Publications
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Articles & chapters

  1. 2011: "Rock Music for Myself and Justice to the World!": Musical Identity, Values, and Music Preferences
    (A. Gardikiotis, A. Baltzis)Abstract ]
  2. 2010: From RF to the Internet: Radio and Musical Culture in the 21st Century [ Abstract ]
  3. 2010: John Walker's Analysis: Premodern Production of Meaning and Mass Communication [ Abstract ]
  4. 2008: Measuring and Evaluating Interactivity in Websites of Musicians: Theoretical Implications and Empirical Research
    (A. Baltzis, A. Veglis)Abstract ]
  5. 2008: Influence of Social Values and Music Preferences on the Use of Music Distribution Channels: An Exploratory Study
    (A. Baltzis, A. Gardikiotis)Full text | Abstract ]
  6. 2006: Freedom of Expression® and the Recorded Music: Control and Democracy in the Internet Era [ Abstract ]
  7. 2006: Rearviewmirrorism and Innovation in Radio Web Pages. Comparative Analysis and Methodological Questions
    (A. Baltzis, O. Hahn, H. Hargitai)Abstract ]
  8. 2006: Introduction to the collective volume Innovation and Challenges in the European Media
    (S. Kaitatzi-Whitlock, A. Baltzis)Abstract ]
  9. 2006: New Media and the Arts: Interactivity, Non-Linearity and Reconstruction of the Artistic Communication [ Abstract ]
  10. 2005: Globalization and Musical CultureAbstract ]
  11. 2005: Artistic Communication, Mass Media and Democracy [ Abstract ]
  12. 2003: The Luxury of Art (Clichés and Policy) [ Abstract ]
  13. 2003: Artistic Diversity and Otherness as Alibi: Structural Changes and Social Functions of the Global Cultural Industry [ In Greek | Abstract ]
  14. 2003: Institutes of Music Education and their Development: Sociological Aspects [ Abstract ]
  15. 2003: Musical Life and Commodity Relations [ Full text | Abstract ]
  16. 2002: Artistic Education and Socialization in the Era of Globalization: The Case of the Institutes for Music Education [ In Greek | Abstract ]
  17. 2002: Symbolic Violence and Immigration: The New Wave of Immigration by the End of the Millennium
    (A. Baltzis, Th. Ikonomu)Abstract ]
  18. 2002: An Indicative Thematic Greek Bibliography with an Introductory Note for the Sociology of Sociology in Greece
    (A. Baltzis, Th. Ikonomu, V. Slavidou)Abstract ]
  19. 2000: The Greek-Bulgarian Community of Thessaloniki
    (S. Boynovska, P. Lazaridou, A. Baltzis, Th. Ikonomu)Abstract ]
  20. 2000: Contemporary Forms of Communication in Education: Ideology and Social Objectives
    (A. Baltzis, E. Kelesidis)Abstract ]
  21. 1998: Kurt Blaukopf: Dynamics and Mutations of Musical Behaviour - Origins of Methodology [ Abstract ]
  22. 1998: The Meaning of Arbitrariness [ In Greek | Abstract ]
  23. 1997: Sociological and Philosophical Aspects of the Musical Material [ Abstract ]
  24. 1991: Trends in the German Classical Philosophy of Music [ In Greek | Abstract ]
  25. 1991: Kam dialektikata na muzikalniya material (On the Dialectics of Musical Material) [ Abstract ]
  26. 1990: Ratsionalnost, subekt poznanie mejhdu moderno i postmoderno (Rationality, Subject, and Cognition Between Modern and Postmodern) [ In Greek | In Bulgarian | Abstract ]
  27. 1990: La bibliologie et le rasoir d'Ockham [ In Bulgarian & abstract in French | Abstract ]


    In press / in review

  28. Destruction créative et principe de disparité en temps de crise [ Résumé ]
    Creative Destruction and the Disparity Feature in Times of Crisis [ Abstract ]


    In process...

  29. Music and Propaganda [ Abstract ]



Conference papers

Conference papers that - after reviewing and further elaboration - have been published in collective volumes, conference proceedings or peer-reviewed journals are listed in the Articles & chapters section

  1. 2011: Casting Doubt on Web Media. Can Internet Radio make a Difference in the Greek Case?
    (A. Baltzis, Ch. Barboutis)Abstract ]
  2. 2010: Cultural Production and Creative Destruction [ Abstract ]
  3. 2009: Subversive Technologies: Web Radio and Cultural Change [ Abstract ]
  4. 2009: Social Networks and Production of Culture in a Global Environment [ Abstract ]
  5. 2008: The Musicians between Industry and Community [ Abstract ]
  6. 2008: Diversity in the Local Radio and the Recording Industry in Greece [ Abstract ]
  7. 2007: Cultural Hegemony and Music: Political Aspects of a Complex Relation [ In Greek | Abstract ]
  8. 2007: Innovation and Diversity in the Repertoire of the Recording Industry [ In Greek | Abstract ]
  9. 2007: Visual Arts and Symbolic Value of Consumer Goods: The Use of Paintings in Print Ads [ Full text | Abstract ]
  10. 2006: Activist Art, Social Movements, and Mass Media
    (Ch. Fragkonikolopoulos, A. Baltzis)In Greek | Abstract ]
  11. 2006: Copyright, Freedom of Expression® and Artistic Communication in the Internet Era: The Recorded Music
    (E. Deliyanni, A. Baltzis, T. Synodinou)Full text | Abstract ]
  12. 2005: Interactivity and Communication in Webpages of Greek Musicians
    (A. Veglis, A. Baltzis)In Greek | Abstract ]
  13. 2004: The Mediamorphosis of the Artistic Communication [ Full text | Abstract ]
  14. 2003: Cultural Crisis and Reconstruction of Meaning through Mass Media: Art in a Global Village [ Full text | Abstract ]
  15. 2002: Globalization and Culture: The Case of the Recording Industry [ In Greek | Abstract ]
  16. 1989: Social Commitment - Opposition - Enmity [ Full text | Abstract ]


    In process...

  17. The "Nobody Knows" Property: Understanding the Uncertainties of Cultural Consumption
    (A. Baltzis, M. Manolika, A. Gardikiotis)Abstract ]



Thesis

The Social and Historical Nature of Music Consciousness as a Type of Artistic Consciousness.
Sofia: University "Sv. Kliment Ohridski", 1992. [ In Greek | In Bulgarian | Abstract ]


Textbook

A collection of studies prepared and distributed for the course "Philosophy of Music - Historical Introduction"
The major part of the studies is original and developed according to the course syllabus. The course was held during 1990-1991 in the Faculty of Philosophy at the Sofia University "Sv. Kliment Ohridski". [ In Greek | Abstract ]