Bruno Asdourian
Dr.
bruno.asdourian@unifr.ch
+41 26 300 8378
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5331-1211
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Senior Researcher,
Department of Communication and Media Research
PER 21 bu. E329
Bd de Pérolles 90
1700 Fribourg
City diplomacy, cities networks & Twitter
Civic tech & citizen engagement (makers/hackathon)
Participatory and transparent strategic communication
Open data, open innovation & crowdsourcing
Biography
Biography
Dr. Bruno Asdourian is a Senior Lecturer at the DCM Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Fribourg. He holds a PhD in Communication (Aix-Marseille University-2010). He is a specialist in city diplomacy, civil society diplomacy and participative communication. He teaches communication and digital transformation of various type of organisations. His research contributes to the emerging academic discussion on city diplomacy and city branding by defining and measuring what city diplomacy entails and what positive outcomes a negative emotional engagement can have on citizen relationships.
Research and publications
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Publications
11 publications
Digital city diplomacy and international cities networks: Collaboration and city branding strategies around climate issues
Bruno Asdourian, Jérôme Chariatte, Diana Ingenhoff, International Communication Gazette (2024) | Journal articleCivil society diplomacy: characterizing collective and connective actions for a shared cause
Bruno Asdourian, Journal of Communication Management (2022) | Journal articleThe Internationalisation of Civic National Movements , in Diplomacy, Organisations and Citizens
Camelia Cmeciu and Bruno Asdourian (Springer International Publishing, 2022), ISBN: 9783030818760 | Book chapterMy tweets are (not) my own! “Normalizing” journalists’ branding and digital identity on Twitter
Van Hove, F. and Asdourian, B. and Bourgeois, D., Popular Communication (2018) | Journal articleMaking for humanity: Why makers participate in distributed problem-solving humanitarian projects
Nordic Journal of Information Studies and Cultural Communication (2018) | Journal articleHow important is civic engagement for public transportation communication ? , in Strategic Communication for Non-Profit Organisations: Challenges and Alternative Approaches
(2016) | Book chapterParticipation journalistique sur Twitter. Injonctions à la participation et formes d'intervention numériques: Le cas de la Radio Télévision Suisse
Asdourian, B. and Van Hove, F. and Bourgeois, D., Studies in Communication Sciences (2015) | Journal articleOpen data, usagers du numérique et entreprises publiques
Bruno Asdourian and Virginie Zimmerli, Revue francaise des sciences de l’information et de la communication (2015) | Journal articleLa communication transparente et participative des organisations : une lecture croisée des approches communicationnelles de l’École de Palo Alto et d’Habermas appliquée aux usages des médias sociaux numériques
Bruno Asdourian, Communication et organisation (2015) | Journal articleUne U.T.O.P.I.E communicationnelle des organisations fondée sur la transparence et la participation , in Communications organisationnelles, management et numérique
(2015) | Book chapter