Destructive Storytelling: Disinformation and the Eurosceptic Myth that Shaped Brexit

Acknowledgements
Contents
1: Introduction
	References
2: Euromyths
	2.1	 The Data
	2.2	 The Impact
	2.3	 The Fact-checks
	2.4	 The Topics, the Responses
	2.5	 Research Literature on British Media Covering European Affairs
		2.5.1	 The Eurosceptic Turn
		2.5.2	 Field Studies of EU Correspondents
		2.5.3	 Europhile Press During the 1975 Referendum
		2.5.4	 Eurosceptic Themes
		2.5.5	 Reasons for the Eurosceptic Turn
		2.5.6	 Effects of Eurosceptic Media
	2.6	 Conclusion
	References
3: News Stories as Narrations and as Myths
	3.1	 Influential Despite Its Limitations: The Liberal Ideal
	3.2	 Euromyths and the Liberal Model
		3.2.1	 Constructed Objectivity
			The “Web of Factivity” and the “Rituals of Objectivity”
		3.2.2	 Ideology and Storytelling
			News as Story
			News as Myth
			Roland Barthes’ Mythology
	3.3	 Critical Discourse Analysis
	3.4	 Conclusion
	References
4: The Myth of British Superiority and European Silliness
	4.1	 The Discursive Practice: Euromyths as News Stories
	4.2	 The Text Level: Countering the News Discourse
		4.2.1	 Comical, Causal, and Sexual Language
		4.2.2	 The Rituals of Objectivity as an Empty Gesture: Modality and Thematic Structure
		4.2.3	 Simulated Conversation
	4.3	 The Social Practice: Euromyths and Eurosceptic Ideology
		4.3.1	 Euromyths News Stories as Barthesian Myth
		4.3.2	 The Transformation of Euromyths Stories into an Everyday Eurosceptic Myth
	4.4	 Conclusion
	References
5: Eurosceptic Ideology
	5.1	 The Eurosceptic Press in the Context of Maastricht
		5.1.1	 The Editorial Context of the Euromyths News Stories
	5.2	 The Euromyths as a Genre
	5.3	 Emotions in Euromyths News Stories
		5.3.1	 Mirth, Pride, and Anger
			How Are Emotions Expressed?
			Who Is the Source of the Emotional Expression?
			The Role of Emotions in the Narrative Structure of the News Story
		5.3.2	 Mirth, Pride, and Anger in the Eurosceptic Discourse
	5.4	 Conclusion
	References
6: Disinformation and Narratives
	6.1	 Euromyths as Disinformation
		6.1.1	 Euromyths News Stories as Propaganda
		6.1.2	 Disinformation, Storytelling, and Identity
	6.2	 The Brexit Campaign: Speeches, Op-eds, Tweets
		6.2.1	 Euromyths as Symbolic Articulation of Eurosceptic Ideology
			Argumentation in Campaign Addresses
			Emotional Regime in Op-eds and Political Speeches
	6.3	 Tweets
	6.4	 Conclusion
	References
7: Conclusion: Destructive Storytelling
	References
Index