Bernard Miège (born 1941) is a French

media theorist Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...

and academic administrator. He is Emeritus Professor of Communication and Information Science () at

Stendhal University Stendhal University (french: Université Stendhal, also known as Grenoble III) was a university located in the outskirts of Grenoble, France that offered courses in foreign languages and cultures, ancient and modern literature, language and commun ...

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. He was educated at

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, both in political studies and in economics. He has a Ph.D. in economics (Paris) and another Ph.D. in humanities (Bordeaux). He is the author of fifteen works in the following fields: the cultural industries, the introduction of the technologies of information and communication in the society and in the organisations, and the analysis of the theories of communication. He is one of the most influential founders of the 'cultural industries', approach, which signified a break from

Adorno Theodor W. Adorno ( , ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, psychologist, musicologist, and composer. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critica ...

and Horkheimer's influential theorisation of the '

Culture Industry The term culture industry (german: Kulturindustrie) was coined by the critical theorists Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) and Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), and was presented as critical vocabulary in the chapter "The Culture Industry: Enlightenment ...

'. While Adorno and Horkheimer saw culture as subsumed by capital, and by an abstract mode of 'instrumental reason', Miège rejected what he saw as their

economic determinism Economic determinism is a socioeconomic theory that economic relationships (such as being an owner or capitalist, or being a worker or proletarian) are the foundation upon which all other societal and political arrangements in society are based. ...

, arguing that the cultural industries were far more complex than their analysis allowed for. They were not a unified field, and he argued that whilst there was indeed increased commodification of culture by the introduction of industrial methods of production, this new technology also created the possibilities for new exciting innovations. Miège's work has been highly influential, in particular on communication studies in the UK, influencing important academic commentators on the media such as

Nicholas Garnham Nicholas Garnham (born 1937) is Emeritus Professor at the University of Westminster in the academic field of Media Studies. Education and naval service Garnham attended Winchester College from 1950 to 1955 where the major influence on his thin ...

and David Hesmondhalgh. Bernard Miège served as the president of

from 1989 to 1994.Pierre-Etienne Caza L’UQAM décerne sept doctorats honoris causa.
Le Journal de l'

Université du Québec à Montréal The Université du Québec à Montréal (English: University of Quebec in Montreal), also known as UQAM, is a French-language public university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québe ...

, vol. 33, no 4, October 2006, p. 2 In 2006 Bernard Miège received an

honorary doctorate An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hon ...

in communications from

. He also received an honorary doctorate from the

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in 2004.2004 honorary doctorates

. Accessed January 21, 2010.

Work available online

* 2008
«De retour à Compiègne, 30 après»
Conférence inaugurale. ''Congrès de la SFSIC'', Compiègne. * 2008
«Conférence inaugurale»
''Colloque international de Tunis'', 2008 * 2006
«France : l’incomplétude des relations entre journalisme et université»
''Les enjeux de l'information et de la communication'', revue du laboratoire GRESEC. * 2004
«Économie politique de la communication»
''Hermès'', nº 38. * 2004
«L’ingénierie éducative d’un point de vue communicationnel»
''Distances et savoirs''. Vol. 2, nº 1. Note de lecture de Alain Chaptal, 2003. ''Efficacité des technologies éducatives dans l’enseignement scolaire''. Paris : L’Harmattan. * 2002
«Quoi de nouveau dans la recherche française en informatique et communication ?»
''Actes du Premier colloque franco-mexicain des sciences de la communication, 8-10 avril 2002, Mexico'', pages 122–131. * 2002
«Les TICs: un champ marqué par la complexité et un entrelacs d'enjeux»
Conférence, ''2001 Bogues. Globalisme et pluralisme''. * 2000
«Le communicationnel et le social : déficits récurrents et nécessaires (re)-positionnements théoriques»
''Les enjeux de l'information et de la communication'', revue du laboratoire GRESEC. * 1992
Sur le "Cours de médiologie générale" (Régis Debray)
''Réseaux''. Vol. 10, nº 51, pp. 129–132

Selected works

*"La pense communicationnelle", Grenoble: PUG, 1995. **Review, Laramee, A. 2006. "Bernard Miege, La pensee communicationnelle". Communication, Information, Medias, Theories Pratiques. 25, no. 1: 347–350. *"La société conquise par la communication: la communication entre l'industrie et l'espace public", tome 2, Grenoble: PUG, 1997. *"The Capitalization of Cultural Production." New York, N.Y.: International General, 1989. *"Médias et communication en Europe." Grenoble: Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 1990. *with Patrick Pajon, and Jean-Michel Salaün. "L'industrialisation de l'audiovisuel: des programmes pour les nouveaux médias." Babel. Paris: Aubier, 1986 *"La Production du cinéma." Média et compagnie(s). Grenoble: Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 1980. *with Lacroix, Jean-Guy, B and Gaétan Tremblay. "De la télématique aux autoroutes électroniques: le grand projet reconduit." Communication, culture et société. Sainte-Foy, Québec: Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1994. *"Questionner la société de l'information." Paris: Hermès Science Publications, 2000

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