Post doctoral research: “The influence of popular culture on politics: the inconspicuous boundaries between public political and public consumer discourse.”
Supervisor: Associate Professor Ioanna Vovou
Matina Peppa is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture, under the supervision of the Associate Professor Dr. Vovou Ioanna. Her research focuses on the influence of popular culture on politics, exploring the inconspicuous boundaries between public political and public consumer discourse; part of her study was submitted and selected for publication in the collective book "Influenceur(-euse) numérique,e-influenceur(-euse): décryptage d’un phénomène socio-numérique polémique".
Matina Peppa holds a PhD in Communication of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, with a specialization in the field of new digital media (2020). She also holds a Master’s degree (MA) in Information and Communication Sciences, focusing on Business Communication and Digital Media, of Tilburg University (2013). She has graduated from the International Studies School and Communication of Panteion University in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture (2010).
She has published articles in scientific journals and conferences’ proceedings and she has participated in international conferences associated with her studies and research activities. She has worked as a member of the organizing committee for the organization of the international scientific conference “The Creative Contagion. Media, industries, storytelling, communities” Since July 2018, she has been a senior member of the Academy of World Business Marketing and Management Development (S.M.A.W.B). Her research activity focuses on the analysis of new digital media, Social Media and political communication. Since 2014 she has been working as a Lecturer at private Vocational Training Institutes and Colleges, and she participates as rapporteur in Erasmus+ projects.
