Lia‐paschalia Spyridou
Biographic Data
| ID | 4899650 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lia‐paschalia Spyridou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lia‐paschalia |
| FAMILY NAME | Spyridou |
| SIGNATURE | SPYRIDOU L P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cyprus University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8905-6881 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 139 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Has the web promoted diversity? Ownership concentration and online news traffic in Greece
News media concentration raises concerns associated with the power to influence policy, political developments and public debates. Low entry-barriers and reduced production and distribution costs in the web era promised a more pluralistic media landscape, which has thus far failed to materialise as reputational, technical and financial resources tend to confer cumulative advantages for larger and more established media organisations. In this stud…
Normative Commitments and Platform Logics: Understanding Journalism’s Adaptive Resilience Through Coverage of Democratic Innovations
This study uses participatory budgeting as a case study to examine why democratic innovations receive limited media attention, despite their alignment with journalism’s civic mission. We argue that coverage of democratic innovations is structurally disadvantaged in platformised media ecosystems where algorithmic visibility, audience metrics, and economic precarity prioritise speed, sensation, visuality, and simplified narratives over procedural o…
Exploring AI Amid the Hype: A Critical Reflection Around the Applications and Implications of AI in Journalism
Over the last decade, AI has increasingly been adopted by newsrooms in the form of different tools aiming to support journalists and augment the capabilities of the profession. The main idea behind the adoption of AI is that it can make journalists’ work more efficient, freeing them up from some repetitive or routine tasks while enhancing their research and storytelling techniques. Against this idea, and drawing on the concept of “hype”, we emplo…
Do Algorithms Do It Better? Analysing Occupational Ideology in the Age of Computational Journalism
Exploring Discursive Strategies of Dark Participation: User Comments on Migration in New York Times and Τhe Guardian
Digital media have multiplied the range of voices circulating in the \npublic sphere(s), a terrain where journalists enjoyed special \ncommunication power. Despite optimism, research has offered \nmixed findings regarding the outcomes of participatory \njournalism assuming both constructive and negative interactions. \nThis article draws from, and contributes, to a more nuanced \nexploration of “dark participation”, a concept broadly used to \nco…
Newswork in crisis: Sourcing patterns during Covid-19 through a ‘lived experience’ perspective
During crises the newsmedia are expected to provide relevant and accurate information to help citizens comprehend the crisis and act upon it. As a source-driven practice, journalism relies on a variety of sources to validate news and provide perspectives. The disruptive nature of a crisis though raises questions about how journalists select sources and what these choices say about professional autonomy and criticality. Considering source choices …
Towards the individuated journalistic worker in pandemic times: Reflections from Greece and Cyprus
Drawing on a comparative qualitative analysis using semi-structured interviews, this study examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on journalists’ working conditions and practices in Greece and Cyprus. The findings provide empirical evidence that the crisis had a significant impact on journalistic work: changing patterns in labour conditions, advancing the role of the individuated worker; cumulating levels of professional risks and stress; inc…
Journalism education in the post-truth era: An exploration of the voices of journalism students in Greece and Cyprus
Journalism is in a state of flux and so is journalism education. The present study engages in a comparative qualitative analysis focusing on the viewpoints of journalism students in Greece and in Cyprus regarding journalism education in the post–truth era, media literacy, and journalism quality. Drawing upon evidence from four focus groups conducted in the journalism/communication departments of two public universities in Greece and Cyprus, the f…
This time it’s different? Effects of the Eurovision Debate on young citizens and its consequence for EU democracy – evidence from a quasi-experiment in 24 countries
This paper was co-authored by Jurgen Maier, Thorsten Faas, Berthold Rittberger, Jessica Fortin-Rittberger, Kalliope Agapiou Josifides, Susan Banducci, Paolo Bellucci, Magnus Blomgren, Inta Brikse, Karol Chwedczuk-Szulc, Marina Costa Lobo, Mikolaj Czesnik, Anastasia Deligiaouri, Tomaz Dezelan, Wouter deNooy, Aldo Di Virgilio, Florin Fesnic, Danica Fink-Hafner, Marijana Grbesa, Carmen Greab, Andrija Henjak, David Nicolas Hopmann, David Johann, Gabo…
Analyzing the active audience: Reluctant, reactive, fearful, or lazy? Forms and motives of participation in mainstream journalism
Participation has become a key issue in contemporary journalism studies, yet research on how the participatory space is being appropriated by users is rather limited. This article attempts a methodological contribution by offering a way to analyze participatory journalism in reference to variant participatory affordances enabling different levels of creative effort, control, and editorial permeability. To do so, it understands participation as th…
Churnalism on the Rise: Assessing convergence effects on editorial practices
Scholars conceptualize journalism’s transformation and explain the changes occurring at different levels under the rubric of convergence. Contrary to optimistic views of convergence, claiming for its potential to satisfy both good journalism and good business practices, the paper argues that at times of economic uncertainty, hyper-competition and diminishing accountability levels, convergence is used as a cost-effective strategy fostering low-cos…
