Television and media convergence: towards a new Public Sphere? France 2000-2005: economic and political uses of the Convergence. Statements acceptability in a digital framework of communication.

How can one assess the impact of the new digital framework of communication on the Public Sphere, on regulation bodies, on acceptability standards and on the autonomy of cultural audiovisual fields? This thesis is organized in five parts, successively tackling the symbolic, communication, economic, lawful and legal aspects of Convergence in relation to the specificities of cultural industries, especially television, with an aesthetic and political focus.