Social Media as Propaganda Tools: The Greek Conservative Party and National Elections

P. 193–218.

Mylonas Y.

The economic crisis and its political management by all Greek governments
after the beginning of the crisis in 2009 and the so-called Troika (the EU,
ECB and IMF), have brought significant challenges to the media environment
of Greece, with independent journalism, in particular, to be facing
important economic as well as sociopolitical pressures. The loss of printed
press sales during the crisis’ times has resulted in the closing of established
newspapers (like ‘Eleytherotypia’) and the opening of new ones as well. The
crisis’ emergency regimes also brought the autocratic shut down of the
public broadcaster (ERT) in June 2013 by the time’s coalition government
of conservatives and social democrats.

Keywords: political communication, general elections, social media discourse, media propaganda

In book

Social Media and European Politics

Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.