This article presents an overview of the role of the media in nationalism and identity-shaping in post-crisis societies experiencing conflict, focusing on the impact of the recent economic crisis on diversity in political news reporting. The research is based on a time series analysis (2000–2019) of diversity in traditional and online political news reporting, framed by a thematic analysis of journalists’ interviews. Cyprus is used as a case-study, as an example of a ‘divided’ country. Findings suggest that news diversity in societies experiencing conflict significantly reduced after the economic crisis in traditional media but increased in online media. At the same time, representations of nationalism in the news media seem to be taking alternative directions. The study challenges the way(s) in which media history is read in post-crisis societies experiencing conflict where the media play a significant role in assessing notions of togetherness as opposed to images of separatism.

本文概述了媒体在经历冲突的危机后社会中的民族主义和身份塑造中的作用，重点关注最近的经济危机对政治新闻报道多样性的影响。该研究基于对传统和在线政治新闻报道多样性的时间序列分析（2000-2019 年），并以记者采访的主题分析为框架。塞浦路斯被用作案例研究，作为“分裂”国家的一个例子。研究结果表明，在经历冲突的社会中，传统媒体的新闻多样性在经济危机之后显着减少，但在网络媒体中却有所增加。与此同时，新闻媒体对民族主义的表现似乎正在采取不同的方向。