{"id":2169,"date":"2026-05-03T18:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phepoc-stlab.gr\/?page_id=2169"},"modified":"2026-05-03T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:23:47","slug":"minotakis-alexandros","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phepoc-stlab.gr\/?page_id=2169","title":{"rendered":"Minotakis Alexandros"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Education:
\n<\/strong>-PhD, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, National Kapodistrian University of Athens;
\n-MSc\/MA, Political Communication and New Media, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, National Kapodistrian University of Athens;
\n-BA\/BS, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, National Kapodistrian University of Athens.<\/p>\n

Dissertation title:
\n<\/strong>Neoliberalism and the Greek Media System<\/p>\n

P<\/strong>ublications:
\n<\/strong>Books
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/u>-Minotakis, A., \u201cBuilding and sustaining alliances as a crucial strategy for platform resistance and unionisation: The cases of eFood and Wolt in Greece,\u201d in P. Blunt, C. Escobar, & V. Missos (Eds.), The political economy of dissent: A research companion<\/em> (pp. 305\u2013320), Routledge, 2024. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781032712185-24\u00a0<\/a>
\n-Pleios, G., Tastsoglou, M., & Minotakis, A., \u201cCommunication practices of the social classes in contemporary Greece,\u201d in Y. Mylonas & E. Psyllakou (Eds.), Class, culture, and the media in Greece, Volume 2: Neoliberalism(s), the mainstream, counter-cultures<\/em> (pp. 49\u201374), Springer International Publishing, 2023. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-55159-8_3<\/a>
\n-Avramidis, C., & Minotakis, A., \u201cThe case of ERT and the prospect of radical media in the era of austerity,\u201d in S. Farrell, E. Siapera, & G. Souvlis (Eds.), Radical journalism \u2013 resurgence, reform, reaction<\/em> (pp. 84\u2013101), Routledge, 2023. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781003221784<\/a>
\n-Minotakis, A., \u201cNews, facts, data,\u201d in S. Angova (Ed.), Fake news & hate speech \u2013 representation of vulnerable social groups in the media<\/em> (pp. 84\u201393), ERMIScom Project, 2023.
\n-Pleios, G., Minotakis, A., & Tastsoglou, M., \u201cFake news and the media,\u201d in S. Angova (Ed.), Fake news & hate speech \u2013 representation of vulnerable social groups in the media<\/em> (pp. 94\u2013101), ERMIScom Project, 2023.
\n-Pleios, G., Minotakis, A., & Tastsoglou, M., \u201cThe evolution of technology and fake news media,\u201d in S. Angova (Ed.), Fake news & hate speech \u2013 representation of vulnerable social groups in the media<\/em> (pp. 102\u2013107), ERMIScom Project, 2023.
\n-Pleios, G., Tastsoglou, M., & Minotakis, A., \u201cCultural identities,\u201d in S. Tsolakidou (Ed.), Vulnerable groups and trauma<\/em> (pp. 28\u201340), ERMIScom Project, 2023.
\n-Tastsoglou, M., & Minotakis, A., \u201cTheorising trauma and its cultural dimension,\u201d in S. Tsolakidou (Ed.), Vulnerable groups and trauma<\/em> (pp. 41\u201354), ERMIScom Project, 2023.
\n-Minotakis, A., & Tastsoglou, M., \u201cMediatisation of traumas,\u201d in S. Tsolakidou (Ed.), Vulnerable groups and trauma<\/em> (pp. 55\u201366), ERMIScom Project, 2023.
\n-Minotakis, A., \u201cCultural mediation \u2013 mediators and carers,\u201d in S. Tsolakidou (Ed.), Vulnerable groups and trauma<\/em> (pp. 136\u2013147), ERMIScom Project, 2023.
\n-Veneti, A., Poulakidakos, S., & Minotakis, A., \u201cGen Zers in Greece claim their own voice,\u201d in C. Gousis, E. Gaitanou, & C. Petridi (Eds.), Gen Z, politics & social media during the pandemic<\/em> (pp. 15\u201368), 2023.
\n-Minotakis, A., \u201cThe things we didn\u2019t know about Gen Z,\u201d in C. Gousis, E. Gaitanou, & C. Petridi (Eds.), Gen Z, politics & social media during the pandemic<\/em> (pp. 120\u2013146), 2022.
\n-Minotakis, A., & Avramidis, C., \u201cDigital journalism and the hunt for clicks in the age of fake news,\u201d in S. Iordanidou, N. Jebril, & E. Takas (Eds.), Journalism and digital content in emerging media markets<\/em> (pp. 129\u2013146), Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-04552-3_8<\/a>
\n-Minotakis, A., Vasilakopoulou, M., & Pleios, G., \u201cFraming a pandemic: A quantitative analysis of news framing of COVID-19 in Greek media,\u201d in G. Pleios & A. Skamnakis (Eds.), The communicative construction of a pandemic<\/em> (pp. 115\u2013140), Papazisis, 2021.<\/p>\n

