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Professor Petros Iosifidis

Professor of Media & Communication Policy

School of Policy & Global Affairs Department of Sociology and Criminology

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Professor Petros Iosifidis D628 , Rhind Building [D]
City St George's, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Overview

Professor Iosifidis obtained his first degree in Sociology from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences of Athens. He then completed his MA in Communication Policy Studies at City, University of London and PhD in Media Policy at University of Westminster.

He participates in the Senior Management Team of the Dept. of Sociology, has directed the very successful MA media programmes (2000-16), the largest Research Centre in the Department (J. Tunstall Global Media Centre, 2010-17; https://www.city.ac.uk/arts-social-sciences/sociology/tunstall-global-media-research-centre), has offered a very strong profile for the previous RAE submissions, and is undertaking a leading role in the REF2021.

Professor Iosifidis has served on the Peer Review College of the Economic and Social Research Council (2011-18), he has been Vice-Chair of IAMCR Global Media Policy Working Group (2015-now) and has served as External Examiner at the University of Westminster and London Metropolitan University (2012-18).

He is author of 9 books including Reinventing Public Service Communication (2010), Public Television in the Digital Era (2012), Global Media and Communication Policy (2013), Public Sphere and Mediated Social Networks (2016, with M. Wheeler), Global Media & National Policies (2016, with T. Flew and J. Steemers), Digital Democracy, Internet Intermediaries and Disinformation (2020, with N. Nicoli).

He has given several keynote addresses, has presented papers in international conferences, and has published extensively in refereed journals, including ‘Regulating the Internet Intermediaries in the Post-Truth World: Beyond Media Policy?’, International Communication Gazette. At: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/20517/.

Professor Iosifidis is Principal Editor of the Journal of Digital Media & Policy (http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=175/) and Co-Editor of the Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business (http://link.springer.com/bookseries/14699).

He is special advisor to the Greek government on media and communication issues (http://www.city.ac.uk/news/2016/march/academic-to-advise-greek-government-on-media-issues).

He has participated as a national expert in numerous European Commission, European Parliament, Council of Europe and Open Society Foundation projects in the media, telecoms and Internet domains, resulting in online reports such as Media Policy and Independent Journalism in Greece (https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/media-policy-and-independent-journalism-greece) and Comparative Analysis on Media Freedom and Pluralism in EU Member States (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/571376/IPOL_STU(2016)571376_EN.pdf, pp. 111-120).

Professor Iosifidis has submitted Oral and Written Evidence to the House of Lords Communications Committee: Public Service Broadcasting in the Age of Video on Demand. At http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/22069 (ORAL EVIDENCE). And at http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/22040 WRITTEN EVIDENCE).

Memberships of professional organisations

  • Vice-Chair of IAMCR Global Media Policy Working Group, IAMCR (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH), Sep 2016 – Dec 2019

Award

  • PSA (Political Studies Association) (2018) Conference: Trump, Brexit and Corbyn: Social Media, Authenticity and Post-Truth Politics.
    Award of £ 2,200 from the PSA (Political Studies Association) for the organisation of an international conference at City (with Prof M Wheeler) titled "Trump, Brexit and Corbyn: Social Media, Authenticity and Post-Truth Politics". At https://www.city.ac.uk/events/2018/may/trump,-brexit-and-corbyn-social-media,-authenticity-and-post-truth-politics

Teaching

- Developments in Communication Policy
- Media and Communication Theories
- Issues in Media and Communication Research (5 lectures)
- Sport and Television
- Approaches to Social Research (20 classes)
- Media History and Politics (10 classes)
- Contemporary Issues in Media Studies (10 classes)

Professor Iosifidis is organiser of the Sociology 'Guest Speaker Series'.

Research

Professor Iosifidis is an active member of the Department of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the interdisciplinary Centre for Law Justice & Journalism.

Specialisms: Broadcasting policy and regulation in Europe and beyond; Media concentration policy and media pluralism; The impact of technological convergence on regulatory frameworks; The information society, digital television and digital exclusion; The prospects of public service broadcasting in the digital era; Media governance and social networks; Sports and television.

