About
A professor of information and communication at the French Press Institute (Paris Panthéon-Assas University), he created and directs the Bachelor's degree in Digital Information and Communication and the Master's degree in Environment, Organizations, and Communication.
Most viewed articles
On the rape of the masses. The psychology of totalitarian political propaganda by Serguei Tchakhotine
In Questions de communication (2022/2 No 42)
The logics of journalists and event-driven reading of the news
In Hermès, La Revue (2006/3 No 46)
Co-authors
Articles
When social media promote conspiracy theories
In Cités (2025/4 n° 104)
Denis Mercier, author of the Atlas des glaciers
In Annales de géographie (2025/6 n° 766)
On the rape of the masses. The psychology of totalitarian political propaganda by Serguei Tchakhotine
In Questions de communication (2022/2 No 42)
Conspiracy circularities: An interdiscursive reading
In Mots. Les langages du politique (2022/3 No 130)
Digital, data and methods: temptations, renewals and continuities
- By Nathalie Pinède
- and Arnaud Mercier
In Questions de communication (2022/1 No 41)
Insulting and hateful tweets against journalists and “merdias”
- By Arnaud Mercier
- and Laura Amigo
In Mots. Les langages du politique (2021/1 No 125)
From events to treating current affairs as events
In Hermès, La Revue (2018/1 No 80)
The Reconfiguration of News Pluralism by Social Media
- By Dario Compagno,
- Arnaud Mercier,
- Julien Mésangeau
- et al.
In Réseaux (2017/5 No 205)
The logics of journalists and event-driven reading of the news
In Hermès, La Revue (2006/3 No 46)
Introduction
In Hermès, La Revue (2006/3 No 46)
The rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty and how it was interpreted by different countries
In Hermès, La Revue (2006/3 No 46)
The effectiveness of the performative in political rituals
In Hermès, La Revue (2005/3 No 43)
Presentation
In Hermès, La Revue (2005/1 No 41)
Introduction
Dispelling the myth of “the power of journalists”
- By Jean-Marie Charon
- and Arnaud Mercier
In Hermès, La Revue (2003/1 No 35)
Political Communication in France : A Groundbreaking Field of Research
In L’Année sociologique (2001/2 Vol.51)
When the fool crosses the Rubicon: Coluche’s candidature for the presidential election of 1981
In Hermès, La Revue (2001/1 No 29)
Introduction
Powers of ridicule, ridicule of powers
In Hermès, La Revue (2001/1 No 29)
The Media and Violence during the Gulf War
In Cultures & Conflits (1993/1 No 9-10)