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Professor Jean K Chalaby

Professor of International Communication

School of Policy & Global Affairs Department of Sociology and Criminology

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Professor Jean K Chalaby D625 , Rhind Building [D]
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Professor Jean K. Chalaby obtained his first degree from the Université de Lausanne, Switzerland. Following a PhD in Sociology at the LSE in 1994 he became a post-doctoral fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation, joining City University London as a lecturer in 2000.

His early career research focused on historical and comparative sociology, publishing notably The Invention of Journalism (Macmillan, 1998) and The de Gaulle Presidency and the Media: Statism and Public Communications (2002, Palgrave Macmillan).

For the past two decades,, his work has focused on international communication and the global remapping of media spaces, editing Transnational Television Worldwide (I.B. Tauris), and launching the MA Transnational Media & Globalisation in 2005. He authored Transnational Television in Europe four years later (I.B. Tauris) and The Format Age (Polity) in 2017. .

Professor Chalaby has published in excess of 70 single-authored publications, many of which in the leading academic journals of his field. He regularly delivers papers abroad and is frequently invited as guest speaker at seminars and colloquia across Europe. He was a visiting lecturer at the University of Geneva for 15 years, and was Head of Department, Sociology, between 2012 and 2014.

Research

PhD supervision

Professor Chalaby welcomes inquiries from prospective PhD students in the field of international communication.

Publications

Featured publications

  1. Chalaby, J.K. (2015). The Format Age Television's Entertainment Revolution. Cambridge ; Malden, MA: Polity Press. ISBN 978-1-5095-0259-2.

Publications by category

Books (6)

  • Chalaby, J. (2023). Television in the Streaming Era. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-00-919931-5.
  • Chalaby, J. (2009). Transnational Television in Europe: Reconfiguring Global Communication Networks. London: I B Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84511-953-9.
  • Chalaby, J. (Ed.), (2005). Transnational Television Worldwide: Towards a New Media Order. London: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-85043-548-8.
  • Chalaby, J. (2002). The De Gaulle Presidency and the Media: Statism and Public Communications. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-75138-1.
  • Chalaby, J. (2000). Northcliffe: Proprietor as journalist. ISBN 0-312-23256-X.
  • Chalaby, J. (1998). The Invention of Journalism:. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-21286-5.

Chapters (16)

  • Chalaby, J.K. (2019). Understanding media globalization: A global value chain analysis. The Routledge Companion to Global Television (pp. 373–384). ISBN 978-1-138-72434-1.
  • Chalaby, J. (2016). At its Origins: The Nascent TV Format Trade, 1949-1962. In Medhurst, J., Nicholas, S. and O'Malley, T. (Eds.), Broadcasting in the UK and US in the 1950s: Historical Perspectives (pp. 169–187). Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-8899-8.
  • Chalaby, J. (2016). Seventy Years in the Making: The Advent of the Transnational Television Format Trading System. In Aveyard, K., Moran, A. and Jensen, P.M. (Eds.), New Patterns in Global Television Formats Bristol: Intellect. ISBN 978-1-78320-712-1.
  • Chalaby, J. (2013). Exploiting intellectual property in a borderless world: BBC Worldwide. In Kim, J.S., Lee, T., Choi, S. and Geum, D. (Eds.), In Celebration of KBS World’s 10th Anniversary: Public Broadcasters’ Development Strategy of their International Channels (pp. 113–142). Seoul: Korean Broadcasting System.
  • Chalaby, J. (2013). Acquiring Ugly Betty for Channel 4: Interview with Jeff Ford. In McCabe, J. and Akass, K. (Eds.), TV's Betty Goes Global: From Telenovela to International Brand (pp. 64–71). London: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78076-267-8.
  • Chalaby, J. (2010). Public Communication in Totalitarian, Authoritarian and Statist Regimes: A Comparative Glance. In Postoutenko, K. (Ed.), Totalitarian communication: Hierarchies, Codes and Messages (pp. 67–89). Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag.
  • Chalaby, J. (2010). Public Broadcasters and Transnational Television: Coming to Terms with the New Media Order. In Iosifidis, P. (Ed.), Reinventing Public Service Communication: European Broadcasters and Beyond London: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-22967-9.
  • Chalaby, J. (2007). Journalism and the Two Industrial Revolutions of the Twentieth Century. In Broersma, M.J. (Ed.), Form and Style in Journalism: European Newspapers and the Representation of News, 1880-2005 Leuven: Peeters Pub & Booksellers. ISBN 978-90-429-1992-1.
  • Chalaby, J. (2007). One Nation, One State, One Television: Making Sense of de Gaulle’s Broadcasting Policy. In Wardhaugh, J. (Ed.), Paris and the right in the twentieth century Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 1-84718-094-9.
  • Chalaby, J. (2006). Television for a New Global Order: Transnational Television Networks and the Formation of Global Systems. In Sun, S. (Ed.), Global Media Policies: New Perspectives (pp. 272–291). Shangai: Shangai Joint Press. ISBN 978-7-5426-2186-3.
  • Chalaby, J. (2005). Introduction: Towards an Understanding of Media Transnationalism. In Chalaby, J. (Ed.), Transnational television worldwide (pp. 1–13). London: I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-85043-547-1.
  • Chalaby, J. (2005). The Quiet Invention of a New Medium: Twenty Years of Transnational Television in Europe. In Chalaby, J. (Ed.), Transnational television worldwide (pp. 43–65). London: I. B. Tauris.
  • Chalaby, J. (2004). L’Adaptation des programmes européens aux marchés nationaux : L’exemple d’Eurosport en Grande-Bretagne. In Marchetti, D. (Ed.), En quête d’Europe: Médias européens et médiatisation de l’Europe Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes. ISBN 978-2-86847-936-5.
  • Chalaby, J. (2003). Transnational television in Europe: Affluence without influence. In Bond, M. and Research, F.T.F.E.A. (Eds.), Europe, parliament and the media London: The Federal Trust. ISBN 978-1-903403-22-8.
  • Chalaby, J. (2000). Northcliffe: Proprietor as Journalist. In Catterall, P., Seymour-Ure, C. and Smith, A. (Eds.), Northcliffe’s Legacy: Apects of the British Press, 1896-1996 Basingstoke: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-72011-0.
  • Chalaby, J. (1998). Safeguarding Humankind against the Pursuit of False Gods: A Sociological Perspective on the History of Censorship. In Paré, M. and Desbarats, P. (Eds.), Freedom of Expression and New Information Technologies ISBN 978-2-922417-05-0.

Journal articles (51)

Report

  • Chalaby, J. Journalism and Transition to a Market Economy: The Case of the Ukraine and Moldova. Washington: World Bank.