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Professor Jean K. Chalaby is a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at City, University of London. He obtained his PhD in Sociology from the London School of Economics in 1994 and joined City University London as a lecturer in 2000, serving as Head of the Sociology Department from 2012 to 2014. He has also been a visiting lecturer at the University of Geneva for 15 years.
His research focuses on international communication, media globalization, transnational television networks, and the global value chain dynamics of the streaming era. He has authored influential works such as The Format Age (2017) and Transnational Television in Europe (2009), while editing collections like Transnational Television Worldwide (2005). His work critically examines the decline of European media groups against U.S. streaming giants, exploring digital policy, cultural dependency, and the uneven power dynamics in global entertainment.
Recent publications analyze the streaming market, media value chains, and TV content production, emphasizing network effects, platform economies, and EU policy challenges. Despite his extensive output (over 70 single-authored publications), no scientific awards or student supervision data are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
