ABSTRACT

Insulting the Public? examines the way in which the European Union and issues relating to it are represented to the public. Combining theoretical and empirical research, the text explores and provides an assessment of the performance of the British Press in its representation of the European Union in the period immediately preceding the General Election of 1997 and during the British presidency of the Union from January to June 1998.

chapter |37 pages

European integration: the issues at stake

chapter |33 pages

Euroscepticism in the British press

chapter |20 pages

The pro-European press

chapter |17 pages

The Great Public Relations Disaster?

chapter |9 pages

Insulting the Public?