Francis Balle (born 1939) is a French academic teacher and searcher. He is also a philosopher, a professor in political science at Panthéon-Assas University and Director of the Institut de Recherche et d’Etudes sur la communication et les médias (IREC) - Institute for Research and Study of Communication and Media. He is the director of a professional master programme in Communication and Multimedia, at Panthéon-Assas University. Francis Balle is a well known academic and he has occupied several high-ranking positions in official bodies such as a member of the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel. He teaches courses in sociology of the media and of information and communication technologies at Panthéon-Assas University and at the

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, has been invited professor at

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. He has extensively published and especially two reference books "Medias et Sociétés" (Media and Societies) 13th edition and "Les Médias" (Media) 3rd edition.

Bibliography

* ''Lexique Information-Communication'' ( sous la direction de ) Dalloz, 2006 * ''Médias et société'' (12e éd., Montchrestien 2006, 1e éd. 1980) * ''Les médias'' (PUF, Que sais-je ?,3me ed. 2007) * ''Dictionnaire du web'' avec Laurent Cohen-Tanugi (Dalloz, 2001) * ''La convergence de l'audiovisuel, de l'informatique et des télécommunications : mythes et réalités'' (Clés pour le siècle, Dalloz, 2000) * ''Les médias'' (Coll. Dominos Flammarion, 2000) * ''Dictionnaire des médias'' (dir., Larousse, 1998) * ''La politique audiovisuelle extérieure de la France, Rapport officiel pour le Ministère des affaires étrangères'' (1996) * ''Les nouveaux médias'' avec Gérard Eymery (PUF, Que sais-je ?, 1996) * ''Le Mandarin et le marchand : le juste pouvoir des médias'' (Flammarion, 1995) * ''Et si la presse n'existait pas'' (Lattes, 1987)

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Francis Balle
(Directeur Institut français de presse, 1976–1986)
Brief biography
(Alliance Française) {{DEFAULTSORT:Balle, Francis 1939 births French mass media scholars Living people Academic staff of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University Stanford University faculty