Articles<\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/u>-Minotakis, A. (2025). \u201cRegulating AI in the workplace: A critique of the EU AI Act and the Platform Work Directive through a worker-centred lens.\u201d Platforms & Society<\/em>, 2. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/29768624251396248<\/a>
\n-Minotakis, A. (2025). \u201cConcerned, unprepared and burdened by the past: Generative AI in Greek newsrooms.\u201d Journalism Practice<\/em>, 1\u201325. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/17512786.2025.2553188<\/a>
\n-Minotakis, A., & Faras, A. (2024). \u201cNothing is inevitable but class struggle: A workerist perspective on AI regulation.\u201d tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique<\/em>, 22(2), 630\u2013645. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.31269\/triplec.v22i2.1517<\/a>
\n-Gousis, C., & Minotakis, A. (2023). \u201cThe question of organisation: Examining Luk\u00e1cs\u2019s conceptual roadmap for social change.\u201d Disson\u00e2ncia: Revista de Teoria Cr\u00edtica<\/em>, 7, 1\u201334.
\n-Minotakis, A. (2023). \u201cWhat is \u2018orthodox Marxism?\u2019: Bend it like Luk\u00e1cs: The unorthodox roadmap to orthodox Marxism.\u201d Disson\u00e2ncia: Revista de Teoria Cr\u00edtica<\/em>, 7, 1\u201323.
\n-Minotakis, A., & Tastsoglou, M. (2023). \u201cFraming expertise: Greek media representations of experts during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies<\/em>, 1\u201322. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1386\/ajms_00120_1<\/a>
\n-Minotakis, A. (2021). \u201cCapitalism and media: The historical development towards communicative capitalism.\u201d Utopia<\/em>, 136, 151\u2013172.
\n-Minotakis, A., & Varvaki, A. (2020). \u201cNarratives of the crisis: Greek TV series as televisual rhapsodes.\u201d Utopia<\/em>, 132, 175\u2013192.
\n-Varvaki, A., & Minotakis, A. (2019). \u201cThe Marx of communication.\u201d Utopia<\/em>, 127, 81\u201396.
\n-Varvaki, A., & Minotakis, A. (2018). \u201cTowards a Marxist approach to social media.\u201d Marxist Notebooks<\/em> 7, 75\u201388.
\n-Avramidis, C., & Minotakis, A. (2017). \u201cInfantilising refugees as a means of political domination: The case of ERT\u2019s news bulletins in Arabic.\u201d Belgrade Journal of Media and Communications<\/em>, 12, 51\u201366.<\/p>\n

Conferences:
\n<\/strong>-Alexandros Minotakis, \u201cRegulating AI in the Workplace: A Critique of the EU AI Act and the Platform Work Directive Through a Workerist Lens,\u201d 8th Conference of the International Network on Digital Labor (INDL-8), Bologna, Italy, 2025.
\n-Alexandros Minotakis and Elizabeth Farries, \u201cAddressing AI\u2019s Hidden Sustainability Costs: Challenges in the EU AI Act and Ireland\u2019s Digital Policy,\u201d Data for Policy Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 2025.
\n-Alexandros Minotakis, \u201cAI Regulation in the Workplace: A Critique of EU Policies through a Workerist Lens,\u201d Countervailing Platform Power Conference, Florence, Italy, 2025.
\n-Alexandros Minotakis, \u201cControl, Consent, Coercion: Rethinking Labour Process Theory in the Age of Platforms and AI,\u201d Historical Materialism Athens, Athens, Greece, 2025.
\n-Alexandros Minotakis, \u201cConcerned, Unprepared and Burdened by the Past: Generative AI in Greek Newsrooms,\u201d CIDA 2024 \u2013 4th International Symposium on Communication in the Digital Age, Famagusta, Cyprus, 2024.
\n-Alexandros Minotakis, \u201cTaming the Beast: Mainstream vs Workerist Perspectives in AI Regulation,\u201d 21st Historical Materialism Conference, London, United Kingdom, 2024.
\n-Alexandros Minotakis, \u201cI Expect Nothing, And I Am Still Let Down \u2014 A Marxist Critique of the EU AI Act,\u201d Historical Materialism Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2024.
\n-Alexandros Minotakis, \u201cAI in the Workplace: Inquiry into Algorithmic Management in Platforms,\u201d International Labour Process Conference, G\u00f6ttingen, Germany, 2024.
\n-Alexandros Minotakis and Paris Lavatsis, \u201cFight Against Platform Capitalism: The Case of e-food and Wolt Workers,\u201d Historical Materialism Athens, Athens, Greece, 2023.
\n-Alexandros Minotakis and Paris Lavatsis, \u201cFight Against Platform Capitalism: The Case of e-food Workers,\u201d 5th Conference of the International Network on Digital Labor (INDL-5), Athens, Greece, 2022.
\n-Alexandros Minotakis and Michalis Tastsoglou, \u201cMedia Framing of Expertise during the Pandemic \u2013 Content Analysis of Greek Media,\u201d 2020: An Extraordinary Year in Pandemic Times: Academic Experiences and Research Practices from the Balkans, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2021.
\n-Alexandros Minotakis and Eleni Mavrouli, \u201c\u2018Objectivity\u2019 and the Crisis of Journalism,\u201d Historical Materialism Athens, Athens, Greece, 2019.<\/p>\n

Grants\/ Fellowships\/ Awards:
\n<\/strong>-Newman Fellowship for postdoctoral research, 2023-2025, University College Dublin, Centre for Digital Policy.
\n-Onassis Foundation scholarship for PhD research (2016-2019).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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