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Biography

Nicolas Demertzis is a Professor at the Department of Communication and Media Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Director of the National Centre for Social Research. From 2004 until 2010 he was member of the steering committee of the Cyprus University of Technology (Limassol), Founder and Head of the Department of Communication and Internet Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies. From May 2010 until May 2013 he was President of the State Scholarship Foundation, Greece.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (1980) and a Ph.D. in Political Sociology from Lund University, Sweden (1986).

His major works are: “Cultural Theory and Political Culture. New Directions and Proposals” (Lund, 1985), “Culture, Modernity, Political Culture”, (Athens, 1989), co-authored with Thanos Lipowatz, “Essay on Ideology. A Dialogue between Social Theory and Psychoanalysis”, (Athens, 1994), “Local Publicity and the Press in Greece”, (Athens, 1996), “The Nationalist Discourse. Ambivalent Semantic Field and Contemporary Tendencies”, (Athens, 1996), “Emotions in Politics: The Affect Dimension in Political Tension” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).

His current research interests focus on the realms of political sociology, political communication, and the sociology of emotions.

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Employment (2)

National Centre for Social research: Athens, GR

2013-07-31 to present | Director and President of the Board of Administrators
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Athens, GR

1991-09-10 to present | Professor (Communication and Media Studies)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Lunds Universitet: Lund, SE

1981-08-30 to 1986-02-07 | PhD (Sociology)
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Panteion Panepistemio Koinonikon kai Politikon Epistemon: Athens, GR

1976-09-05 to 1980-06-10
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Works (10)

Debating News Media: Politics, Identities, and Alternatives in the Greek Mediascape

Journalism Studies
2022-07-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Aikaterini Nikolopoulou; Elena Psyllakou; Nicolas Demertzis
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Sour grapes: ressentiment as the affective response of grievance politics

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research
2022-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Tereza Capelos; Nicolas Demertzis
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Inclusion of People in Decision-Making

Politička misao
2021-02-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Charalambos Tsekeris; Nicolas Demertzis
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Youth, ethnicity, and a 'reverse digital divide': A study of Internet use in a divided country

Convergence
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84904341192

Contributors: Milioni, D.L.; Doudaki, V.; Demertzis, N.
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Internet use and political efficacy: The case of Cyprus

International Journal of Electronic Governance
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84897560376

Contributors: Demertzis, N.; Milioni, D.L.; Gialamas, V.
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Of cynicism, political cynicism, and political marketing

Political Marketing: Strategic Campaign Culture
2013 | Book
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2-s2.0-84919554264

Contributors: Demertzis, N.
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The Greek Green voter: Environmentalism or protest?

Environmental Politics
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84884224708

Contributors: Vasilopoulos, P.; Demertzis, N.
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Emotions in the media and the mediatization of traumas

Media Perspectives for the 21st Century
2011 | Book
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2-s2.0-84920557724

Contributors: Demertzis, N.
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Emotions and populism

Emotion, Politics and Society
2006 | Book
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2-s2.0-85015923572

Contributors: Demertzis, N.
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Media and nationalism: The Macedonian question

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics
1999 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0039252944

Contributors: Demertzis, N.; Papathanassopoulos, S.; Armenakis, A.
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