‘Social Media Help Me Distinguish between Truth and Lies’: News Consumption in the Polarised and Low-trust Media Landscape of Greece

IF 3.7 1区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

South European Society and Politics Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/13608746.2021.1980941

Antonis Kalogeropoulos, L. Rori, D. Dimitrakopoulou

引用次数: 7

Abstract

ABSTRACT How do citizens in countries with weak institutions and highly disrupted media landscapes navigate news? We examine a typical South European case, Greece, via cross-national data sets. Combining data from a pool of different surveys, we show that in Greece – unlike the other five countries of the sample – social media are more trusted than news media to help individuals navigate their news environment. A thematic analysis of open-ended survey answers indicates that Greek respondents embrace alternative news sources (social media, digital-born outlets) in record-high numbers because of their distrust of traditional news outlets. Taking into account the historic interplay of media and political institutions, we present Greece as a dystopian case for news organisations and the information environment in countries with weak institutions.

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“社交媒体帮助我区分真相和谎言”:希腊两极分化和低信任媒体景观中的新闻消费

在制度薄弱和媒体格局高度混乱的国家，公民如何浏览新闻?我们通过跨国数据集考察了一个典型的南欧案例——希腊。结合来自不同调查的数据，我们发现在希腊——与样本中的其他五个国家不同——社交媒体比新闻媒体更受信任，可以帮助个人驾驭新闻环境。对开放式调查答案的主题分析表明，由于对传统新闻媒体的不信任，希腊受访者接受替代新闻来源(社交媒体、数字媒体)的人数创历史新高。考虑到媒体和政治机构的历史相互作用，我们将希腊作为新闻机构和机构薄弱国家信息环境的反乌托邦案例。

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South European Society and Politics Multiple-

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5.80

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21.20%

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期刊介绍： A leading point of reference for scholars of Southern Europe, South European Society and Politics promotes both comparative and inter-disciplinary analyses, as well as offering innovative single county and sub-national studies. The journal acts as a forum for social, economic, cultural, contemporary historical and political approaches to research on the region, and is particularly keen to sponsor policy–focused studies in all these disciplines. The journal publishes research articles; South European Atlas with election reports and articles on other subjects of topical interest, and an extensive book reviews section, including both review articles and individual book reviews.