The Media and Financial Crises Comparative and Historical Perspectives [Hardcover]

The Media and Financial Crisesprovides unique insights into the debate on the role of the media in the global financial crisis. Coverage is inter-disciplinary, with contributions from media studies, political economy and journalists themselves. It features a wide range of countries, including the USA, UK, Ireland, Greece, Spain and Australia, and a completely new history of financial crises in the British press over 150 years.

Editors Steve Schifferes and Richard Roberts have assembled an expert set of contributors, including Joseph E Stiglitz and Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times. The role of the media has been central in shaping our response to the financial crisis. Examining its performance in comparative and historical perspectives is crucial to ensuring that the media does a better job next time.

The book has five distinct parts:

• The Banking Crisis and the Media
• The Euro-Crisis and the Media
• Challenges for the Media
• The Lessons of History
• Media Messengers Under Interrogation

The Media and Financial Crisesoffers broad and coherent coverage, making it ideal for both students and scholars of financial journalism, journalism studies, media studies, and media and economic history.

Editors Introduction STEVE SCHIFFERES and RICHARD ROBERTS Overview: Soothsayers of Doom? LIONEL BARBER PART I The Banking Crisis and the Media 1. Willful Blindness: The Media's Power Problem DEAN STARKMAN 2. Why the Media Got It Right CHRIS ROUSH 3. The US Media and the 2009 Stimulus Package ANYA SCHIFFRIN 4. The British Media and the First Crisis of Globalization STEVE SCHIFFERES and SOPHIE KNOWLES 5. From Wall Street to Main Street: Australian Finance and Business Journalism and the Crisis MICHAEL BROMLEY PART II The Euro-Crisis and the Media6. The Irish Press, Politicialó$