About
Sociologist, director of research at the CNRS in communication sciences, founder and editor of the journal Hermès. His research contributes to promoting a conception of communication that prioritizes people and democracy rather than technology and economics.
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Communication, The Unthought-of of the Twentieth Century
Opening
In Hermès, La Revue (2014/3 No 70)
Communication: A Major Twentieth Century Political and Scientific Stake
In L’Année sociologique (2001/2 Vol.51)
Communication, incommunication, and acommunication
In Hermès, La Revue (2019/2 No 84)
Cultural Diversity: New Frontier of Globalization?
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2008/3 No 71)
Information and communication: An urgent theoretical situation
In Hermès, La Revue (2018/3 No 82)
Cairn Talk with Dominique Wolton
Thinking about the value of incommunication
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Foreword. The Time of War
In Hermès, La Revue (2025/2 n°96)
Foreword. Latin America and Us
In Hermès, La Revue (2025/1 n°95)
Immigration: A European Betrayal
- By Dominique Wolton,
- Interview conducted by Axel Boursier
In Hermès, La Revue (2024/2 No 94)
Foreword
From two to four incommunication
In Hermès, La Revue (2024/1 No 93)
Jacques Delors, Freedom, Responsibility, Solidarity
- By Jacques Delors
- and Dominique Wolton
In Hermès, La Revue (2024/1 No 93)
Alain Touraine (1925-2023)
An elegant and generous intellectual figure
In Hermès, La Revue (2023/2 No 92)
Preface. Incommunication, an essential concept of contemporary political communication
In Hermès, La Revue (2022/2 No 90)
Preface
Trust and communication: A democratic aporia
In Hermès, La Revue (2021/2 No 88)
Trust, politics, and communication
- Interview with François Hollande,
- by Dominique Wolton
In Hermès, La Revue (2021/2 No 88)
“Trust in science rests on the scientific approach”
- Interview with Antoine Petit,
- by Dominique Wolton
In Hermès, La Revue (2021/2 No 88)
“Erudition is futile…”
In Hermès, La Revue (2021/1 No 87)
Music, our universality
In Hermès, La Revue (2020/1 No 86)
In conclusion
In Hermès, La Revue (2019/3 No 85)
Manifesto
In Hermès, La Revue (2019/3 No 85)
Communication, incommunication, and acommunication
In Hermès, La Revue (2019/2 No 84)
Several definitions
In Hermès, La Revue (2019/1 No 83)
Introduction
In Hermès, La Revue (2019/1 No 83)
Other Hermès articles on this theme
In Hermès, La Revue (2019/1 No 83)
Information and communication: An urgent theoretical situation
In Hermès, La Revue (2018/3 No 82)
Opening
In Hermès, La Revue (2018/2 No 81)
Conclusion: Reflecting on a lack of communication
In Hermès, La Revue (2018/1 No 80)
General introduction
In Hermès, La Revue (2018/1 No 80)
Five projects
In Hermès, La Revue (2018/1 No 80)
Foreword
In Hermès, La Revue (2017/3 No 79)
Foreword
In Hermès, La Revue (2017/1 No 77)
Ten Proposals to Help Think About Uncommunication in Europe
In Hermès, La Revue (2017/1 No 77)
Foreword
In Hermès, La Revue (2016/3 No 76)
The Uncommunication of Romance Languages
Interview
In Hermès, La Revue (2016/2 No 75)
Foreword
In Hermès, La Revue (2016/1 No 74)
Foreword
In Hermès, La Revue (2015/2 No 72)
Communication: Towards Imperial Industries
In Hermès, La Revue (2015/1 No 71)
The Protection and Promotion of the Communication Sciences
In Hermès, La Revue (2015/1 No 71)
The Four Currents of Research in the Communication Sciences
In Hermès, La Revue (2015/1 No 71)
For Geneviève. . .
