Dr. Nikos S. Panagiotou is Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Media Communication, Aristotle University. He has been a DAAD Scholar at Deutsche Welle, Chevening Scholar of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK, RCAP Scholar from APU University Japan, Scholar to Beijing Foreign Studies University, Scholar at Sabanci University (Turkey), and Scholar of the State of Luxembourg. He has done extensive research work funded by Google’s DNI Innovation Fund. He is the initiator and organiser of the Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy. He is head of Digital Communication Network Global. He is Director of the Peace Journalism Lab, and Member of the Advisory Board for Networking Knowledge. His research interests are in: International Journalism, Audience Studies, Mass Media Literacy, Disinformation, Conflict Analysis and Resolution.