Media Narratives: Productions and Representations of Contemporary Mythologies

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The media of a society always dynamically interacts with current popular ideas and myths (myths which narrate, explain and often justify social realitiessuch as games of power, economic and financial inequalities, drug dealing, disasters, diseases or pandemic threats, to name just a few salient examples). 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 the United States, expressing interpretations of contemporary events (such as crimes, scandals, diseases or political activism), but also presenting common beliefs and desires revealed by popular artistic creations. These narratives compose the mythical background of the contemporary globalized world, the spirit of the time as Edgar Morin 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 our contemporary mythologies.

Contributors are: Lucia Acua-Pedro, Graziela Ares, Eduardo Barbabela, Mercedes Calzado, Omar Cerrillo Garnica, Christiana Constantopoulou, Mariana Fernndez, Humberto Fernandes, Jaqueline Garca Cordero, Enrique Garca Romero, Leda Maria Caira Gitahy, Yamila Gmez, Vanesa Lio, Melina Meimaridis, Jos A. Ruiz San Romn, Pedro Paulo Martins Serra, Hara Stratoudaki, Leandro R. Tessler, and Gabriela Villen.

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Christiana Constantopoulou is Professor of Sociology at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki and Panteion, Athens, Greece. She is President of ISA-RC14, Member of the Board AISLF, Officer of the Academic Palms (French Ministry of Education). Editor of several international journals and books; author of many articles and books on the communicational structures of contemporary societies.