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Senior Lecturer, Director of EJCAM

Pauline Amiel worked as a journalist for ten years. First as a local press correspondent, then on fixed-term contract at La Dépêche du Midi, she then joined two editorial teams at Var-Matin and Nice-Matin. A freelancer for three years, she worked with several national press titles (Metronews) and magazines (Femme Actuelle), as well as specialist publications (La Terre) and regional publications (Ressources). Her reporting abroad has taken her from Madagascar to Bosnia-Herzegovina (Le Monde, Géo Ado, Femme Actuelle).
Pauline Amiel holds a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences from Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, where she also taught at the IUT. In 2016, she spent a semester researching at the University of Washington in Seattle (U.S.A.), working with Matthew Powers on the appropriation of journalistic concepts and international media models, using the example of solutions journalism.
Her research focuses in particular on the economics of the local press, new tools for online journalists and the sociology of journalists.

Recent publications:

• With Franck Bousquet, La Presse Quotidienne Régionale, coll Repères, ed. La Découverte, 2021
• Le Journalisme de solutions, published by Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, Le journalisme en + collection, 2020

Marc Bassoni is an Associate professor in information and communication sciences; he has been working at EJCAM since September 1999. He served as Director of Studies at EJCAM from 2015 to 2023.

After studying economics at the University of Aix-Marseille II (PhD in international economics and finance in 1988, Accreditation to direct research in 1995), Marc Bassoni was successively a lecturer at the University of Lille II, lecturer at the University of Lille I, then lecturer at the University of Provence (University of Aix-Marseille I, Department of Applied Foreign Languages).

Researcher at the Mediterranean Institute of Information and Communication Sciences (EA 7492), his work focuses on media economics and the transformations of journalistic practices in the light of the digital revolution. Among his latest publications, we will cite: Introduction to media economics (in collaboration with A. Joux), A. Colin éd., Coll. “Cursus”, Paris, 2014; “Scientific journalism and public-expert contributor. A “new deal” in the practices of specialized journalism? », in Questions de communication, series acts 25 (under the direction of Ph. Chavot and A. Masseran), Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 2015 (pp. 179-189); “The information economy in the age of “fake news”: what scenarios for development? » (in collaboration with J.-B. Lesourd), in Current information through the prism of fake news, L’Harmattan éd., Paris, 2018 (pp. 161-180); “Journalism challenged by big data. Foretold death or saving change? » (in collaboration with A. Joux), in European Journalism Observatory (hosted by the Academy of Journalism and Media and the University of Neuchâtel), posted online on June 13, 2019 (https://fr.ejo.ch ) < hal.archives-ouvertes.fr / hal-02160315 > ; “The “Raoult case” or the medical controversy amplified by personal influence” (in collaboration with St. Lukasik), in Communication, Vol. 39/1, 2022 [DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/communication.15107].

Head of radio training and journalist with France Bleu Provence.
Philippe Boccara is a senior reporter at Radio France and mobility editor at France Info.

Stéphane Cabrolié is an Associate professor in Information and Communication Sciences at Aix-Marseille University.
After studying History and Sociology, he obtained a PhD in Sociology and Information and Communication Sciences at the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense. A lecturer at Université Paris Ouest and then at the Institut Français de Presse, he has been teaching at EJCAM since 2013, and is co-director of the Journalism Master's program.

A researcher at IMSIC and member of the Association "Chercheurs en journalisme des écoles reconnues" (CeJER), affiliated with the GIS "Journalisme", his work focuses on the socio-economics of media and new media, the sociology of work and organizations, and the evolution of journalistic practices and forms of information production. His most recent publications include: "Les journalistes du Parisien.fr et le dispositif technique de production de l'information", Réseaux, vol. 28, n° 160, 2010, pp. 79-100; "La double vente du journal quotidien", in François Vatin (dir.), Evaluer et valoriser. Une sociologie économique de la mesure, chapter 8, Presses Universitaires du Mirail, 2009, pp. 177-195.

