tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17298986.post8699602576433750853..comments2024-03-28T09:16:53.211+02:00Comments on Teacher Dude's Grill and BBQ: Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Alternative forms of information and Democracyteacher dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17202858180246680798noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17298986.post-36692164447347959622009-03-18T12:38:00.000+02:002009-03-18T12:38:00.000+02:00I think that the mainstream media here in Greece, ...I think that the mainstream media here in Greece, like so many other parts of the world is going through a period of crisis caused both by technology and the credit crunch.<BR/> <BR/>However, the divide between what the media, especially, TV considers important and ordinary people's concerns is particularly wide. They really are hunkered down in their bunkers, rushing from minister to minister.teacher dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17202858180246680798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17298986.post-4646246331098741752009-03-18T08:51:00.000+02:002009-03-18T08:51:00.000+02:00A fascinating post. Thanks for that.A fascinating post. Thanks for that.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767547885067510096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17298986.post-91935434880188751802009-03-17T11:10:00.000+02:002009-03-17T11:10:00.000+02:00Good stuff Teacherdude. Is anyone else in Greece s...Good stuff Teacherdude. Is anyone else in Greece spreading this understanding of citizen journalism? I don't think many understand the new grammar of narrowcasting. In Birmingham my friend Nick Booth left broadcasting five years ago to do narrowcasting and in my view has as astute a feeling for blogosphere and its wider import as anyone I know - and I don't understand enough of what he and his network are into<BR/>http://www.podnosh.com/blog/<BR/>We use him on session at the university to get over the message of what;s going on outside the broadcasting 'bunker' and with WiFi linked to a dataprojector in the classroom he takes us on a fascinating tour of the demographics of web2<BR/>http://www.slideshare.net/podnosh/naked-in-a-goldfish-bowl-podnosh-on-social-media-in-government/5Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17298986.post-75459503264398432162009-03-16T22:41:00.000+02:002009-03-16T22:41:00.000+02:00An interesting read. I have long abandoned Greek m...An interesting read. I have long abandoned Greek media in trying to get any meaningful representation of political events, the only thing they seem to be worthy of reporting (at least the TV) is the latest traffic accident in Posidonos, the entertainment news from "ta skukladika" or the endless looping of 10 seconds of a video clip from some rich guy's wedding. Throw in some footage of a bank robbery in progress and you're good to go.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how many years you've been in Greece but I remember years ago, probably about 15, when the constitution was being revised, something that can only happen every so many years, yet the report of this was 4th or 5th down the line after a traffic accident, some other irrelevant gripe of some guy who wanted a minister to personally attend to his business problems and some other mambo-jumbo.<BR/><BR/>It is tragic that the choices you have in Greek media are limited: either the skewed version of ERT, as dictated by the government, the highly politicised versions of newspapers, or the populist-sensetionalist TV reports, complete with dramatic music, rolling credits and lack of intonation, spelling and any reporting.<BR/><BR/>Living away from Greece I find myself getting more on-hands reporting on major events from the BBC or CNN or other news outlets, as you mention in your post.<BR/><BR/>I guess this is to be expected though. The media in Greece are highly tied to big conglomerates or media tycoons, each with their own political agenda trying to push it through. From the early 12 EU countries I think the only one with such bad practices, probably worse, is Berlusconi's Italy. But that is not a surprise really, if you observe Italian TV and Greek TV you will find many similarities, from the number of variety shows with semi-naked 20-somethings to the high tempered shouting on every "news" programme.Panoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13358519735596764202noreply@blogger.com