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Ulrika Sjberg

“It took time to understand Greek newspapers”. The media experience of Swedish women in Greece

Keywords: Swedish women, Greece, media, culture

This article tackles the media experience of ten Swedish women living in Greece. It focuses on the relation between their media experience and culture. This is examined by looking specifically at their use of Greek media during their first years in Greece as a way of learning a new culture, how they use Swedish media to maintain a link with Swedish culture and society, their concerns about children's media use, and how they view the importance of media in introducing the Swedish culture and language to their children. Finally, the presence of culture in these women's media experience is also seen in how they perceive Greek media output, which is discussed in terms of violent contents, sensational news, public service versus commercial channels, and the representation of women.

Communications, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0341-2059
Volume: 31, 06/2006
Pages: 173 - 192

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