Marie-Pierre Fourquet-Courbet is Professor of Information and Communication Sciences at Aix-Marseille University.
After studying Management Sciences and gaining professional experience in marketing and communications, she obtained a DEA ((post-graduate diploma) and then a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences (ICS), with a co-direction in Social Psychology, in 2000. In 2010, she defended her Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches in ICS.
After more than 10 years as a lecturer at the University of Avignon, she joined EJCAM as a Full Professor in 2013. She is responsible for the Master degree in ICS Communication événementielle et médias numériques, Option Médias numériques (COMED option B).
Her teaching focuses on:

• Media influences and digital media
• Marketing, media and digital communication and their influences
• CIS and SHS research methodologies
• Management, HRM and the social psychology of organizations
• Self-awareness and the development of interpersonal skills

She is a researcher at the Institut méditerranéen des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication (IMSIC - EA 7492), where she co-coordinates Team 3 "Immersions et influences numériques-médiatiques : productions-écritures, réceptions-expériences". She is a member of InCIAM (Institut sur Créativité et Innovations d'Aix-Marseille), and co-leader of the Health axis.
Her research focuses on media and digital communication, its uses, effects and influences. It is part of an interdisciplinary theoretical context (CIS as well as social cognition, social psychology and marketing research). They address 3 main themes:
(1) The reception and uses of media and digital media (e.g.: non-conscious effects of persuasive media communications (e-advertising); reception of "unusual" socio-media events and uses of social networks...)
(2) The psychological processes involved in the creation and production of persuasive digital and media communication campaigns (e.g. e-advertising designers and webdesigners, institutional entrepreneurs, designers of action communication and societal utility...).
(3) The links between screen use (smartphones, digital social networks, television...) and mental health and well-being (in general, but also in situations of confinement/health crisis).
On these themes, she publishes books and scientific articles in national and international journals and supervises theses.
Recent publications:
Fourquet-Courbet, MP, Courbet, D., 2020, Connectés et heureux. Du stress numérique au bien-être digital, Paris, Dunod.
Courbet, D., Fourquet-Courbet, M. P., Basile-Commaille, É., et al., 2022, "Media as A Source of Coping and Social, Psychological and Hedonic Well-being: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic". Media Psychology, 1-30.

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Céline Pascual Espuny is Professor of Information and Communication Sciences at Aix-Marseille University. She is currently co-director of the IMSIC research laboratory (Institut Méditerranéen des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication) and creator and leader of the Groupe de Recherches national Communication, Environnement, Sciences et Société.

A graduate of CELSA (Paris Sorbonne), she worked as communications manager for Groupe Caisse d'Epargne. She obtained a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences in 2007 from CELSA (Paris Sorbonne University), and in 2017 an Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches in SIC from Aix-Marseille University. After teaching marketing and communication at Montpellier Business School, she joined the IUT d'Aix-Marseille as a teacher-researcher. Since September 2022, she has been in charge of the Master's degree in Organizational Communication and Sustainable Development at EJCAM.

Her teaching focuses on

• Environmental communication
• Organizational communication and communication project management
• Public communication and socially responsible communication
• CIS theories and communication law
• CIS and SHS research methodologies

Co-director and researcher at the Institut méditerranéen des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication (IMSIC - UR 7492), she has been working on environmental and responsible communication for over twenty years. She directs the scientific collection at ISTE Communication, Environnement Sciences et Société, and is involved in numerous interdisciplinary networks, research groups and scientific projects on the environment (ICA, ECREA, IECA, IAMCR, IPBES). She is also deeply involved in professional communication networks (Association Cap Com, Communication Publique, Académie des Controverses et de la Communication Sensible). An active researcher, she publishes her work and coordinates scientific projects on environmental issues and the commons (climate change, forest fires, water, coastal protection, oceans, air).

David Goldie is from Britain where he started his professional career in state education. On arriving in France, he started work in a private company, giving training for English as a tool for international communication among some of the most important industrial groups in the Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur region. In parallel to this, he joined Aix-Marseille University (AMU) as an outside lecturer for the Faculty of Science before being contracted as part of the teaching staff in a graduate engineering school. He has been a member of faculty staff at AMU since 2009 and received tenure in 2012 at the Faculty of Science where he specialised in teaching English to non-specialist students, working in particular with future professionals in the audio-visual and environment sectors. He has been a member of staff at The School of Communication and Journalism (EJCAM) since 2019.
He defended his doctoral thesis in 2015 and is a doubly qualified university lecturer, recognised by two sections within the National Council of Universities (CNU) in France (11, Anglo-Saxons Language and Literature) and (18, Architecture, Applied arts, Fine arts, Performing arts, epistemology of artistic teaching, Aesthetics, Musicology, Music, Sciences of the arts). He is a member of the LERMA (Laboratory for Studies and Research into the English-Speaking World) at AMU.
His doctorate deals with the question of cinematographic adaptations of several works of British fantasy literature. This field of research leads him to consider narratology and the transformation of stories across different media as well as the application of theory in these areas to communication studies.
He has spoken extensively in France and around Europe on these subjects, his academic publications and communications including:
“Harry Potter and the Battle of Adaptation”, Ekphrasis - Images, Cinema, Theory, Media, Vol. 21, Issue 2, December 2019
“On the Origin of Stories : la sélection naturelle par l'adaptation, ou la préservation des récits favorisés”, Le cinéma de la littérature, Editions Nouvelles Cécile Defaut, 2017 : 29-47.2017
“Harry Potter et la poétique de l'adaptation, Mélanges des Sciences Religieuses, Vol. 73. No. 2, Université Catholique de Lille, June 2016: 5-16.
“A Vision of Middle-earth: Contemporary views in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.” Hither Shore 10: Tolkien Adaptations / Tolkien Adaptionen. 2014: 92 &#8211; 104.

