Policy and Regulation in the Media Landscape: the Greek Paradigm Concentration of Media Ownership Versus the Right to Information

Authors

  • Anastasia VENETI Department of Communication and Media Studies, University of Athens
  • Achilleas KARADIMITRIOU Faculty of Communication & Media Studies University of Athens 104 Ilioupoleos St., Nikea-Pireas 18450, Greece

Abstract

By outlining the long-lasting peculiarities of the Greek media landscape, this paper aims to make us reflect on how the political system affects their development and role. Particularly, through analyzing the policy and regulating frames applied to Greek communication field, we try to shed light on the degree and shapes of media concentration and control as well as on the effects of this widespread phenomenon. Special emphasis is placed on the illicit interweaving of political and media interests, giving rise to a media system which has great difficulties in following constructively the technological developments in the field and challenges the active participation of citizens in the public affairs. In the contemporary society of digital revolution market values continue to be dominant. Those who control the private media outweigh the political figures and as a result any attempts to regulate the communication field are always implemented for the benefit of the private capital. Under these circumstances the question of whether the media can act as amplifiers of the democratic practices is more crucial than ever. This is the central question posed by the paper, arguing that the evolution of the Greek media system is inundated with evidence supporting the view that the particular voice of citizen as well as his right to information is under threat.

Author Biographies

Anastasia VENETI, Department of Communication and Media Studies, University of Athens

Lecturer, Faculty of Culture and Communication, Akmi Metropolitan College, and Collaborating Researcher, Laboratory of Social Research in Mass Media,University of Athens

Achilleas KARADIMITRIOU, Faculty of Communication & Media Studies University of Athens 104 Ilioupoleos St., Nikea-Pireas 18450, Greece

Faculty of Communication & Media Studies University of Athens 104 Ilioupoleos St., Nikea-Pireas 18450, Greece

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2014-02-05

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VENETI, A., & KARADIMITRIOU, A. (2014). Policy and Regulation in the Media Landscape: the Greek Paradigm Concentration of Media Ownership Versus the Right to Information. Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 1(3), 439–458. Retrieved from https://www.managementdynamics.ro/index.php/journal/article/view/38

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