PhD supervision

Professor Iosifidis has supervised a wide range of PhD students in various areas of media policy and in other areas of sociology and is open to receiving informal enquiries from research students interested in undertaking doctoral studies. He is currently supervising three doctoral students whose topics are public service broadcasting, digital television and social networks.

Research students

Dimitrios TSAGALAS

Attendance: Sep 2016 – Dec 2019, part-time

Thesis title: HISTORY OF THE PRESS- GREECE AND CYPRUS

Role: 1st Supervisor

Marina Nazarova

Attendance: Oct 2014 – Oct 2017

Thesis title: The Role of ICT in Social Movements in Russia

Panagiota Nakou

Thesis title: Social media and the Far Right in Greece

Kim Huyworth

Thesis title: Media Convergence and PSB in Korea

Helton Levy

Thesis title: Social Media in Brazil

Stamatia Zestanaki

Thesis title: Social Media in Greece

Further information: First supervisor

Publications

Featured publications

  1. Padovani, C., Wavre, V., Hintz, A., Goggin, G. and Iosifidis, P. (2024). Global Communication Governance at the Crossroads. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-031-29616-1.
  2. Iosifidis, P. and Nicoli, N. (2021). Digital Democracy Social Media and Disinformation. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-33210-5.

Publications by category

Books (9)

  • Flew, T., Iosifidis, P. and Steemers, J. (Eds.), (2016). Global Media and National Policies: The Return of the State. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-49394-1.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2013). Global Media and Communication Policy
    (soft-back edition).     London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-36435-7.
  • Evens, T., Iosifidis, P. and Smith, P. (2013). The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-36034-2.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Global Media and Communication Policy
    (hard-back edition).     London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2010). Reinventing Public Service Communication European Broadcasters and Beyond Introduction. Iosifidis, P. (Ed.), London: PALGRAVE. ISBN 978-0-230-22967-9.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2007). Public television in the Digital Era: Technological Challenges and New Strategies for Europe. London: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-8961-1.
  • Iosifidis, P., Steemers, J. and Wheeler, M. (2005). European television industries. London: British Film Institute. ISBN 978-1-84457-059-1.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks
    (forthcoming).     London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapters (79)

  • Padovani, C., Wavre, V., Hintz, A., Goggin, G. and Iosifidis, P. (2024). Introduction: Global Communication Governance at the Crossroads. Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series (pp. 1–17). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-031-29615-4.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2024). Digital democracy. Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science (pp. 383–384). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-80037-590-1.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2024). Theoretical understanding of State-Sponsored Disinformation. State-Sponsored Disinformation Around the Globe (pp. 21–36). Routledge.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2021). Public sphere. In Baker, M., Blaagaard, B.B., Jones, H. and Perez-Gonzalez, L. (Eds.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media (pp. 337–341). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-66556-9.
  • Boucas, D. and Iosifidis, P. (2020). Alternative Digital Journalism in Greece Under Conditions of Austerity. The Emerald Handbook of Digital Media in Greece (pp. 143–158). Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-83982-401-2.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Papathanassopoulos, S. (2019). Greek ERT: State or public service broadcaster? Public Service Broadcasting and Media Systems in Troubled European Democracies (pp. 129–153).
  • Iosifidis, P. (2016). Media Concentration in the UK. In Noam, E. (Ed.), International Media Concentration Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Noam, E.M. and Concentration Collaboration, T.I.M. (2016). Who Owns the World's Media? Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-998723-8.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2016). Globalization and the Re-emergence of the Regulatory State. In Flew, T., Iosifidis, P. and Steemers, J. (Eds.), Global Media and National Policies: The Return of the State (pp. 16–31). basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-49394-1.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2016). “Media Industries as Structure: Objectivism and the Societal Context - Case Study: The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights” pp. 89-107in Matthew Freeman (ed.) Industrial Approaches to Media: A Methodological Gateway to Industry Studies (Palgrave Macmillan)

