BIO
Michael Tsangaris is a member of the Laboratory and Teaching Stuff at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus. He had his PhD at the Department of Communication and Media Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, his MA degree in Mass Media and Communications at the University of Leeds, and his Ptychion at the department of Business Administration of the Economic University of Athens. His most recent publications are: 'The Evolution of Rock Festivals in Greece', ESJ, 2019, 'Social networks, festivals and the sense of belonging:'Framing Rebellion festivals in Blackpool', Punk & Post Punk 2019, 'Radical Communication and Social Media–political slogans and street art in the time of the crisis' IJSSER 2018, 'Frame Analysis and the Rock Scenes', AIJCR 2017, ‘Occupational Segregation and Gender Representation in Films’, Lambert, Saarbrücken, 2016 and 'Sociology of Art: Howard Becker's Approach' in Katsikidis & Pazarzi 'From social thought to sociological theory’ Nomiki Vivliothiki Publishing, Athens, 2016. His research interests are focused on subjects concerning Mass Media, Gender, Culture and Society.
Recent work
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Communication and Tourism - Reflecting on the construction of the tourist image of Greece. Tsangaris, M. (2024), CABI Publishing, Wallingford, U.K.
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Mobility, Tourism and Society. Tsangaris, M. (2022). Kallipos, Athens, Greece. In Greek.
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Local Garage Psychosis Rockabilly Disease: Glocalization and the Athenian Psychobilly. Tsangaris, Μ. (2022) Journal of Global Awareness: Vol. 3: No. 1, Article 4.
Radical Communications Rebellious Expressions on Urban Walls. Tsangaris, M. (2021) Rowman & Littlefield
Gender and hotel management in Greece. Nina-Pazarzi, E. Tsangaris, M. (2021). Challenges of the 21st Century:Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality, IV ISA Forum of Sociology, Porto Alegre.
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Filmmaking and Visual Sociology. Nina-Pazarzi. E. Tsangaris, M. & Pazarzi, E. (2021) In C. Cipolla (ed) La sociologia sovranazionale di Roberto Cipriani, Milano: Franco Angeli
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The eternal course of live music Views and experiences of an audience. Tsangaris, M. (2020). In Mazierska, E., Gillon, L., & Rigg, T. (Eds.) The Future of Live Music. Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Psychobilly Psychosis and the Garage Disease in Athens. Tsangaris, M., & Agrafioti, K. 2020. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 5(1) pp. 31-47
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The Evolution of Rock Festivals in Greece, Tsangaris M. 2019 ESJ, Vol.15, No.23 pp. 115-133
Social networks, festivals and the sense of belonging: Framing Rebellion festivals in Blackpool, Tsangaris, M. Punk & Post Punk, Volume 8, Number 1, March 2019, pp. 55-72(18)
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Changes in the cultural production of Southern Europe: the evolution of the rock festival culture in Greece.Tsangaris M Pazarzi I. Social Structures, Culture and Institutions in Southern European Societies European Sociological Association/RN27 Catania, October 2018
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Re-adapting radical forms of expression in the digital era - Investigating new aspects of recuperation
Tsangaris, M. XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto 2018
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Radical Communication and Social Media–political slogans and street art in the time of the crisis
Tsangaris M. 2018 International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Article No.- 88, Page No 1227-1248
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Alternative forms of expression on the city’s walls in times of crisis
Tsangaris, M. Pazarzi, I. January 2018 The Athens Social Atlas
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Frame Analysis and the Rock Scenes
Tsangaris, M. Agrafioti, K .2017 American International Journal of Contemporary Research (AIJCR) 7 (3), 58-69
Wall Slogans and Graffiti as urban forms of expressions in the time of the crisis
Tsangaris, M. Pazarzi, I. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association - (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities, Athens 2017
​Gendered Wall Slogans and Graffiti
Tsangaris, M. Pazarzi, I. ISA RC 10 Lisboa 2017
Occupational Segregation and Gender Representation in Films
Tsangaris, M. Pazarzi, I. Lambert Academic Publicing 2016
Gender Occupational Segregation in Films. Does the Story Still Goes on?
Tsangaris, M. Pazarzi, I. Third ISA Forum of Sociology, Vienna 2016
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Occupational Segregation and Gender Representations at Cinema
Tsangaris, M. Pazarzi, I. Third ISA Forum of Sociology Vienna 2016
Constructing women's image in TV commercials: The Greek case
Nina–Pazarzi, E. Tsangaris, M. Indian Journal of Gender Studies 15 (1), 29-50
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