Student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure
Fulbright scholar; Lavoisier scholar
Degrees from the University of the Sorbonne, Stanford University and the Annenberg School for Communications (University of Pennsylvania)
Professor of media studies and American studies at the Université d'Orléans, France.
Research associate with CNRS (Social Uses of Technology)
Editor-in-chief of Revue Française d'Etudes Américaines (RFEA) and Transatlantica (on-line journal); member of the editorial boards of Sources and of Mediamorphoses (INA/CND)
Specialist of media and information technologies, on the themes of violence, youth protection, freedom of expression, media education.
Vice-president for international affairs of the Société Française des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication (SFSIC, 1996-2001), deputee-secretary general on the board of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR, 2000--), founding member and vice-president on the board of the European Consortium for Communications Research (ECCR, 1999--).
Publications in the areas of violence in the media (Les Ecrans de la violence, Paris, Economica, 1997), the technologies and sub-cultures of the screen (Ecrit, Image, Oral et Nouvelles Technologies, Tekhnê, 1998) and the relationship between media and technologies (Médias et technologies : l'exemple des Etats-Unis, Paris, Ellipses, 2001; Médiamorphoses américaines dans un espace privé unique au monde, Paris, Economica, 2001).
Currently working on a book about American journalism and issues of freedom of expression (forthcoming) and on a book on youth and media acculturation (in a comparative perspective). Also production of two reports, one for UNESCO, on media education (Séville international expert meeting, 2002) and one for the French ministry for youth, on self-regulation in the media and related issues of education and regulation (L'environnement médiatique des jeunes, Paris, 2002).
Other research interests : issues of media diversity and acculturation in a cross-cultural perspective; issues of information and access in a cross-cultural perspective