Department of Communication and Internet Studies
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 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).
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 |
|
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
Period of employment
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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 |
2012: Postdoctoral Scholarship, Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki