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Global Media Content: Engagement and Interpretation by the Greek Audience

Number: 16 July 29, 2025
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Global Media Content: Engagement and Interpretation by the Greek Audience

Abstract

This research aims at investigating how audiences from different demographics and regions in Greece engage in and interpret global media content. A quantitative research was conducted, using a convenience and snowball sampling of 615 citizens. Our results indicate that Greek audience primarily does not believe that global media content affects cultural characteristics. Yet the younger, less educated participants and the residents of urban areas are quite vulnerable. What is more, rural residents create, share, discuss about, and learn from global media content in a less frequent manner than urban residents. Finally, women and younger, more educated audience are more inspired to learn about a particular culture based on global media content, believing that it has the power to shape societal attitudes. These insights contribute valuable knowledge to the field of media studies, particularly in understanding the nuanced ways in which global media content is engaged with by different demographic groups.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Communication Sociology, Sociology (Other)

Journal Section

Review

Early Pub Date

July 7, 2025

Publication Date

July 29, 2025

Submission Date

December 22, 2024

Acceptance Date

February 20, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Number: 16

APA
Orfanidou, A., & Panagıotou, N. (2025). Global Media Content: Engagement and Interpretation by the Greek Audience. İmgelem, 16, 345-376. https://doi.org/10.53791/imgelem.1605414
AMA
1.Orfanidou A, Panagıotou N. Global Media Content: Engagement and Interpretation by the Greek Audience. İMGELEM. 2025;(16):345-376. doi:10.53791/imgelem.1605414
Chicago
Orfanidou, Anna, and Nıkolaos Panagıotou. 2025. “Global Media Content: Engagement and Interpretation by the Greek Audience”. İmgelem, nos. 16: 345-76. https://doi.org/10.53791/imgelem.1605414.
EndNote
Orfanidou A, Panagıotou N (July 1, 2025) Global Media Content: Engagement and Interpretation by the Greek Audience. İmgelem 16 345–376.
IEEE
[1]A. Orfanidou and N. Panagıotou, “Global Media Content: Engagement and Interpretation by the Greek Audience”, İMGELEM, no. 16, pp. 345–376, July 2025, doi: 10.53791/imgelem.1605414.
ISNAD
Orfanidou, Anna - Panagıotou, Nıkolaos. “Global Media Content: Engagement and Interpretation by the Greek Audience”. İmgelem. 16 (July 1, 2025): 345-376. https://doi.org/10.53791/imgelem.1605414.
JAMA
1.Orfanidou A, Panagıotou N. Global Media Content: Engagement and Interpretation by the Greek Audience. İMGELEM. 2025;:345–376.
MLA
Orfanidou, Anna, and Nıkolaos Panagıotou. “Global Media Content: Engagement and Interpretation by the Greek Audience”. İmgelem, no. 16, July 2025, pp. 345-76, doi:10.53791/imgelem.1605414.
Vancouver
1.Anna Orfanidou, Nıkolaos Panagıotou. Global Media Content: Engagement and Interpretation by the Greek Audience. İMGELEM. 2025 Jul. 1;(16):345-76. doi:10.53791/imgelem.1605414