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George Terzis, PhD

Associate Professor

Tel. +32 2 644 56 03 / Fax +32 2 629 36 37
E-mail: georgios.terzis[@]vub.ac.be

Subjects taught:

  • Introduction to Mass Communication
  • Print Journalism
  • Political Communication
  • International Communication
  • Media Systems in Europe
  • European Communication Policies
  • International Reporting in Brussels
  • Communication Theories
  • Capstone: Media, Security and Governance

Education:

Post-Doctoral Fellow -- 2001-2002
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, United States

Ph.D. in Communication Science -- 2001
Catholic University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium

Master’s in Journalism Administration -- 1993
Memphis State University
Memphis, USA

Master’s in International Journalism -- 1990
City University
London, United Kingdom

Bachelor’s in Sports Journalism 1989
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece

Research Interests:

European Communication Systems, European Journalism Cultures, Media Coverage of the EU, Media and Ethnic Conflict, and Risk Communication

Select Publications:

Books:
Terzis, G. (ed.), (2009), "European Journalism Education", Bristol: Intellect Books and Chicago: The University of Chicago Press

Terzis, G. (ed.), (2008), "European Media Governance: The Brussels Dimension", Bristol: Intellect Books and Chicago: The University of Chicago Press

Terzis, G. (ed.), (2007), "European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions", Bristol: Intellect Books and Chicago: The University of Chicago Press

Book Chapters:
Terzis, G. (forthcoming 2010) "Regional Media Subjectivity and Terrorism", in Khan V. (ed.), Beacham's Encyclopedia of Terrorism: Hostility, Conflict, and Political Aggression in the 21st. Century, Vol. II, Beacham Publishing

Terzis, G. & Vassiliadou M. (2008) "Working with Media in Areas Affected by Ethnopolitical Conflict", in Servaes, J. (ed.), Communication for Development and Social Change, London: Sage Publications

Terzis, G. (2007) "Mediatize Peace", in Eidelson R., J. Laske, and L. Cherfas (eds.), Peacemaker 101: Careers Confronting Conflict, Philadelphia, PA: Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania 

Refereed Journal Publications:
Terzis, G. & Smeets B. (2009) "E-Peace: Online Peace Activism and the Information Management of Ethnopolitical Conflicts", Communication for Development and Social Change, A Global Journal, Vol. 2 (3), Hampton Press

Terzis, G. (2008) "The EU Correspondent, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism", Vol. 9 (4), August, Sage Publications

Terzis, G. (2008) "Thinking Journalism Education to Cross National Boundaries: De-Mainstreaming Binary Oppositions in Reporting the ‘Other’", Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, Vol. 9 (2), April, Sage Publications

Languages:

English and Greek

Nationality:

Greek