    See http://commlist.org/archive/all/2016-all/msg01945.html.     In Freeman, M. (Ed.), Industrial Approaches to Media: A Methodological Gateway to Industry Studies Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). Western Media Policy Frameworks and Values. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 65–92). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). The Social Media and the Middle East. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 257–283). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). The Public Sphere and Network Democracy: The Arab Spring, WikiLeaks and the Edward Snowden Revelations. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 123–147). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). The Political Economy of Social Media. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 39–64). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). Social Media, Public Sphere and Democracy. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 13–37). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). Russia and China: Autocratic and On-line. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 177–201). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Dahlgren, P. (2016). Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond FOREWORD. PUBLIC SPHERES AND MEDIATED SOCIAL NETWORKS IN THE WESTERN CONTEXT AND BEYOND (pp. V–VI). ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). Public Diplomacy 2.0 and the Social Media. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 149–173). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). Modern Political Communication and Web 2.0 in Representative Democracies: The United States and the British Experience. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 95–121). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). Japan, South Korea, Brazil: Post-industrial Societies; Hard and Software. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 229–256). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). Introduction. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 1–9). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). India and South Africa; Post-colonial Power, Democratization and the Online Community. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 203–228). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Wheeler, M. (2016). Conclusion. Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond (pp. 285–287). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-41029-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2014). Digital Television and Switchover Policies in Europe. In Picard, R.G. and Liu, Y. (Eds.), Policy and Marketing Strategies for Digital Media London: Routledge.
  • In Donders, K., Pauwels, C. and Loisen, J. (Eds.), (2014). The Palgrave Handbook of European Media Policy. In Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-349-44102-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2013). Visual Citizenship and Public Service Media. In Thornham, H. and Popple, S. (Eds.), Content Cultures: Transformations of User Generated Content in Public Service Broadcasting IB Tauris.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2013). Emerging Governance Pattern in Media & Communications. In Psychogiopoulou, E. (Ed.), Media Freedom and Independence London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Boyle, R. (2013). The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights Foreword. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELEVISION SPORTS RIGHTS (pp. XI–XII). ISBN 978-1-137-27564-6.
  • Boyle, R. (2013). The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights Conclusion. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELEVISION SPORTS RIGHTS (pp. 223–230). ISBN 978-1-137-27564-6.
  • Boyle, R. (2013). The Importance of Free-to-Air Sports Broadcasting. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELEVISION SPORTS RIGHTS (pp. 68–84). ISBN 978-1-137-27564-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. and Smith, P. (2013). Television Sports Rights: Between Culture and Commerce. PRIVATE TELEVISION IN WESTERN EUROPE: CONTENT, MARKETS, POLICIES (pp. 136–150). ISBN 978-1-137-01754-3.
  • Boyle, R. (2013). USA. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELEVISION SPORTS RIGHTS (pp. 210–222). ISBN 978-1-137-27564-6.
  • Boyle, R. (2013). United Kingdom. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELEVISION SPORTS RIGHTS (pp. 197–209). ISBN 978-1-137-27564-6.
  • Boyle, R. (2013). The Sports-Media-Business Complex. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELEVISION SPORTS RIGHTS (pp. 13–30). ISBN 978-1-137-27564-6.
  • Boyle, R. (2013). The Sports Broadcasting Market. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELEVISION SPORTS RIGHTS (pp. 31–50). ISBN 978-1-137-27564-6.
  • Boyle, R. (2013). The Social and Cultural Value of Sport. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELEVISION SPORTS RIGHTS (pp. 51–67). ISBN 978-1-137-27564-6.
  • Boyle, R. (2013). The Regulation of Access to Major Sporting Events. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELEVISION SPORTS RIGHTS (pp. 104–120). ISBN 978-1-137-27564-6.
  • Boyle, R. (2013). The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights Introduction. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELEVISION SPORTS RIGHTS (p. 1). ISBN 978-1-137-27564-6.
  • Boyle, R. (2013). Australia. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELEVISION SPORTS RIGHTS (pp. 123–135). ISBN 978-1-137-27564-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Digital television and the search for content. Media Nationalism and European Identities (pp. 391–416).
