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		*COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY* *The Mobile Information Society* Interdisciplinary research program

		Tibor Dessewffy is a sociologist, working at the ELTE Institute of Sociology. He obtained his M.A. degrees at the same university: in 1989 from the Law School, and a year later from the Institute of Sociology. He has given lectures at numerous conferences and undertook several short research trips. He received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam in 1997. He was a visiting fellow at Boston University and the New School for Social Research. He is a member of the board of the ELTE-UNESCO Ethnic and Minority Studies Department, the editorial board of the European Journal of Cultural Studies, and a fellow of the 21th Century Fund. Dr. Dessewffy is director of the Hungarian section of the World Internet Project, initiated by UCLA. Besides his scholarly activities Dr. Dessewffy is widely known through his publications in various newspapers. Among others, he regularly writes for the biggest Hungarian daily (Népszabadság) and weekly (HVG). He used to be the media-consultant of the most popular Hungarian commercial television. Apart from his numerous appearances in different programs he hosts an intellectual talk show, Scientists' Club on the Hungarian National Television. He is also an advisor of the National Radio and Television Organisation Public Service Committee. His main fields of interest are media, theories informational societies, cultural effects of technological development and the sociology of knowledge of everyday life.