Nicolas Demertzis is Professor at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, Athens University.

He studied political science and in 1986 he received his Ph.D. degree in Sociology from the University of Lund, Sweden.

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).

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