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Global Media and Communication Policy Preface. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. XIII). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Global Media and Communication Policy Introduction. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. 1). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Global Media and Communication Policy Guest Foreword. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (pp. XV–XVI). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Global Media and Communication Policy Conclusion. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (pp. 238–242). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Global Media and Communication Policy. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (pp. 1–288). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Global Communication Paradigms. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. 93). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). The Convergence Phenomenon in Media and Communications. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. 169). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Supranational Bodies, Non-State Actors and Global Media Policy. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. 125). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Regulatory Convergence. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. 186). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Media Regulation in the Public Interest. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. 45). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Media Policy in the Public Interest. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. 23). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Media Policy and Regulation in the Public Interest: Looking Ahead. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. 76). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Media and Communications Policy in the European Union. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. 143). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Guidelines for Regulatory Reform. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. 204). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2011). Globalization and the Nation-State. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION POLICY (p. 106). ISBN 978-0-230-21879-6.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2010). Reinventing public service communication. In Iosifidis, P. (Ed.), Reinventing public service communication Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-22967-9.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2010). Measuring Media Concentration. In Badillo, P.-.Y., Lesourd, J.-.B. and Association, A.E. (Eds.), The Media Industries and Their Markets Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-27770-0.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2010). Pluralism and Funding of Public Service Broadcasting across Europe. In Iosifidis, P. (Ed.), Reinventing Public Service Communication: European Broadcasters and Beyond (pp. 23–35). London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-27711-3.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2009). TV Sports Rights in Greece. In Blackshaw, I., Cornelius, S. and Siekmann, R. (Eds.), TV rights and sport Asser Press. ISBN 978-90-6704-281-9.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2009). Greece. In Blackshaw, I., Cornelius, S. and Siekmann, R. (Eds.), TV Rights and Sport: Legal Aspects (Asser International Sports Law Series) (pp. 359–372). TMC ASSER PRESS. ISBN 978-90-6704-281-9.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2008). Free-to-air TV, Digital Switchover and Public Service Broadcasting. In Meimaris, M. (Ed.), International Communication and Information (pp. 75–82).
  • Iosifidis, P. (2008). Plurality in Public Service provision: A European Dimension. In Gardam, T., Levy, D.A.L., Journalism, R.I.F.T.S.O. and Communications, G.B.O.O. (Eds.), The Price of Plurality ISBN 978-0-9558889-0-8.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2007). Spain. (p. 120). PALGRAVE. ISBN 978-0-230-59286-5.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2007). Discussion and Conclusion. Public Television in the Digital Era Technological Challenges and New Strategies for Europe (pp. 178–184). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-59286-5.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2007). Factors Affecting the Development of Public Television. (p. 22). PALGRAVE. ISBN 978-0-230-59286-5.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2007). Britain. (p. 83). PALGRAVE. ISBN 978-0-230-59286-5.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2007). The Republic of Ireland. (p. 136). PALGRAVE. ISBN 978-0-230-59286-5.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2007). Greece. (p. 163). PALGRAVE. ISBN 978-0-230-59286-5.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2007). Competition and Dilemmas. (p. 47). PALGRAVE. ISBN 978-0-230-59286-5.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2007). Sweden. (p. 152). PALGRAVE. ISBN 978-0-230-59286-5.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2007). Preface. Public television in the digital era: Technological challenges and new strategies for Europe (pp. xiv–xxiv). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-36146-1.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2006). Digital Television, Digital Exclusion and the Internet. In Leandros, N. (Ed.), The Impact of Internet on the Mass Media in Europe (pp. 77–89). Abramis Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84549-145-1.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2006). Co-regulatory Measures in the Media Sector in Greece. EMR – Institute of European Media Law (pp. 60–62). Hamburg
  • Iosifidis, P. (2004). The Digital Revolution and the European Information Society Athens. In Panagiotopoulou, R. (Ed.), The Digital Challenge: Mass Media and Democracy (pp. 461–476). Athens: Tipothito.
  • Iosifidis, P. (2003). Media Concentration and the Communications White Paper. In Ralph, S., Manchester, H. and Lees, C. (Eds.), Diversity or Anarchy Current Debates in Broadcasting 10 (pp. 207–216). University of Luton Press.
  • Iosifidis, P. (1998). Concentration of Media Ownership in Western Europe. In Panagiotopoulou, R. (Ed.), The “Construction of Reality” and the Mass Media (pp. 234–243). Athens: Goutenberg.
  • Bottoni, G. (1993). Preface. (p. 11).
  • Echeverría, M., García Santamaría, S. and Hallin, D.C. State-Sponsored Disinformation Around the Globe. Routledge.