Certified English teacher and Director of studies

Following her master’s degree in Descriptive and Applied Linguistics at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, Stephanie Goldie worked in training for International Communication for several years in both in Britain and Italy. On arriving in France, she continued this activity, specialising in business. This work included working with some of the major companies of the Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur Region, such as CEA Cadarache, Arkema and the DGAC.

Initially dividing her time between business and university, she has contributed her wide experience to the development of teaching programmes at the Ecole des Mines de St Etienne in Gardanne and Sciencespo in Aix-en-Provence. In addition to this, she has been an active member of the teaching staff in many departments within Aix-Marseille University (AMU), particularly at the Faculty of Sciences and the Polytech engineering school.

She completed her second master’s degree in education at Aix-Marseille University including her dissertation on the role of storytelling in language teaching in 2017. Since then she has worked full time at the School of Journalism and Communication (EJCAM).

Senior Lecturer

Philippe Hert is an Associate professor at Aix-Marseille University and a researcher at the Centre Norbert Elias UMR8562, EHESS-CNRS-UAPV-AMU, where he is co-responsible for the "Sciences, Natures and Societies" axis. After studying engineering and gaining initial experience at France Telecom, he turned to anthropology (DEA in Anthropology) and social work (in a reception and social reintegration structure). This field experience enabled him to develop a reflection and analysis on the relationship to knowledge, which led to a doctoral thesis in the anthropology of science in 1998. He published the first existing field survey on Internet use in France. His work then focused on communication practices in the sciences, and gave rise to several funded research projects (ACI from the French Ministry of Research, ANR). Since 2008, he has been working on indigenous knowledge, conducting fieldwork in Bolivia and Brazil. His latest publications focus on the relationship with the body in scientific research.

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Fidelia Ibekwe is Professor of Information and Communication Sciences at Aix-Marseille University.
Holder of a B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) in Foreign Languages & Litteratures from the University of Port-Harcourt (Nigeria) and a Maîtrise (Master's degree) in Lettres Modernes from the Université Stendhal, Grenoble 3, she pursued a course of study in Information and Communication Sciences (ICS), obtaining a DEA (post-graduate diploma) and then a PhD in ICS from the Université Stendhal, Grenoble 3. She then obtained her Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches en SIC in 2010.
Before joining Aix-Marseille University's School of Journalism and Communication (EJCAM), Fidelia was a lecturer at the University of Nancy 2 (IUTA), then at the University of Lyon 3. From 2007-2009, she was Visiting Research Scholar at the College of Information Science & Technology, University of Drexel, Philadelphia (USA).

Her areas of research:

1. Racism and decolonial studies, critical race theory, algorithmic governance and bias, data colonialism

2. Data processing and visualization (terminology extraction, clustering, text mining, information visualization)

3. Uses of information and communication technologies: impact of Big Data, Open Data and Web 2.0 on science and society

4. Theoretical and epistemological foundations of the scientific method.

Fidelia Ibekwe was a member of the Commission Nationale des Universités (CNU) for the 71st from 2011-2014, and again from 2015-2019. She is an occasional reviewer for A-rank journals including the Canadian Journal of Information Science, Knowledge Organization (Ergon-Verlag), Journal of Applied Ontology (IOS Press), Pattern Recognition Letters (Elsevier), Neurocomputing (Elsevier).

