Global Media Project by https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej Digital report on media trends in Greece en-us 2016-09-28 18:42:53 UTC 2025-10-01 19:44:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Greece Map h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127097437 2016-09-28 19:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127097437 Greece Flag h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127106944 The flag of historic Greece was officially adopted in 1822. It features a white cross, and a combination of nine blue and white horizontal stripes. The cross represent Greek religious faith and the nine stripes represent the nine syllables in the cry "Freedom or Death," The white color reflect the purity of that struggle. ]]> 2016-09-28 20:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127106944 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127108284 Source: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/europe/greece.htm]]> 2016-09-28 20:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127108284 Greece Location and Geographic Information h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127108757 It located in southern Europe, on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It has strategic geopolitical location between Europe, Africa and Western Asia. Due to its location to the west of Aegean Sea, it dominates the Sea and the southern route to the Turkish Strait. Greece a peninsular country is bordered by the Ionian Sea in the west, Mediterranean Sea in the south and the Aegean Sea in the east. boundary is shared with Bulgaria in the north, Albania in the northwest, Republic of Macedonia in the north and Turkey in the northeast. The total area covered by Greece is 131,957, making it the ninety seventh largest country in the world. Greece also possess archipelago of 2000 islands. Greece has a long coastline extending for about 13, 676 km long, its longest coastline is on the Mediterranean Sea, with many beautiful beaches on its side. The geographical coordinates of Greece are 39 00N and 22 00 E. Beautiful Athens is its largest and the capital city.
Sources:
http://www.mapsofworld.com/greece/greece-location-map.html
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/greece.html]]> 2016-09-28 20:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127108757 Demographics h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127116128 ( 2015 ) Statistics
Distribution of the population according to age.
Age structure:
- 0-14 years: 14.1%
- 15-24 years: 9.8%
- 25-54 years: 43.2%
- 55-64 years: 12.7%
- 65 years and over: 20.2%