Dependency, (non)liability and austerity news frames of bailout Greece
Instructed theoretically by the critical discussion on the media’s alignment with the institutions of power in societies, this study examines how the Greek legacy press framed the discussion over the crisis, by focusing on the bailout agreements Greece signed with the troika during the period 2010–2012. The analysis, following a three-step process in frames’ detection, focuses on the associations of actors and their responsibility, causes, soluti…
News content online: Patterns and norms under convergence dynamics
The article investigates evolutionary trends in online news presentation and delivery in the light of convergence dynamics. The case study of Greece is an example of how convergence ideas are ‘normalised’ in the actual content due to countering forces exercised by the dominant professional culture and organisational models in the news business. The findings provide evidence that the outcomes of this new culture of high interconnectivity that come…
Journalism in a state of flux: Journalists as agents of technology innovation and emerging news practices
The move to a networked media environment presents a range of challenges for journalistic roles, norms and daily practices. This article employs actor network theory to investigate how different actors negotiate and ultimately shape the manner in which the internet and related digital technologies are embedded in the newsroom. Findings suggest that professional culture – articulated in skills, ideas and practices – acts as a network that weakens …
Print and Online News: Remediation practices in content and form
Drawing upon the notions of remediation and bricolage, the present study investigates the content relationship of print and online news. The article analyses the main characteristics and changes occurring in the form of print and online news at a time when cultural, technological and economic imperatives nurture a new ethos in the practices of professionals and organizations. Print and online newspapers in Greece seem to share a symbiotic relatio…
The contribution of online news consumption to critical-reflective journalism professionals: Likelihood patterns among Greek journalism students
Evidence suggests that the internet is the medium with the most success in attracting young people to news, while traditional media have been facing increasing trouble since the 1980s. The emergence of cynical and sceptical attitudes about politics and the media has resulted in most young people becoming `news grazers' instead of regular news consumers. Journalism students, however, should be exposed to political information not only as part of t…
Exploring structural interactivity in online newspapers: A look at the Greek Web landscape
As the online news industry has completed its first decade of existence, online newspapers are moving beyond the realm of "shovelware" to produce news marked by increased interactivity, content richness and user control. Content originality and the advantages provided by technology are said to lie at the core of efficient online news production. This paper examines the development of online newspapers in terms of exploiting the structural interac…
Journalism in a state of flux: Journalists as agents of technology innovation and emerging news practices
The move to a networked media environment presents a range of challenges for journalistic roles, norms and daily practices. This article employs actor network theory to investigate how different actors negotiate and ultimately shape the manner in which the internet and related digital technologies are embedded in the newsroom. Findings suggest that professional culture – articulated in skills, ideas and practices – acts as a network that weakens …
Churnalism on the Rise: Assessing convergence effects on editorial practices
Scholars conceptualize journalism’s transformation and explain the changes occurring at different levels under the rubric of convergence. Contrary to optimistic views of convergence, claiming for its potential to satisfy both good journalism and good business practices, the paper argues that at times of economic uncertainty, hyper-competition and diminishing accountability levels, convergence is used as a cost-effective strategy fostering low-cos…
This time it’s different? Effects of the Eurovision Debate on young citizens and its consequence for EU democracy – evidence from a quasi-experiment in 24 countries
This paper was co-authored by Jurgen Maier, Thorsten Faas, Berthold Rittberger, Jessica Fortin-Rittberger, Kalliope Agapiou Josifides, Susan Banducci, Paolo Bellucci, Magnus Blomgren, Inta Brikse, Karol Chwedczuk-Szulc, Marina Costa Lobo, Mikolaj Czesnik, Anastasia Deligiaouri, Tomaz Dezelan, Wouter deNooy, Aldo Di Virgilio, Florin Fesnic, Danica Fink-Hafner, Marijana Grbesa, Carmen Greab, Andrija Henjak, David Nicolas Hopmann, David Johann, Gabo…
News content online: Patterns and norms under convergence dynamics
The article investigates evolutionary trends in online news presentation and delivery in the light of convergence dynamics. The case study of Greece is an example of how convergence ideas are ‘normalised’ in the actual content due to countering forces exercised by the dominant professional culture and organisational models in the news business. The findings provide evidence that the outcomes of this new culture of high interconnectivity that come…
Print and Online News: Remediation practices in content and form
Drawing upon the notions of remediation and bricolage, the present study investigates the content relationship of print and online news. The article analyses the main characteristics and changes occurring in the form of print and online news at a time when cultural, technological and economic imperatives nurture a new ethos in the practices of professionals and organizations. Print and online newspapers in Greece seem to share a symbiotic relatio…
