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Paschalia Spyridou

Paschalia Spyridou

Assistant Professor

Department of Communication and Internet Studies

l.spyridou@cut.ac.cy

25002326



Paschalia (Lia) Spyridou is Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication and Marketing at Cyprus University of Technology. She holds a BA in Journalism and Mass Media from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MA in Communication from the University of Westminster, and received her PhD in Journalism and New Media from the Aristotle University. In 2012 she received a postdoctoral scholarship from the Research Committee of the Aristotle University for her work on participatory journalism. She was a Lecturer at the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus and has taught at the University of [...]Macedonia, the Aristotle University and the Masters programme in Journalism Studies of the Hellenic Open University. Her research interests lie in the field of digital journalism studies with an emphasis on how new technologies impact news production and shape politics and democracy. Her work has appeared in Journalism, Journalism Studies, Digital Journalism, European Journal of Communication, International Communication Gazette, and Journal of European Public Policy among others. Dr. Spyridou is a member of the Editorial Board of Digital Journalism (2020 – today) and contributed in the Greek edition of UNESCO’s Handbook on “Journalism, Fake News and Disinformation” (2021). She was the local scientific coordinator of two Erasmus+ projects (ΜΑΤΕ and MediaLab) and worked as a researcher in H2020 RePAST project. She is currently coordinating the H2020 DEMOTEC project, which focuses on participatory budgeting, including the role of journalism in mediating democratic innovations.


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Research

Α/Α

Date

Title

Funded by

Project Role

1

2021 - 2024

[DEMOTEC] Democratising Territorial Cohesion: Experimenting with deliberative citizen engagement and participatory budgeting in European regional and urban policies [DEMOTEC] GA 962553

H2020

Coordinator

2

2019 - 2022

[MEDIA CRISIS] Media and the European Refugee Crisis - Representations, Practices and Reception in the digital era (Project: POST-DOC/0916/0115

Co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation 

Research team member

3

2018 - 2021

[ΜΑΤΕ] An Innovative, Student-Centered Approach to Intercultural Skills Acquisition for Students and Young Migrants [MATE] GA 2018-1-CY01-KA203-046923

Erasmus+

Local Coordinator

Research team member

4

2018 - 2021

[RePAST] Strengthening European integration through the analysis of conflict discourses: revisiting the past, anticipating the future GA 769252

H2020

Research team member

5

2018 - 2020

[MediaLab] Media lab for bridging cross border gaps GA

2018-1-LT02-KA205-005715

Erasmus+

Local Coordinator

Research team member

6

2019

Assessing the Risk for Media Pluralism in EU and beyond: Application of the Media Monitor Tool in 30 European Countries

Co-financed by The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) and the European Union

Research team member

7

2014 - 2016

Framing Financial Crisis and Protest: North-West and South-East Europe

Leverhulme Trust International Network Grant

Research team member

8

2014

European Media, Immigration and Third-country Nationals

Republic of Cyprus and the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals

 

Research team member

9

2012 - 2014

COST Action IS0906: Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies, Working Group 2: “Audience Interactivity and Participation”

COST

Research team member

10

2009

Study of News Websites in Greece

Institute of Audiovisual Media, Athens, Greece

Research team member

Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

 

Spyridou, P., Triga, V. & Milioni, D.L. (forthcoming). Were Online Media Biased? An Assessment of Statement and Actor Bias during the 2015 Referendum in Greece, International Journal of Communication.

Spyridou, P., Vatikiotis, P. & Maniou, T. (forthcoming). Newswork in Crisis: Sourcing Patterns during Covid-19 through a ‘Lived Experience’ Perspective, Special Issue, Journalism in a Globalized Risk Arena: Between Networks, Interdependencies and Power Relations. International Communication Gazette.

Spyridou, P. & Avraamidou, M. (2023). Exploring Discursive Strategies of Dark Participation: User Comments on Migration in NYT and Τhe Guardian. Journalism Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2023.2254269

Vatikiotis, P., Maniou, T. & Spyridou, P. (2023). Towards the Individuated Journalistic Worker in Pandemic Times: Reflections from Greece and Cyprus. Journalism, https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231207670

Spyridou, P., Djouvas, C. & Milioni, D.L. (2022). Modeling and Validating a News Recommender Algorithm in a Mainstream Medium-Sized News Organization: An Experimental Approach, Future Internet, 14(10), 284, https://doi.org/10.3390/fi14100284

Spyridou, P. & Danezis (2022). News Consumption Patterns during the Coronavirus Pandemic across Time and Devices: The Cyprus Case, World of Media, 2, 124-146, DOI: 10.30547/ worldofmedia.2.2022.8

