Greece

Police Violence and Press Freedom in Greece

Police violence was a key topic of IPI’s November 2015 mission to Greece, carried out with the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO). The visit highlighted how police violence against photojournalists is increasingly coupled with impunity. The report by SEEMO and IPI examines this trend.

The Euro Crisis in the Media: Journalistic Coverage of Economic Crisis and European Institutions

A Reuters publication on media coverage of Europe's financial and political crisis across ten EU countries

Austerity, solidarity, and alternative media practices in Greece

An analysis of the ways evolving communication practices on social media have shaped the nature and character of solidarity and cooperative initiatives in Greece over the last few years

Press freedom in 'post-democracy' Greece

Nine journalists were sanctioned by the Disciplinary Board of the Journalists’ Union of Athens following an investigation into the skewed coverage of the bailout referendum of July 2015. However, the issue is structural and involves the way mainstream media have been covering the financial crisis and austerity policy for several years

How does the media on both sides of the Mediterranean report on Migration?

Media coverage is vital to shaping people’s opinions on migration, but journalism struggles to resist oversimplification, emotional approach and political interference

Censorship and self-censorship in Greece

The Wikipedia article Media of Greece has been expanded and updated with information on censorship and self-censorship . This is part of the series on "Censorship and self-censorship in Europe" and will be followed by other country-specific items

European Media Systems Survey

The European Media Systems Survey (EMSS) is a regularly repeated academic study that measures differences between national media environments in how they cover politics and public affairs

Online platforms (Eurobarometer)

An opinion survey published in June 2016 explores the use of online platforms within the EU, focusing especially on search engines, online social networks and online marketplaces

E-Communications and the Digital Single Market (Eurobarometer)

This opinion survey published in May 2016 explores the attitude of EU households and citizens towards new Internet-based communications services

Media freedom and democracy (Eurobarometer)

This opinion survey published in November 2016 explores the perceptions of European citizens regarding pluralism and independence of their national private and public media