Analyzing the active audience: Reluctant, reactive, fearful, or lazy? Forms and motives of participation in mainstream journalism
Participation has become a key issue in contemporary journalism studies, yet research on how the participatory space is being appropriated by users is rather limited. This article attempts a methodological contribution by offering a way to analyze participatory journalism in reference to variant participatory affordances enabling different levels of creative effort, control, and editorial permeability. To do so, it understands participation as th…
Do Algorithms Do It Better? Analysing Occupational Ideology in the Age of Computational Journalism
Towards the individuated journalistic worker in pandemic times: Reflections from Greece and Cyprus
Drawing on a comparative qualitative analysis using semi-structured interviews, this study examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on journalists’ working conditions and practices in Greece and Cyprus. The findings provide empirical evidence that the crisis had a significant impact on journalistic work: changing patterns in labour conditions, advancing the role of the individuated worker; cumulating levels of professional risks and stress; inc…
Journalism education in the post-truth era: An exploration of the voices of journalism students in Greece and Cyprus
Journalism is in a state of flux and so is journalism education. The present study engages in a comparative qualitative analysis focusing on the viewpoints of journalism students in Greece and in Cyprus regarding journalism education in the post–truth era, media literacy, and journalism quality. Drawing upon evidence from four focus groups conducted in the journalism/communication departments of two public universities in Greece and Cyprus, the f…
The contribution of online news consumption to critical-reflective journalism professionals: Likelihood patterns among Greek journalism students
Evidence suggests that the internet is the medium with the most success in attracting young people to news, while traditional media have been facing increasing trouble since the 1980s. The emergence of cynical and sceptical attitudes about politics and the media has resulted in most young people becoming `news grazers' instead of regular news consumers. Journalism students, however, should be exposed to political information not only as part of t…
Dependency, (non)liability and austerity news frames of bailout Greece
Instructed theoretically by the critical discussion on the media’s alignment with the institutions of power in societies, this study examines how the Greek legacy press framed the discussion over the crisis, by focusing on the bailout agreements Greece signed with the troika during the period 2010–2012. The analysis, following a three-step process in frames’ detection, focuses on the associations of actors and their responsibility, causes, soluti…
Exploring structural interactivity in online newspapers: A look at the Greek Web landscape
As the online news industry has completed its first decade of existence, online newspapers are moving beyond the realm of "shovelware" to produce news marked by increased interactivity, content richness and user control. Content originality and the advantages provided by technology are said to lie at the core of efficient online news production. This paper examines the development of online newspapers in terms of exploiting the structural interac…
The contribution of online news consumption to critical-reflective journalism professionals: Likelihood patterns among Greek journalism students
Evidence suggests that the internet is the medium with the most success in attracting young people to news, while traditional media have been facing increasing trouble since the 1980s. The emergence of cynical and sceptical attitudes about politics and the media has resulted in most young people becoming `news grazers' instead of regular news consumers. Journalism students, however, should be exposed to political information not only as part of t…
Print and Online News: Remediation practices in content and form
Drawing upon the notions of remediation and bricolage, the present study investigates the content relationship of print and online news. The article analyses the main characteristics and changes occurring in the form of print and online news at a time when cultural, technological and economic imperatives nurture a new ethos in the practices of professionals and organizations. Print and online newspapers in Greece seem to share a symbiotic relatio…
Journalism in a state of flux: Journalists as agents of technology innovation and emerging news practices
The move to a networked media environment presents a range of challenges for journalistic roles, norms and daily practices. This article employs actor network theory to investigate how different actors negotiate and ultimately shape the manner in which the internet and related digital technologies are embedded in the newsroom. Findings suggest that professional culture – articulated in skills, ideas and practices – acts as a network that weakens …
News content online: Patterns and norms under convergence dynamics
The article investigates evolutionary trends in online news presentation and delivery in the light of convergence dynamics. The case study of Greece is an example of how convergence ideas are ‘normalised’ in the actual content due to countering forces exercised by the dominant professional culture and organisational models in the news business. The findings provide evidence that the outcomes of this new culture of high interconnectivity that come…
Dependency, (non)liability and austerity news frames of bailout Greece
Instructed theoretically by the critical discussion on the media’s alignment with the institutions of power in societies, this study examines how the Greek legacy press framed the discussion over the crisis, by focusing on the bailout agreements Greece signed with the troika during the period 2010–2012. The analysis, following a three-step process in frames’ detection, focuses on the associations of actors and their responsibility, causes, soluti…