Theodosiadou, S., Spyridou, L-P., Panayiotou, N., Milioni, D. & Papa, V. (2021). “Journalism education in the post-truth era. An exploration of the voices of journalism students in Greece and Cyprus”, Journal of Media Practice,  https://doi.org/10.1080/25741136.2021.1919833

Spyridou, L.-P. (2019). “Analyzing the active audience: Reluctant, reactive, fearful, or lazy? Forms and motives of participation in mainstream journalism», Journalism, 20(6), 827–847, https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918784733

Milioni, D., Spyridou, L-P. and Triga, V. (2018). “Cadrages Médiatiques de la Consultation Grecque sur le Plan d'aide Européen: Le Référendum Cause ou Solution de la Crise?”.  (translated from English by Xavier Blandin, original title: “Framing the Greek Bailout Referendum: A Crisis-Inducing or a Crisis-Resolving Mechanism?”), Participations, 1(20), 111-142, DOI: 10.3917/parti.020.0111   

Maier, J., Faas, T. & Rittberger, Spyridou, L-P., et al. (2018). “An event that could have made a difference: Effects of the Eurovision Debate on young citizens’ and its consequence for EU democracy – Evidence from a quasi-experiment in 24 countries”, Journal of European Public Policy, 25(4), 606-629,  https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2016.1268643

Saridou, Τ., Spyridou, L.-P. and Veglis, A. (2017). “Churnalism on the Rise? Assessing Convergence Effects on Editorial Practices”, Digital Journalism, 5, 1006-1024, https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2017.1342209

Doudaki, V., Boubouka, A., Spyridou, L.-P. and Tzalavras, C. (2016). “Dependency, (non)liability and austerity news frames of bailout Greece”, European Journal of Communication, 31(4), 426-445, https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323116655510

Spyridou, L.-P. (2015). “Producing Protest News: Representations of Contentious Collective Actions in Mainstream Media”, Cyprus Review - Special Issue on Participation, media representation and the financial and political crises in Cyprus, 27(1), 71-105

Doudaki, V. and Spyridou, L.-P. (2015). “News Content Online: Patterns and Norms under Convergence Dynamics”, Journalism, 16(2), 257-277, https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884913517657

Milioni, D., Spyridou, L.-P. and Vadratsikas, K. (2015). “Framing Immigration in Online Media and Television News in Crisis-stricken Cyprus”, Cyprus Review - Special Issue on Participation, media representation and the financial and political crises in Cyprus, 27(1), 155-185

Spyridou, L.-P., Matsiola, M., Veglis, A., Kalliris, G. and Dimoulas, C. (2013). “Journalism in a State of Flux: Journalists as Agents of Technology Innovation and Emerging News Practices”, International Communication Gazette, 75(1), 76-98, https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048512461763

Doudaki, V. and Spyridou, L.-P. (2013). “Print and Online News: Remediation Practices in Content and Forms”, Journalism Studies, 14(6), 907-925, https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2012.746860

Spyridou, L.-P. and Veglis, A. (2011). “Political Parties and Web 2.0 tools: A Shift in Power or a New Digital Bandwagon?”, International Journal of Electronic Governance, 4(1/2), 136-155, DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2011.041712

Spyridou, L.-P. & Veglis, A. (2010). Online Media and the Web 2.0 paradigm”, Communication Issues [Ζητήματα Επικοινωνίας], 10, 96-114 (in Greek)

Spyridou, L.-P. and Veglis, A. (2008). “Exploring Structural Interactivity in Online Newspapers: A Look at the Greek Web Landscape”, First Monday, May 2008, 13(5): DOI: https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v13i5.2164

Spyridou, L.-P. and Veglis, A. (2008). “The Contribution of Online News Consumption to Critical-Reflective Journalism Professionals”, Journalism, 9(1), 52-75, https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884907084340

 

Chapters in Edited Books

Spyridou, L.P. (2020). “Citizens as actors in the field of journalism: Exploring users’ agency and perceptions of participatory affordances”. In A. Veneti and A. Karatzogianni (eds). The Emerald Handbook of Digital Media in Greece, Emerald Publishing Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 79-97. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-400-520201021

Spyridou, L-P. and Milioni, D. (2019). “Interactive Journalism”. In T. Vos and F. Hanusch (eds). The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies, Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0133

Milioni, D., Spyridou, L.-P. and Koumis, M. (2018). “Cyprus: Behind Closed (journalistic) Doors”. In S. Fengler, T. Eberwein and M. Karmasin (eds). European Handbook of Media Accountability, Routledge, pp. 39-46

Spyridou, L.-P. and Milioni D. (2017). “Financial Crisis, Austerity and Public Service Media in Cyprus. Reforming or Downsizing? An Analysis of Discourses and Critiques”. In V. Doudaki and N. Carpentier (eds). Cyprus and its conflicts. Representations, materialities and cultures, Berghahn Books, pp. 99-120

Spyridou, L.-P. and Koktsidis, P. (2017). “Manufacturing Consent or Informing the Public? A Review of recent Research on how International Mainstream Media Covered the Greek crisis”. In H. Hannapi and S. Katsikides (eds). Evolutionary Political Economy in Action. A Cyprus Symposium, Routledge, pp. 189-207.

