Fernando Kuhn graduated in Journalism and worked as a reporter and editor for Brazilian newspapers and magazines. Master in Multimedia from the Brazilian Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), and PhD in Social Communication from the Universidade Metodista de São Paulo (Umesp), also in Brazil (where he was twice awarded with a fellowship of The State of São Paulo Research Foundation – Fapesp). He was at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 2004 as visiting research student for his doctoral research "The Local and the Global Radio: Flow, Reverse Flow and Cultural Identity on the Internet".
Professor Kuhn coordinated the implementation of the Digital Media course in the Faculdades Integradas Alcantara Machado (FIAM), in Sao Paulo, and took part in the Global Media research group, based in Umesp. He is currently a researcher in the Local and Community Communication research group at the same university. His other areas of interest are international communication, globalisation, diasporas, community media, ethnic media, intercultural communication, media and sport, media and environment, popular culture and journalism.
He has been contributing to communication journals and participated in national and international conferences in the field. His main works include:
* Identities and Media of the Brazilian Diaspora. In Dhar, R. K.; Rana, P. Global Perspectives on Media in a Swirl. London: Pentagon, forthcoming.
* Commonalities Arenas: A Cartography of Intercultural Spatialities. ISSEI 12th conference. Ankara, 2010.
* Internet, a Glocal Medium for Brazilian Small Football Clubs. International Media Readings. Moscow, 2009.
* Radio in Three Dimensions: A Comparative Analysis of RFO Guyane, France Musiques and BBC World Service. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, v. 3, pp. 237-244, 2008.
* Radio Flows in Oceania. International Journal of the Humanities, v. 6, pp. 195-202, 2008.
* Mercosur in the Media of Mercosur Countries. The Global Studies Journal, v. 1, pp. 111-122, 2008.
* Mirrors Voices: The Return from Solaris, Mars and Japetus. ISSEI 11th Conference. Helsinki, 2008.
* Identities and Media of the Brazilian Diaspora. IAMCR World Congress. Stockholm, 2008.
* Fluxos Radiofônicos em Países Lusófonos. In Sousa, Helena; Marinho, Sandra (org). Anuário Internacional de Comunicação Lusófona, 2007 - Os media no espaço lusófono. Oporto (Portugal): Campo das Letras, 2008, pp. 123-132.
* Sociedades de Conhecimento para Todos: Estratégias de Mídia e Comunicação (translation into Portuguese from Alloo, Fatma. Knowledge Societies for All: Media and Communication Strategies. IAMCR: Cairo 2006). Intercom – Revista Brasileira de Ciências da Comunicação, v. 30, n. 1, pp. 95-106. São Paulo, 2007.
* Conferência da IAMCR Reúne Mil Pesquisadores no Egito. Intercom – Revista Brasileira de Ciências da Comunicação, v. 30, n. 1, pp. 257-258. São Paulo, 2007.
* Identities and Football Styles in Southern Brazil. ISSA and ISHPES Joint World Congress. Copenhagen, 2007.
* International Flows of Content: Radio Stations on the Internet. IAMCR Cairo 25th Conference & General Assembly; IAMCR Cairo Proceedings. Cairo: American University in Cairo, 2006, pp. 208-212.
* Streaming the 'Local': European Radio Stations on the Internet. First European Communication Conference. Amsterdam, November of 2005.
* Voices from the Forest, Blowing in the Web: Brazilian Indian Tries Out Media. 24 IAMCR Conference and General Assembly. Porto Alegre (Brazil), 2004.
* Glocalisation and Multilingualism: Brazilian Indian on the Internet (with Jessica T. Labigalini-Kuhn). Universal Forum of Cultures. Barcelona, 2004.
* IAMCR Debate o Diálogo entre Culturas. Comunicação e Sociedade, ano 24, n. 39, p. 208. São Paulo, 2003.
* The Local and the Global Radio: Flow, Reverse Flow and Cultural Identity on the Internet. 23 IAMCR Conference and General Assembly. Barcelona, 2002.
* O Radio entre o Local e o Global: Fluxo, Contrafluxo e Identidade Cultural na Internet. VI Congress of the Asociacion Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicacion – ALAIC. Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), 2002.
* Contribuições para a Pesquisa sobre o Campo da Comunicação (with Anamaria Fadul and Paulo da Rocha Dias). Comunicação e Sociedade, ano 23, n. 36, pp. 111-140. Sao Paulo, 2001.
* Webradiosserviço. IV Encuentro de Docentes y Investigadores de la Comunicacion de Mercosur – Endicom. Montevideo, 2001.
* Un dial para el mundo: la radiofonia en la Internet. IV Encuentro de Docentes y Investigadores de la Comunicacion de Mercosur – Endicom. Montevideo, 2001.
* Webradiosserviço. Cadernos de Pós-Graduação, v. 4, n. 1, pp. 156-161. Campinas (Brazil), 2000.
* O Radio na Internet: Rumo a Quarta Midia. VIII Simposio da Pesquisa em Comunicacao da Regiao Sudeste – Sipec. Vitoria (Brazil), 2000.
* O 'Nao Verbal' nas Radios Internacionais: Subsidios Semioticos para a Elaboracao do Site da Webradio Experimental 01/01. IX Encontro Anual dos Programas de Pos-Graduacao em Comunicacao – Compos. Porto Alegre (Brazil), 2000.
* Rumo a Quarta Midia: o Radio nas Ondas da Internet. III Encontro Lusofono de Ciencias da Comunicacao – Lusocom. Braga (Portugal), 1999.
* Webradios y el Mercosur. III Simposio Iberoamericano de Comunicacion y Relaciones Publicas. Cordoba (Argentina), 1999.
* Parametro para Analise de Sites de Radio. Cadernos de Pos-Graduacao, v. 2, n. 1, pp. 85-90. Campinas (Brazil), 1998.
* Ondas Curtas: o Mundo para o Mundo (with Jessica T. Labigalini). Campinas (Brazil): Puc, 1977.
* Rumo a Quarta Midia: o Radio nas Ondas da Internet. Cadernos de Pos-Graduacao, v. 1, n. 2, pp. 95-102. Campinas (Brazil), 1997.
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