Population pyramid: 
The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
-  The literacy level is considerably high, 90.8 percent of the population can read and write.]]> 2016-09-28 21:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127116128 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127117656 Source: http://www.indexmundi.com/greece/age_structure.html ]]> 2016-09-28 21:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127117656 Economy h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127119600 Greece has a capitalist economy with a public sector accounting for about 40% of GDP and with per capita GDP about two-thirds that of the leading euro-zone economies. Tourism provides 18% of GDP. Immigrants make up nearly one-fifth of the work force, mainly in agricultural and unskilled jobs. Greece is a major beneficiary of EU aid, equal to about 3.3% of annual GDP.]]> 2016-09-28 21:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127119600 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127121080 Sources:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html?fieldkey=2116&term=Economy%20-%20overview
https://www.google.ae/search?q=greece+economy&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiv_tqJh7PPAhVIuxQKHRVSDzMQ_AUICCgB&biw=1280&bih=643#imgrc=b4ZBOuAZBxHItM%3A]]> 2016-09-28 22:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127121080 Language h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127123045 The official language is Greek (99 percent).
Greek belongs to the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European language family, and is spoken by about 13 million people mainly in Greece and Cyprus, where it is an official language.
Greek Alphabet:]]> 2016-09-28 22:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127123045 Traditional Media h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127128299 1. Print Media:
There are a total of 82 newspapers with national circulation in Greece today.
First news paper in Greece:
"Fight for faith and country,” was the title of the first article on the first issue of the first newspaper printed in Greece, that circulated on 1 August 1821.]]> 2016-09-28 23:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127128299 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127128926 2. Radio Stations:
The public broadcasting organisation, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation owns five radio broadcasting stations: Second Programme, ERA-3, NET Radio, ERA Sport, KOSMOS.
Currently, around 1,058 radio stations broadcast regularly in Greece.
3. TV Stations:
There are eight private national television stations under official licence: 902 Aristera sta FM, Alpha TV, Alter, Antenna (Ant1), Mega Channel (Mega), Skai TV (Skai), Star Channel (Star), Macedonia TV.
Source: http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/greece]]> 2016-09-28 23:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127128926 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127129145 Sources:
http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/greece
http://www.thetoc.gr/eng/culture-arts/article/the-first-greek-newspaper ]]> 2016-09-28 23:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127129145 Access to h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127130247 1. Internet : 
Internet penetration rate (46.40%).
2. Mobile: 
Mobile broadband penetration (67.65%)]]> 2016-09-29 00:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127130247 ISPs h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127133177 Forthnet is the largest Internet Service Provider provider in Greece. Other ISP includes:
- Net One
- Otent
- Hellas On Line
- On Telecoms
- Tellas
- Vodafone
Source: https://www.justlanded.com/english/Greece/Greece-Guide/Telephone-Internet/Internet-in-Greece]]> 2016-09-29 00:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127133177 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127151703 Greeks spend more than 80 minutes per day networking, as half of the population is registered on at least one social media platform. 
YouTube, however, has reported the largest growth of all social media platforms.  
According to data presented by Monitor, a platform that records publications from Greek news websites, blogs, forums and Greek users of social media in real time, Facebook’s increase in registered accounts is limited since most of the population already has an account. Facebook was enhanced by 1.1 million new accounts last month, reaching 6.7 million accounts in total.
One in three Greeks says that their “networking” consists of playing games, while the average time spent on social media websites between January and March of 2015 was calculated at 82.2 minutes per day.
The findings of various ongoing research studies show that active social media users comprise 50 percent of the population, while 55.2 percent have a registered account. A clear example of the rapid rise in usage is the photo- and video-sharing service Instagram, which now occupies 8 percent of the Greek social media market as opposed to last year’s 0.1 percent.
The main reason for the increase in usage of social media platforms has been found to be the significantly increasing penetration of the Internet, which constantly appears strengthened with the trends suggesting it will grow exponentially over the coming years. Accordingly, it is predicted that Greece will have an approximate 3.2 million Internet connections by the end of 2015. On a global scale, Internet connections from 2000 to 2015 have increased sevenfold, reaching 43 percent of the world’s population in comparison with 6.5 percent in 2000.
The increased accessibility of the web from mobile devices and the increase in demand for video services has led multinational tech firm Cisco to the assumption that the distribution of data will triple by 2019. Furthermore, it estimates that video-sharing websites will dominate the web, as they will assume 80 percent of the data distribution network worldwide. In the meantime, it is expected that the average data transferring speed will be 10 times faster, reaching 42.2 megabits per second. Correspondingly, the connection speed between devices is estimated to become at least three times faster.
Greeks now use the Internet in many aspects of their everyday lives, such as grocery shopping. According to the Electronic Business Research Center of the Athens University of Economics and Business, six out of 10 consumers are expected to increase the value of their online purchases within 2015. At the same time, it has been calculated that the value of online supermarkets in Greece will reach 383 million euros by 2020, according to evidence presented by Convert Group e-Business Consulting.
Source: http://www.ekathimerini.com/201228/article/ekathimerini/community/half-of-greeks-engage-in-social-media

]]> 2016-09-29 04:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127151703 Social Media Users h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127363329 2016-09-29 18:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127363329 Telcommunications h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127380981 The Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA, known as OTE or OTE SA, was the first incumbent telecommunications organization in Greece. OTE was incorporated as société anonyme in Athens
,Greece, under the laws of the Hellenic Republic in 1949, pursuant to the provisions of Legislative Decree 1049/1949. From 1949, OTE was the exclusive provider offixedine voice telephony in Greece and provided local, long-distance and international telecommunications services to Greek and foreign businesses, consumers and government agencies. In 1994, OTE launched ISDN services in Greece.

]]> 2016-09-29 19:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127380981 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127384565 Source: http://video.minpress.gr/wwwminpress/aboutgreece/aboutgreece_telecommunications.pdf]]> 2016-09-29 19:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127384565 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127385162 Source: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/greek.htm]]> 2016-09-29 19:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/127385162 Movie title:  My big fat Greek wedding 1 (2002) h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130262981 It is a factual movie that talks about Greek society and how they value family life. The most important thing for them is woman should marry from a Greek man and have a lot of children and do home works. They are sociable and they keep their relations with their family members; beside they enjoy spending time with their relatives and have parties with popular Greek dishes. Further more, they are proud of everything belongs to their culture, tradition and heritage. They believe that everything in the world origins from Greek and there is a gap between them and the rest of world for example; they cannot accept or understand others easily. The story of the movie is about unmarried Greek woman in her middle age living with her very Greek parents. She is not beautiful or a sociable person or a typical Greek woman. Most of her similar aged relatives are married to Greek man and have many children’s, therefore she breaks the rules of her society love and marry to a non-Greek man after having the acceptance of her family. She tries to build herself and her career and to not be same as others.