Spyridou, L.-P. and Veglis, A. (2016). “Convergence and the Changing Labor of Journalism: Towards the ‘Super Journalist’ Paradigm”. In A.Lugmayr and C. Dal Zotto (eds). Media Convergence Handbook – Volume I, Journalism, broadcasting and social media aspects of convergence, Springer-Verlag, pp. 99-116.

Spyridou, L.-P. (2016). “Stuart Hall: The return of ideology in Communication Studies”. In E. Pazarzi and S. Katsikides (eds). From Social Thought to Sociology Theory, Athens: Nomiki Vivliothiki, pp. 291-308 (in Greek).

Spyridou, L.-P. and Veglis, A. (2015). “Sustainable Online News Projects: Redefining Production Norms and Practices”. In Z. Vukanovic, A. Powers, G. Tsourvakas and P. Faustino (eds). Redefining Multiplatform Digital Scenario and Added Value Networks in Media Business and Policy, Media XXI Publishing, pp. 63-83.

Siapera, E. and Spyridou, L.-P. (2012). “The Field of Online Journalism: A Bourdieusian Analysis”. In E. Siapera & A. Veglis (eds). The Willey-Blackwell Handbook of Online Journalism, London: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 77-97.

Spyridou, L.-P. (2005). “The impact of interactivity in Journalism”. In Fragonikolopoulos, C. (ed). Mass Media, Society and Politics, Athens: Sideris, pp. 711-732 (in Greek).

Studies

Qualification

Year

Awarding Institution

Department

Thesis title

PhD

2009

Aristotle University

Journalism and Mass Media

Online News: Exploring Interactivity in Online News media in Greece

MA

2000

University of Westminster, London, UK

School of Arts, Media & Design

Tabloid Tales on TV: The Greek Case

BA

1998

Aristotle University

Journalism and Mass Media

 

Teaching

CIS 102 Theory of Communication

CIS 220 Introduction to Journalism Studies

CIS 320 Reporting and Writing Techniques

CIS 329 Online Journalism

CIS 407 Research Design

CIS 426 Investigative Journalism

 

Employment

Period of employment

 

Employer

Location

Position

2017 - today

Cyprus University of Technology

Limassol, Cyprus

Assistant Professor

2018 - 2019

Hellenic Open University

Athens, Greece

Teaching Staff

2015 - 2017

University of Cyprus

Nicosia, Cyprus

Lecturer

2014 - 2015

University of Cyprus

Nicosia, Cyprus

Visiting Lecturer

2011 - 2014

Cyprus University of Technology

Limassol, Cyprus

Special Teaching Staff & Research Associate

2012

Aristotle University

Thessaloniki, Greece

Postdoctoral Researcher  

2007 - 2011

University of Macedonia

Thessaloniki, Greece

Adjunct Lecturer

2007 – 2009

Aristotle University

Thessaloniki, Greece

Adjunct Lecturer

Awards

2012: Postdoctoral Scholarship, Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Paschalia Spyridou
Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου
Assistant Professor

Paschalia (Lia) Spyridou is Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication and Marketing at Cyprus University of Technology. She holds a BA in Journalism and Mass Media from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MA in Communication from the University of Westminster, and received her PhD in Journalism and New Media from the Aristotle University. In 2012 she received a postdoctoral scholarship from the Research Committee of the Aristotle University for her work on participatory journalism. She was a Lecturer at the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus and has taught at the University of Macedonia, the Aristotle University and the Masters programme in Journalism Studies of the Hellenic Open University. Her research interests lie in the field of digital journalism studies with an emphasis on how new technologies impact news production and shape politics and democracy. Her work has appeared in Journalism, Journalism Studies, Digital Journalism, European Journal of Communication, International Communication Gazette, and Journal of European Public Policy among others. Dr. Spyridou is a member of the Editorial Board of Digital Journalism (2020 – today) and contributed in the Greek edition of UNESCO’s Handbook on “Journalism, Fake News and Disinformation” (2021). She was the local scientific coordinator of two Erasmus+ projects (ΜΑΤΕ and MediaLab) and worked as a researcher in H2020 RePAST project. She is currently coordinating the H2020 DEMOTEC project, which focuses on participatory budgeting, including the role of journalism in mediating democratic innovations.

Κύπρος
l.spyridou@cut.ac.cy
25002326

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