Conference papers and proceedings (3)

Internet publications (2)

  • Iosifidis, P. and Evens, T. (2014). Ofcom’s “Must Offer” Review Should Ensure More Competition in Sports Rights Market.
  • Iosifidis, P. Book Review: Media Regulation: Governance and the Interests of Citizens and Consumers by Peter Lunt and Sonia Livingstone.

Journal articles (65)

Media

  • Iosifidis, P. Oral Evidence Submission - House of Lords Communications Committee: Public Service Broadcasting in the Age of Video on Demand.

Reports (3)

Professional activities

Editorial activity (6)

  • Special issue title: Nationalism v. Cosmopolitanism, Guest-editor, International Communication Gazette, Apr – Dec 2019.
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Open Communication Journal.
  • Member of the Editorial Board of peer review journal Javnost-The Public.
  • Member of the Editorial board of Palgrave journal of social sciences.
  • Editor of the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL TELEVISION (Intellect).
  • Guest Editor of the International Journal of Electronic Governance.

Events/conferences (13)

  • PSA. (Conference) LSE (2016). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Modern Political Communication and Web 2.0 in Representative Democracies --- the United States experience
    Author: P. Iosifidis
    Co-authors: M. Wheeler
  • PSB. (Seminar) LSE, London (2016). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Greek ERT: state or public service broadcaster?
    Author: P. Iosifidis
  • Social Media, Politics and Democracy. City University London (2016).
    Description: Half-day conference on 9 June titled “SOCIAL MEDIA, POLITICS & DEMOCRACY”. The event will be accompanied by a book launch of a co-authored book of mine (with M. Wheeler) - see: http://www.palgrave.com/in/book/9781137410290 and http://www.amazon.com/Spheres-Mediated-Networks-Palgrave-Business/dp/1137410299/ref=mt_hardcover?_encoding=UTF8&me=). Speakers will include Dan Mercea, Marisol Sandoval, Andy Chadwick and Darren Lilleker. The venue will be from 2-5pm in ELG15 is the lower ground in Drysdale Building (http://www.city.ac.uk/visit/timetabling-rooms/rooms-by-building/drysdale-building/elg15)
  • Freedom of Speech in Crisis Zones. City University London (2016).
    Description: Workshop "Freedom of Information in Crisis Zones" under the auspices of the Centre for Journalism Media and Law (City University) in collaboration with Penn State University, USA.
  • Conference co-organiser INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT. City University London (2016).
    Description: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT - conference addressed to City's MA and PhD students
  • International Communication and Development. City University London (2015).
    Description: Co-organiser of a conference at City University London titled International Communication and Development
  • Social Media and Politics. Aldhero, Sardinia, Italy (2015).
    Description: Co-author of a paper titled Social Media and Politics presented in the Information, Communication and Society Symposium (24-26 June 2014, Sardinia, Italy) titled ‘Protest Participation in Variable Communication Ecologies’. For more information please visit the conference website (http://protestcommunicationecologies.com/)
  • Social Media and the Public Sphere. Sardinia, Italy (2015).
    Description: Conference paper
  • Public Service Media: The Greek Case. LSE, London (2015).
    Description: Conference Paper
  • Keynote Speech at a Conference organised by the Ministry of ICT in Seoul, S. Korea. Seoul, S. Korea (2015).
    Description: Keynote Speech
  • Conference in Prague on Social Media and Democracy. Prague (2014).
    Description: Paper given at a Conference in Prague on Social Media and Democracy
  • Social Networks and Democracy. Prague (2014).
    Description: Conference paper
  • Social Mobility and the New Media. Istanbul, Turkey (2014).
    Description: Conference paper

Keynote lectures/speeches (5)

  • KEYNOTE ADDRESS to the "2nd International Conference on the Right of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age". University of Nicosia, Cyprus (2017). The right of freedom of expression and the principle of a free press are the pillars of contemporary democracy. As digital forms of communication continue to spread, the limits on freedom of expression are seemingly more palpable, particularly in certain parts of the world. Professional journalists are struggling to (re)establish and maintain public trust and confidence in their work, whilst the emergence of participatory journalism challenges the status and values of the profession.