Churnalism on the Rise: Assessing convergence effects on editorial practices
Scholars conceptualize journalism’s transformation and explain the changes occurring at different levels under the rubric of convergence. Contrary to optimistic views of convergence, claiming for its potential to satisfy both good journalism and good business practices, the paper argues that at times of economic uncertainty, hyper-competition and diminishing accountability levels, convergence is used as a cost-effective strategy fostering low-cos…
This time it’s different? Effects of the Eurovision Debate on young citizens and its consequence for EU democracy – evidence from a quasi-experiment in 24 countries
This paper was co-authored by Jurgen Maier, Thorsten Faas, Berthold Rittberger, Jessica Fortin-Rittberger, Kalliope Agapiou Josifides, Susan Banducci, Paolo Bellucci, Magnus Blomgren, Inta Brikse, Karol Chwedczuk-Szulc, Marina Costa Lobo, Mikolaj Czesnik, Anastasia Deligiaouri, Tomaz Dezelan, Wouter deNooy, Aldo Di Virgilio, Florin Fesnic, Danica Fink-Hafner, Marijana Grbesa, Carmen Greab, Andrija Henjak, David Nicolas Hopmann, David Johann, Gabo…
Analyzing the active audience: Reluctant, reactive, fearful, or lazy? Forms and motives of participation in mainstream journalism
Participation has become a key issue in contemporary journalism studies, yet research on how the participatory space is being appropriated by users is rather limited. This article attempts a methodological contribution by offering a way to analyze participatory journalism in reference to variant participatory affordances enabling different levels of creative effort, control, and editorial permeability. To do so, it understands participation as th…
Journalism education in the post-truth era: An exploration of the voices of journalism students in Greece and Cyprus
Journalism is in a state of flux and so is journalism education. The present study engages in a comparative qualitative analysis focusing on the viewpoints of journalism students in Greece and in Cyprus regarding journalism education in the post–truth era, media literacy, and journalism quality. Drawing upon evidence from four focus groups conducted in the journalism/communication departments of two public universities in Greece and Cyprus, the f…
Exploring Discursive Strategies of Dark Participation: User Comments on Migration in New York Times and Τhe Guardian
Digital media have multiplied the range of voices circulating in the \npublic sphere(s), a terrain where journalists enjoyed special \ncommunication power. Despite optimism, research has offered \nmixed findings regarding the outcomes of participatory \njournalism assuming both constructive and negative interactions. \nThis article draws from, and contributes, to a more nuanced \nexploration of “dark participation”, a concept broadly used to \nco…
Newswork in crisis: Sourcing patterns during Covid-19 through a ‘lived experience’ perspective
During crises the newsmedia are expected to provide relevant and accurate information to help citizens comprehend the crisis and act upon it. As a source-driven practice, journalism relies on a variety of sources to validate news and provide perspectives. The disruptive nature of a crisis though raises questions about how journalists select sources and what these choices say about professional autonomy and criticality. Considering source choices …
Towards the individuated journalistic worker in pandemic times: Reflections from Greece and Cyprus
Drawing on a comparative qualitative analysis using semi-structured interviews, this study examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on journalists’ working conditions and practices in Greece and Cyprus. The findings provide empirical evidence that the crisis had a significant impact on journalistic work: changing patterns in labour conditions, advancing the role of the individuated worker; cumulating levels of professional risks and stress; inc…
Do Algorithms Do It Better? Analysing Occupational Ideology in the Age of Computational Journalism
Exploring AI Amid the Hype: A Critical Reflection Around the Applications and Implications of AI in Journalism
Over the last decade, AI has increasingly been adopted by newsrooms in the form of different tools aiming to support journalists and augment the capabilities of the profession. The main idea behind the adoption of AI is that it can make journalists’ work more efficient, freeing them up from some repetitive or routine tasks while enhancing their research and storytelling techniques. Against this idea, and drawing on the concept of “hype”, we emplo…
Has the web promoted diversity? Ownership concentration and online news traffic in Greece
News media concentration raises concerns associated with the power to influence policy, political developments and public debates. Low entry-barriers and reduced production and distribution costs in the web era promised a more pluralistic media landscape, which has thus far failed to materialise as reputational, technical and financial resources tend to confer cumulative advantages for larger and more established media organisations. In this stud…
Normative Commitments and Platform Logics: Understanding Journalism’s Adaptive Resilience Through Coverage of Democratic Innovations
This study uses participatory budgeting as a case study to examine why democratic innovations receive limited media attention, despite their alignment with journalism’s civic mission. We argue that coverage of democratic innovations is structurally disadvantaged in platformised media ecosystems where algorithmic visibility, audience metrics, and economic precarity prioritise speed, sensation, visuality, and simplified narratives over procedural o…
Political science (16 works) · Media Studies and Communication (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Journalism (12 works) · Law (12 works) · Media studies (12 works) · Social Media and Politics (11 works) · Public relations (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Politics (9 works)