Dr. Vinicio Ntouvlis

Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences

Scientific Staff Member

Vinicio Ntouvlis studied Philology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, specializing in Linguistics (2018), and earned a Master’s degree in Linguistics and Communication Sciences from Radboud University Nijmegen (2020). He completed a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Vienna in 2025. His doctoral research focused on users’ critical appropriation of Facebook groups as an infrastructure for playful practices. Since September 2025, Vinicio has been working as a postdoc at the Department of Language and Media Studies (Chair for Language Practices in Media Cultures). His current work explores how platform norms shape queer identity performances online.

Please email me to schedule a meeting (ntouvlis@europa-uni.de).

· Social media platforms

· Critical discourse analysis

· Digital ethnography

· Multimodality

· Language, gender and sexuality

Adami, Elisabetta, and Vinicio Ntouvlis. Forthcoming. “Social Semiotics.” In The Handbook of Linguistics and Multimodality, ed. by John A. Bateman, and Chiao-I Tseng. Wiley.

Ntouvlis, Vinicio. 2025. “Multimodality and Digital Ethnography.” In The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, ed. by Carol Chappelle. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal20813 .

Ntouvlis, Vinicio, and Jarret Geenen. 2025. “‘Ironic Memes’ and Digital Literacies: Exploring Identity through Multimodal Texts.” New Media & Society 27 (2): 1193–1211. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231189801.

Ntouvlis, Vinicio. 2024a. “Interactions and/with Supportive Supervisors: Conversation Analysis for the Young and Digitally Inclined.” Wiener Linguistische Gazette 97 (2024): 21–34. https://wlg.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_wlg/972024/Ntouvlis-supportive-supervisors.pdf

Ntouvlis, Vinicio. 2024b. “Navigating Methodological Landscapes: Introduction to the Special Issue.” Wiener Linguistische Gazette 95 (2024): 1–6. https://wlg.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_wlg/952024/Ntouvlis-Intro-SI.pdf

Ntouvlis, Vinicio. 2024c. “Finding Interviewees in Digital Ethnographies of Social Media Communication: Choosing a Channel for Approaching.” Wiener Linguistische Gazette 95: 81–110. https://wlg.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_wlg/952024/Ntouvlis-Cfa.pdf

Ntouvlis, Vinicio. 2023. “Γραμματικό γένος, κοινωνικό φύλο και παπάκια: Η συμπεριληπτική ως προς το φύλο χρήση του @ στον γραπτό λόγο των μέσων κοινωνικής δικτύωσης [Grammatical gender, sociocultural gender and @-signs: The gender-inclusive use of @ in written social media discourse].” Μελέτες για την ελληνική γλώσσα / Studies in Greek Linguistics 42: 497–505. http://ins.web.auth.gr/images/MEG_PLIRI/MEG_42_497_505.pdf

· Digital ethnography (MA) (Winter 25/26, 26/27)

· Queer identities online (BA) (Winter 26/27)

· Platforms and power: Critical discourse approaches to social media (MA) (Summer 26)

· Discourse, identity and representation (BA) (Summer 26)

· The social semiotics of fun (BA) (Winter 25/26)

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Contact

Auditorium Maximum (AM)
Logenstraße 4
15230 Frankfurt (Oder)