    This two-day conference offers a timely space for scholars and practitioners to explore the broader issue of freedom of expression, with a particular interest in the institutional right of freedom of the media. We would like to investigate whether the inalienable right of freedom of expression and its corollary right of freedom of the media/press are limitless and boundless in the digital age; whether digital forms of communication have revolutionized the mode, the methods and the means of journalism.
  • Privacy, Freedom of Speech and the Journalism Profession, University of Nicosia, 3 April  2017. Larnaca, Cyprus (2017). Keynote Speaker - 2nd International Conference on the Right of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age,
    University of Nicosia, 3-4 April  2017
  • From Public Service Media to Public Service Platforms. Seoul, S. Korea (2015). Keynote Speech
  • Keynote Speech given in Seoul, S. Korea on Media Platforms and Digital Convergence. Seoul, S. Korea (2015). Keynote Speech given in Seoul, S. Korea on Media Platforms and Digital Convergence
  • Public Service Broadcasting. York, UK (2013). Keynote Speech

Media appearances (10)

  • tbs eFM Primetime, a current affairs program at South Korea's most widely listened-to English-langua. A brief 10 minute phone interviewregarding the role that new media plays in shaping our modern culture and society.
  • Interview on the theme of Fox-Sky takeover. Interview to S&P Global Market Intelligence, a Standard & Poor's sister company and global provider of financial research, news and intelligence. It was discussed whether growing political opposition to the Fox-Sky takeover might be enough to derail a deal.
  • Future of Public Service Broadcasting, CYPRUS BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CYBC). Interview to discuss the Future of Public Service Broadcasting, held in CYPRUS BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CYBC) on 3 April 2017.
  • interview to CNBC. Interview given to CNBC on Social Media and Austerity Policies in Greece (see http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000354252&play=1)
  • Interviews in Seoul, S. Korea. Interviews given to public and commercial channels in S. Korea on the strategies to be followed by TV channels in the digital converged era.
  • TV Interview - 5 mins live interview in the 4pm new shour of global news channel ARISE. I gave a 5 mins live interview in the 4pm new shour of global news channel ARISE on the topic of Greece and the Eurozone. Their studios are at New Zealand House, 80 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4TE.

    Broadcasting 24/7 Arise news joins channels like CNN, BBC, SKY News, Al Jazera, CNBC broadcasting 24/7 on Multichoice platforms DStv and Gotv in Africa as well as coverage throughout the Middle East and North Africa on Hotbird, with American coverage on DIS and Tri-State. In Europe we are broadcast on the sky platform (519) and on freeview (136) here in the UK
  • Interview to S. Korean Educational Television Broadcaster EBS. Please click 0227_이윤녕.mp4 to access the interview
  • TV Interview at global new channel ARISE. Live interview given to global news channel ARISE on the topic of Greek new political party SYRIZA that came into power and the consequences of its policies on the Greek society (link to access the interview: https://www.wetransfer.com/).
  • Interview - Radio Sputnik, Moscow. Interview on the journalism profession and the possibility of unbiased coverage of events
  • interview. Interview to the Journalists Association of Korea (JAK) on new media business models and the UK experience.

Online articles (25)

