Luca Barra

Full Professor at Università di Bologna, he works in television and media studies. His research mainly focuses on television production and distribution cultures, comedy and humour TV genres, the international circulation of media products (and their national mediations), the history of Italian television, and the evolution of the contemporary media landscape. On these topics he has published five books, ten co-edited volumes, many journal special issues, and dozens of articles in scientific journals and collections.