Media commercialization and journalism in Greece

This article analyses the effects of media commercialization and market exp ansion on Greek journalism and argues that although journalism appears to b e a profession which plays a more active social and political role in Greec e, giving the impression that it sets the agenda and represents the ordinar y citizen, it is heavily influenced by the constraints imposed by news orga nizations. The article first discusses to what extent the I professional mo del' of journalism can be applied to all countries. Second, it provides a b rief account of the contemporary media landscape. It then discusses the imp lications of media commercialization on Greek journalism drawing from origi nal and other research.