cinema: Investigating Mnemonic Itineraries and Flashes-Back -- Maria Thanopoulou -- 8 Film Narratives on the Current Economic Crisis: the Case of the French Film "the Law of the Markets" -- Joanna Tsiganou -- 9 Representations of the Crisis within Five Greek Films -- Eleni Zyga -- 10 Developing Educational Discourse on Refugees: from the "Others" to Cinema Meta-language on Refugee Citizens -- Evangelia Kalerante and Calliopi Tsantali -- Index.

This book constitutes a sociological research on the current "narrations" of the economic and refugee crisis which has mobilized all the aspects of social storytelling during the last decade, most particularly in the European South. Because the different (mass and social) media reflect the dominant ideas and representations, the research on the meaning of different media narratives becomes a necessary report for the understanding of the relation (or "inexistent dialogue"?) between official political discourses and popular myths (based on everyday life values of prosperity, mostly promoted by the mass culture and the cultural industries' products) Despite the ongoing inequalities and difficulties, the contemporary audiences seem to counterbalance misery by the dreams of happiness, provided by this kind of products.

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