She is a member of several learned societies, including SFSIC (Société Française des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication), International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) and Association for Information Science & Technology (formerly American Society for Information Science & Technology). She was President of the French Chapter of ISKO from 2009-2011 and a member of the association's executive board at international level. She was President of the European Chapter of ASIST from 2011-2012, with over 100 members from several European countries. She was elected member of the ASIST Executive Board from 2014-2017.

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After studying philosophy and earning a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences at the University of Paris II Panthéon - Assas, Alexandre Joux was a project manager at the Prime Minister's Office for Media Development. He then joined the Forum d'Avignon as Director, supporting its development during its first four editions (2008 to 2011). He was then Director of EJCAM (2012-2022), where he is currently in charge of the master's programs in partnership with Science Po Aix and the RECICOM master's program.

His research focuses on the economics of information and cultural industries, particularly in contexts of convergence and internationalization, and on developments in journalism and disinformation. Alexandre Joux is in charge of axis 4 of the Marseille IMSIC "Mutations du journalisme et environnements médiatiques". He is also a founding member of La Revue européenne des médias, published by Université Paris 2, and sits on the editorial boards of Hermès and Les cahiers du journalisme.

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Brigitte Juanals is Professor of Information and Communication Sciences at Aix-Marseille University. She was Deputy Director of EJCAM from 2016 to 2021.
After studying Information and Communication Sciences and Psychological and Educational Sciences, she obtained a doctorate in Information and Communication Sciences (SIC) in 2001 from the Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle. She then obtained an Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (2008) in SIC at Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7. Before joining the School of Journalism and Communication (EJCAM) at Aix-Marseille University, she worked as a teacher-researcher at the University of Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, the University of Lille 3 and the University of Paris Nanterre.

A teacher at EJCAM since September 2015, she is responsible for the teaching of the specialization Communication des organisations en santé, social, bien-être (COSAN) in the Information-Communication Master's program.

Her teaching focuses on: Communication theories (Licence 3); Communication and media environments (Master 1); Public communication (Master 1); Communication methodology (Master 1); Organizational communication, strategies and innovation (Master 2); Dissertation methodology (Master 2).

A researcher at the Centre Norbert Elias (UMR 8562), she is scientific co-director of the " Ecologies and Care " theme. She has been a guest researcher (2018, 2019) at the UMI iGLOBE (CNRS-University of Arizona), where she is an associate researcher.

List of publications on HAL-SHS.

She conducts research, supervises HDRs and supervises theses on the following themes:

• communication and media, organizational communication, circulation of news and knowledge, digital culture ;
• environmental issues associated with health ;
• heritage reconfigurations (cultural and natural heritage).

Brigitte Juanals directs and participates in research projects (thematic calls, regional contracts, ANR, Labex). She is a member of the College of external reviewers of the European Science Foundation (ESF), a member of the editorial board of the journal Communication & Organisation, and regularly participates in reviews for A-rank journals.

Stéphanie Lukasik is an Associate professor in Information and Communication Sciences. She holds a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences from Aix-Marseille University, and is the author of L'influence des leaders d'opinion. A model for the study of the uses and reception of socio-digital networks, prefaced by Rémy Rieffel, Full Professor at the French Press Insitute of Paris (IFP) at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.

After completing a Bachelor's degree in applied modern literature and writing at La Sorbonne Paris IV, and a year's preparation for the competitive journalism exam at the Catholic University of Paris, she passed the competitive exam for the Master's degree in journalism at EJCAM. Following her professional experiences, first as a journalist (La Provence, France Télévisions) then as head of public relations, press relations and communications strategy, she continued her studies and obtained a second Master's degree from EJCAM in advanced studies in communication and media-societal and digital e-com innovations. In 2017, she won the doctoral contract competition of Aix-Marseille University's Doctoral School 356 for the Mediterranean Institute of Information and Communication Sciences (IMSIC). In 2021, she defended her doctoral thesis on the reformulation of the figure of the opinion leader through the prism of young adults' reception of socionumeric networks, under the supervision of Marc Bassoni.

She is a researcher at the Mediterranean Institute of Information and Communication Sciences (IMSIC) and an associate researcher at the University of Luxembourg. In 2024, she was elected expert to the Council of Europe on online security and the empowerment of content creators and users under the authority of the Committee of Ministers and the Steering Committee on the Media and the Information Society. Her research focuses on the functioning of social and socionumeric networks, the circulation of influence, users, content creators, influencers, news media, journalism and disinformation. She regularly publishes and communicates on these research topics in Hal.