  • Servicio público de televisión en Europa (Public Service TV in Europe). (2010). Infoamerican Communication Review (in Spanish), issues 3-4 (ISSN: 1696-2257)
    http://www.infoamerica.org/
  • Top Slicing and Plurality in Public service Broadcasting: A European Review. (2008). Intermedia Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 30-3
  • PSB in Europe. (2007). ANALEKTA Hellenic Audiovisual Institute, Athens
  • Digital Switchover in Europe. (2006). DiMEE (in Greek)
    vol. 3, pp. 360-361, (ISSN: 1790-0662).
  • TV versus the PC: iDTV and the Need to Change Consumer Habits. (2006). Intermedia Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 6-9
  • Co-regulatory measures taken in the European media sector. (2006). Hans-Bredow Institute for Media Research, Greek report pp.135-6 (at: http://ec.europa.eu/avpolicy/docs/library/studies/coregul/final_rep_en.pdf)
  • The Incompatibility of the Greek Law with European Law on ‘Main Shareholder’). (2005). Imerisia: 51 (daily financial newspaper)
    (in Greek)
  • The British Communications Act 2003: Towards More Competition? (2004). DiMEE (Law Journal on Media & Communications) (in Greek)
    (ISSN: 1790-0662).
  • The Downfall of Televised Sports Rights: First Britain, Now Greece. (2003). Intermedia Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 21-4
  • The Telecommunications Market in Europe. (2002). The Naftemporiki (daily financial newspaper)
    (in Greek)
  • The Limits of Competition Policy: Does the EC Competition Framework Ensure Media Diversity and Plurality? (2002). Intermedia Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 22-6
  • Digital Television in Europe. (2002). Television Business International World Markets Research Centre
  • Ownership Patterns in European Television. (2001). To Vima tis Kiriakis. in Greek
  • Telecommunications Deregulation in Europe. (2001). Media View Vol. 4, pp. 56-62
  • Television and the Market for Sports Rights. (2000). To Vima tis Kiriakis in Greek
  • Digital Television in Greece. (2000). Intermedia Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 12-6
  • ‘The Map of Digital Television in the European Union’. (1999). To Vima tis Kiriakis
  • The Economics of Television. (1999). Oikonomikos Tachidromos In Greek
  • Regulation of Digital TV: A Case Study. (1999). Intermedia Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 34-37, (ISSN: 0309-118X).
  • Media Mergers in Europe. (1998). To Kerdos (daily newspaper)
    (in Greek)
  • The Development of Pay-TV in the European Union. (1998). To Vima tis Kiriakis in Greek
  • Regulating Digital TV: The Greek Case. (1998). International Journal of Communications Law and Policy 2 (ISSN: 1439-6262).
  • Assessing Media Ownership. (1997). Guadernos de Informacion (in Spanish)
    Vol. 12, pp. 94-112 .
  • Sports and Television: A Love Affair. (1997). Media View (in Greek)
    Vol. 4, pp. 42-47
  • Media Mergers and Acquisitions in Britain. (1996). Media View (in Greek)
    Vol. 6, pp. 68-75, (ISSN: 1109-0162)

Radio programmes (3)

  • APO AKRI SE AKRI (From Corner to Corner). PUBLIC BROADCASTER ERT (PROTO PROGRAMMA) Coverage of international events - this particular programme concerned the media landscape in various EU coutries in the light of the TV licence auction organised by the Greek government.
  • Radio Sputnik. radio Sputnik Journalism profession and independent reporting
  • English World Service; at http://sputniknews.com/radio_looking_forward/20151002/1027912227/media-influence-poll.html. Radio Sputnik, Moscow Pre-recorded radio interview by phone. Questions addressed:1. Media bias is running ever more rampant…Is it at all realistic to hope for an unbiased coverage of events?

    2. Isn’t the media more often than not pushing an agenda?

    3. Take a news source – it should be as unbiased as possible when presenting the news. One doesn’t want a political spin - just the facts. But is that at all possible?

    4. Of course, the problem with the news media being impartial is that things don't happen in a vacuum. It's almost impossible to report on events without talking about why things are happening when reporting... he information itself is only a tiny portion of what the news business is about : it’s the packaging, the personalities and presentation. It’s also ultimately the responsibility of the consumer of the news to weed out what's fact and what's a biased statement, surely?

    5. Can a journalist be inherently objective? Is it a moral issue? Or professional?

Television programme

  • BBC One show The Big Question. BBC This is a “faith and ethics” discussion programme on BBC One, aired live at 10am on Sunday. The topic I was invited to debate is: “Is social media killing democracy?”

Other (6)

  • Consultancies

    I have participated as a national expert on Greek media on various projects initiated by the European Commission and the European Parliament.

    I have carried out various projects on Greek media on behalf of organisations such as the Open Society Foundations (OSF), Institute of European Media Law (EMR), IDATE, etc..
  • ESRC Peer Review member.
  • National Expert concerning European Commission studies.
  • Oral Evidence to House of Lords: Inquiry on Public Service Broadcasting in the age of Video on Demand, 2 April 2019 (see https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/communications-committee/news-parliament-2017/barwise-iosifidis-steemers-evidence/)..
  • Written Evidence Submission - House of Lords Communications Committee: Public Service Broadcasting in the Age of Video on Demand.
  • Oral and Written Evidence Submission - House of Lords Communications Committee: Public Service Broadcasting in the Age of Video on Demand.