A structural change in Greek public media – a self-governing media model or another emanation of the Mediterranean model?

Tomasz Fraszczyk

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This article analyzes the liquidation of the Greek public media service company (ERT) and its consequences for the Greek electronic media market and the political scene. The author focuses on social reactions concerning the closure of ERT with the special emphasis on discussions in social media and platforms fostering citizen (participatory) journalism. A theoretical base of the analysis is founded on the Mediterranean (polarized pluralism) model of media and politics (Hallin & Mancini, 2004), of which the Greek media system is considered to by the best example. Overall, the “ERT case” is treated here as another example of traditionally strong media-political relations in Greece.

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Greece, television, public service media, ERT, media policy, internet