In Hermès, La Revue (2015/1 No 71)
Dominique Baudis (1947-2014)
An Engaged Humanist
In Hermès, La Revue (2015/1 No 71)
Communication, The Unthought-of of the Twentieth Century
Opening
In Hermès, La Revue (2014/3 No 70)
To Conlcude
Forty Years on from the New Sexual Order
In Hermès, La Revue (2014/2 No 69)
Un-Communication and Otherness
Interview
In Hermès, La Revue (2014/1 No 68)
Conclusion. For a Manifestation of Indiscipline
In Hermès, La Revue (2013/3 No 67)
The Pacific, Immense, Elusive, Unthinkable
In Hermès, La Revue (2013/1 No 65)
Walls, Boundaries, and Communication, or the Perennial Question of Relationships with Others
In Hermès, La Revue (2012/2 No 63)
Politics and Communication Are Not Compatible
In Projet (2012/2 No 327)
Museums. Three Questions
In Hermès, La Revue (2011/3 No 61)
Acknowledgements
In Hermès, La Revue (2011/2 No 60)
The Big Interview
- By Edgar Morin
- and Dominique Wolton
In Hermès, La Revue (2011/2 No 60)
Introduction
In Hermès, La Revue (2011/2 No 60)
On the Usefulness of “Langue de Bois”
Interview with Joanna Nowicki, Michaël Oustinoff and Bernard Valade
In Hermès, La Revue (2010/3 No 58)
Abundance and Free Access: Why Provide It and to What Extent?
Interview with the Coordinators
In Hermès, La Revue (2010/2 No 57)
André Akoun (1929-2010)
- By Dominique Wolton
- and Bernard Valade
In Hermès, La Revue (2010/1 No 56)
Foreword
Translation, the Passport to the Other
In Hermès, La Revue (2010/1 No 56)
“If Comic Strips Didn’t Exist, It Would Be Necessary to Invent Them”
Interview with Dominique Wolton, Director of the ISCC
- Interview by Éric Dacheux,
- Interview with Dominique Wolton
In Hermès, La Revue (2009/2 No 54)
Afterword: Internet, an Example of Uncommunication
In Hermès, La Revue (2009/1 No 53)
Cultural Diversity: New Frontier of Globalization?
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2008/3 No 71)
General Conclusion: From Diversity to Cultural Cohabitation
In Hermès, La Revue (2008/2 No 51)
Foreword
In Hermès, La Revue (2008/1 No 50)
Conclusion
From information to communication sciences
In Hermès, La Revue (2007/2 No 48)
Introduction
At the crossroads of history
In Hermès, La Revue (2004/3 No 40)
Conclusion
An asset for the other globalization
In Hermès, La Revue (2004/3 No 40)
Foreword
The time for communication
In Hermès, La Revue (2004/1 No 38)
Information and communication: Ten scientific, cultural, and political workshops
In Hermès, La Revue (2004/1 No 38)
Foreword
Audience share and audiences: Economics, culture, politics
In Hermès, La Revue (2003/3 No 37)
Editorial
555 authors, 37 issues, Hermès 15 years on
In Hermès, La Revue (2003/3 No 37)
Le Débat’s Debate
In Le Débat (2003/2 No 124)
Foreword
Journalists, such a precarious victory
In Hermès, La Revue (2003/1 No 35)
Conclusions
In Revue française d’administration publique (2002/3 No 103)
French Polynesia: A political communication still to come
In Hermès, La Revue (2002/1-2 No 32-33)
The overseas territories, an opportunity for France and Europe
In Hermès, La Revue (2002/1-2 No 32-33)
Communication: A Major Twentieth Century Political and Scientific Stake
In L’Année sociologique (2001/2 Vol.51)
The Impatience of Europe and the Torpor of Communication
In Le Débat (1992/4 No 71)
Television as a Social Bond
Interview with Dominique Wolton
In Le Débat (1990/4 No 61)
Counter-measures to the Fourth Power
In Le Débat (1990/3 No 60)
What Next for American Television?
In Le Débat (1981/4 No 11)