ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the divide between South and North in Europe and its effects on journalism. Following previous empirical studies, this chapter first considers the multidimensional digital divide in Europe and its effects on media markets, then assesses the role of journalism in the ‘underprivileged’ areas of the European South. This multidimensional digital divide has been one of Europe's greater challenges in recent years and continues to prompt wider public debate around issues of development and progress. The chapter focuses on the ways in which these issues are depicted in the Mediterranean media ecosystems and their significant effects on the industry, which in turn have led to the formation of different professional cultures to those of the European North (i.e., in liberal and/or democratic corporatist media systems).
