Nikos Panagiotou through his talk,on November 3rd, he aims to bridge the chasm which has been opened up due to the speed we are moving at nowadays. There are temporal, narrative and social gaps. If we do not respond to these gaps, the communities will turn to illogicality, as it has occurred multiple times in the past and as it has prevailed in the political field. It is essential that we explain, simplify and interpret those gaps in order to approach the layers of society that feel threatened, the ones that believe in conspiracies and illogicality. Dr. Nikos Panagiotou is Assistant Professor, and Google Research Scholar School of Journalism and Mass Media Communication, Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences, Aristotle University. He has been a Chevening Scholar of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Scholar at Sabanci University Scholar of the State of Luxembourg, and RCAP Scholar, APU University, Japan, Scholar to Beijing Foreign Studies University. He is the initiator and organizer of Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy.He is a member of the advisory board for Networking Knowledge, War and Media Network, Member of the board of Municipal Company of Information, and Communication of Thessaloniki, member of Radicalization Awareness Network of European Union and member of International Relations Committee of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
Nikos Panagiotou through his talk,on November 3rd, he aims to bridge the chasm which has been opened up due to the speed we are moving at nowadays. There are temporal, narrative and social gaps. If we do not respond to these gaps, the communities will turn to illogicality, as it has occurred multiple times in the past and as it has prevailed in the political field. It is essential that we explain, simplify and interpret those gaps in order to approach the layers of society that feel threatened, the ones that believe in conspiracies and illogicality. Dr. Nikos Panagiotou is Assistant Professor, and Google Research Scholar School of Journalism and Mass Media Communication, Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences, Aristotle University. He has been a Chevening Scholar of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Scholar at Sabanci University Scholar of the State of Luxembourg, and RCAP Scholar, APU University, Japan, Scholar to Beijing Foreign Studies University. He is the initiator and organizer of Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy.He is a member of the advisory board for Networking Knowledge, War and Media Network, Member of the board of Municipal Company of Information, and Communication of Thessaloniki, member of Radicalization Awareness Network of European Union and member of International Relations Committee of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
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