Esteban Courbet

PhD candidate & teaching/research assistant - Professorship of Political communication and media (University of Fribourg) and CARISM (University Paris-Panthéon-Assas)
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Présentation

Since September 1, 2024, Esteban Courbet has been a graduate assistant and PhD candidate in the Department of Communication and Media Research (DCM) at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He is affiliated with the Chair of Political Communication and Media, led by Professor Alexandra Feddersen. Since January 2026, he has also been a PhD candidate at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University (France) within the Centre for Interdisciplinary Analysis and Research on Media (CARISM), under the supervision of Professor Arnaud Mercier, as part of a cotutelle agreement.

He holds a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences from Paris-Panthéon-Assas University and a Master’s degree in Political Science from Paris-Panthéon-Sorbonne University. His research focuses on political communication, social media, and their effects.


Publications

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Publications

Personal Talk, Political Impact: How Language Style and Personalized Content Shape Political Evaluation on Social Media

Esteban Courbet

SPSA, Jan 2026, Zürich, Switzerland

Communication dans un congrès hal-05457287v1

Personalization and parasocial relationship: How do receivers perceive and process political content on social media?

Esteban Courbet

SACM Annual Conference, Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research, May 2025, Chur, Switzerland

Communication dans un congrès hal-05288032v1

Reception and Processing of Political Content on Social Media : "Effects" of Personalization and Parasocial Relationships by Voters

Esteban Courbet

ECPR, Aug 2025, Thessaloniki, Greece

Communication dans un congrès hal-05457292v1

Comprendre la réception des contenus politiques en ligne : étude qualitative des publics

Esteban Courbet

XXIVe congrès SFSIC, Société française des sciences de l'information et de la communication, Jun 2025, Rennes, France

Communication dans un congrès hal-05288068v1

Personalized political communication and evaluation of political actors on social media

Esteban Courbet

Research colloquium organised by Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG), University of Gothenburg, May 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden

Communication dans un congrès hal-05282480v1