No. 16 (2015): Media and indentities

Coordinated by  Marie Fierens et Julien Danero Iglesias. Edited by (for Émulations) Grégoire Lits.

For centuries, mass media have been credited with a form of power. But what really constitutes this alleged influence? Who are the actors that hold it? What strategies are such media pursuing – consciously or not? This issue, titled “Médias et identités” offers answers to these questions by tackling the role that mass media plays in the building or strengthening of individual or collective feelings of belonging. The considerations proposed by young researchers from multiple disciplinary traditions are rooted in nine specific historical and contemporary contexts. These considerations relativize the notions of fourth power and independency often associated with mass media and shed light on the interdependency networks in which journalists operate.