Francis Balle is a French academic teacher and searcher. He is also a philosopher, a professor in political science at the University Paris II 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 University Paris II.

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

Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel

The Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel is a French institution, created in 1989, whose role is to regulate the various electronic media in France, such as radio and television, including through eventual censorship...

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He teaches courses in sociology of the media and of information and communication technologies at the University of Paris II and at the Institut Français de Presse, has been invited professor at Stanford University. He has extensively published and especially two reference books “Medias et Sociétés” (Media and Societies) 13th edition and “Les Médias” (Media) 3rd edition.

External links

• Francis Balle (Directeur Institut français de presse, 1976–1986)
• Brief biography (Alliance Française)