Le référendum sur l'Union européenne : une crise identitaire pour la presse britannique ?

• Main Author: Karine Rivière-De Franco
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2017-05-01
• Series: Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
• Subjects: European Union; referendum; press; Conservative Party; Labour Party; women
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1325

This article aims to analyse the press coverage of the referendum campaign through three national newspapers characterized by different readerships and political partisanship (The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Daily Mail). It will focus on editorial choices and the elements that were presented or omitted. It will explore types of coverage based on personalization, dramatization and infighting, and mainly foregrounding male conservative politicians.