is Associate Professor in Media Studies at USI Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland. At the Faculty of Communication Sciences, he is also director of the China Media Observatory and vice director of the Institute of Media and Journalism. He is also Chair of ECREA Communication History Section. His main areas of research are media history, the history of telecommunications and digital media history. He is author, with Paolo Magaudda, of the book “History of Digital Media. An Intermedia and Global Perspective” (Routledge).