There are many sectors of society included in the movie in public or private or social levels such as:

- Family:
They have large extended families with many relatives who spend time together.

- Religion:
They are very religious people and they go to church in their holidays and for important rituals like weddings.

- Art:
They have the sense of art in the movie the family members were designing the wedding cards, flowers, drawing and doing other things by their own.

- Private business:
Since they are living in Chicago the family owns a small restaurant run by them that serve Greek foods.

- Education: 
language and knowing Greek words is important for them so they were sending their children’s to both American and Greek schools to learn and never forget their identity. 

  • The gender roles in Greek society are that women should marry at a young age from a Greek man, have many children's, work inside the home and take care of her family, while men should have a job outside the home.

  • There was a challenge for stereotypes in the movie for example: everyone think that all Greek members think and do the same, therefore all of woman in Greek marry at a young age from a Greek man and work in the home and raise their children’s but in the movie I saw that the heroine “ Toula” she fails at being a typical Greek woman and fall in love and marry someone outside her society. 

  • There are many stereotypes in the movie raised by media that Greek people are loud, noisy and talk a lot. They are sociable because they consists of close-knit which means they have many relatives who join and share everything and have a lot of parties together. They believe that everything is belongs to them and their heritage and don’t accept other people or understand other cultures and traditions easily.

  • Director: Joel Zwick.
  • Writer: Nia Vardalos and she the heroine.
  • Stars: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett.
  •  Production companies: 
- Gold Circle Films.
- HBO Films.
- MPH Entertainment.
- Playtone

References: 
  1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259446/
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Big_Fat_Greek_Wedding
  3. http://www.novinite.com/articles/115027/Greek+Culture+and+Traditions+-+Where+the+West+Meets+the+East
  4. https://www.movieposter.com/poster/MPW-33463/My_Big_Fat_Greek_Wedding.html

]]> 2016-10-12 19:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130262981 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130271483 2016-10-12 20:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130271483 Media Current Trends h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130274088 Nowadays social media has become an important phenomenon in Greek society and half of Greek people are using at least one of social media platforms and spend more than 80 minutes daily. They use the social media to show the beauty of their country and attract tourists.

There is instagram account @visitgreecegr it is an official account that established by the Greek national tourism organization to encourage tourism in the country by showing the beauty and civilization. They put a group of various and beautiful pictures and videos with #hashtaqs as guidelines for tourist and to show that Greece is a country with a rich heritage, nature, concert, restaurants, ancient temples, art of village, colors, beach, and islands and to contact directly with people.]]> 2016-10-12 20:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130274088 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130283651 The trending in twitter is under hashtaq #Greece which has a range of news about Greece in different fields and aspects. The top one is about refugee children from syria and afghanstan who started attending school despite protests from some Greek parents and some people closed school doors therefore, the policemen were there to protect and form a corridor for them to enter the school.

]]> 2016-10-12 21:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130283651 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130286533 2016-10-12 21:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130286533 h00255150 https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130288284 Globalization has a huge impact on the media in Greece. The revolution of Internet and the coming of social media opened the door for Greeks to share their cultures, tradition and the beauty of country to the rest of world to encourage tourism. As a part of globalization for instance: we know that the American guy Kevin Systrom created instagram and other social media accounts created by others from different countries, Therefore people worldwide are using the same application which means that Globalization made the world one place.

The examples show that they are using social media accounts to encourage tourism by showing visual photos and videos and communicating easily with people.

References:

1. http://www.ekathimerini.com/201228/article/ekathimerini/community/half-of-greeks-engage-in-social-media
2. https://twitter.com/hashtag/greece?vertical=default&lang=ar
3. https://www.instagram.com/visitgreecegr/
4. http://www.voanews.com/a/refugee-children-begin-attending-greek-schools/3544676.html]]> 2016-10-12 21:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/h00255150/tvb2mg47ftej/wish/130288284