The establishment of the institute Founded in 1937 in the
Faculty of Law of Paris, the
Institut des Sciences de la Presse (Press Sciences Institute) became the
Institut français de presse in 1951. The French Press Institute is the first organization to have been dedicated to media studies. After the war, owing to international partnerships, the French Press Institute became a leading international institute regarding media evolution studies. Its first director, Fernand Terrou, took part in the redaction of the declaration of Press rights of
San Francisco in 1948 and formed a bond with the Institute for Communication Research of
Stanford University. In 1957, with
UNESCO, the French Press Institute supported the establishment of the International Association for Studies and Research on Information and Communication (IAMCR). After the division of the
University of Paris in thirteen autonomous universities in 1970, the French Press Institute joined
Panthéon-Assas University.
The directors of the institute • 1951–1976: Fernand Terrou • 1976–1986:
Francis Balle • 1986–1994: Pierre Albert • 1994–1999: Rémy Rieffel • 1999–2004: Nadine Toussaint-Desmoulins • 2004–2009: Josiane Jouët • 2009–2015: Nathalie Sonnac • Depuis février 2015: Valérie Devillard ==See also==