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

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  • Antonis Kalogeropoulos
  • Lamprini Rori
  • Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou

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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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  • Antonis Kalogeropoulos & Lamprini Rori & Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, 2021. "‘Social Media Help Me Distinguish between Truth and Lies’: News Consumption in the Polarised and Low-trust Media Landscape of Greece," South European Society and Politics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(1), pages 109-132, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fsesxx:v:26:y:2021:i:1:p:109-132
    DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2021.1980941
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