Marine Malet is a member of the European project "DIGISCREENS - Identities and democratic values on European digital screens: Distribution, reception, and representation", which examines the role of streaming platforms in the circulation of cultural and social dynamics in Europe, and works more specally on the French case.

In 2023, she completed a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences at the Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, defending a thesis entitled "Contemporary concerns and impending futures in dystopian TV-series: towards the creation of alternative public arenas? Analysis of production, representation and reception".

Following on from cultural studies and mediacultures, she examined the social and political functions of dystopian series by studying their production context, the dystopian representations portrayed, and their reception.

She is interested more broadly in the connections between (science-)fiction, TV series, society and politics, and online communities, incluence and fandoms.

Texts

Malet, M. (2024). « « Réarmement démographique » : les séries dystopiques s’invitent dans le débat » ("Demographic rearmament”: Dystopian TV series joining the debate),The Conversation, mai 2024. Access : here 

Radio and Press Interviews

• March 27, 2025: Interview on Melchior Gormand's radio programme "Je pense donc j'agis" on RCF, on the topic "Are TV series a reflection of our society?" Access : here
• July 7, 2024: Interview for Madame Le Figaro, "Angoisse et mythe de la frontière : tout ce que les séries dystopiques disent de notre époque" (Anxiety and the myth of borders: what dystopian TV series say about our times), written by Céline Cabourg.
• February 27, 2024: Interview for l'ADN, "Trois séries dystopiques à regarder en attendant le « réarmement démographique »" (Three dystopian TV series to watch while waiting for the ’demographic rearmament"), written by Lina Fourneau.
• January, 22 2024: Interview for L'Express, "Fallout, The Last of Us, The Handmaid’s Tale… Pourquoi les dystopies nous fascinent" (Fallout, The Last of Us, The Handmaid's Tale... Why dystopias fascinate us?), written by Ide Parenty. Access: here
• June 16, 2023: Interview for Le Figaro, "Discuter avec un bot d’Elon Musk, de Socrate ou d’Hermione Granger : quand l’IA donne accès aux célébrités" (Discussing with the bot of Elon Musk, Socrates or Hermione Granger: when AI gives access to celebrities), written by Klara Durand.
• January 30, 2023: Interview for Le HuffPost, "The Last of Us » : pourquoi les récits post-apocalyptiques nous plaisent-ils autant ?" (The Last of Us: why are we so obsessed with post-apocalyptic fiction?), written by Marie Telling. Access: here
• March 30, 2022: Interview for Le Monde, "La gifle de Will Smith, quand la réalité dépasse la fiction"(Will Smith's slap, when reality overtakes fiction), written by Magali Cartigny.
• January 15, 2022: Interview for the podcast Histoire en séries (no. 160) to present TV series The Handmaid's Tale. Access: here
• December 7, 2020: Interview ‘Dystopian television series and their reception’ for Kôdô Talks. Access: here

(2022-2023) Temporary teaching and research assistant at the Saint-Denis University Institute of Technology (IUT):

• BUT 2 TC: Digital resources and culture (75 hours)
• BUT 2 TC: Personal and professional project, skills development (6 hours)
• BUT 1 TC: Digital resources and culture (90 hours)
• BUT 1/2 TC altern. : Tutorials in Photoshop and Illustrator, visual creation (14 hours)

(2020-2021 | 2021-2022) Temporary Lecturer at the French Press Institute (Paris-Panthéon-Assas University):

• L3 Information and Communication: Sociology of Media (15 hours)
• L1 Information and Communication: Introduction to Media and Journalism (45 hours)
• L1 Information and Communication: PIX Workshop (15 hours)

(2019-2020 | 2021-2022) Temporary Lecturer at the Bobigny University Institute of Technology (IUT) :

• L3 pro. Digital Careers: Information and Strategic Monitoring (24 hours)
• DUT 1 MMI: Information and Communication Theories (20 hours)

(2019-2020) Temporary Lecturer at Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle University:

• L2 Information and Communication: Television and Society (24 hours)

Thesis

Malet, M. (2023). "Inquiétudes contemporaines et futurs menaçants dans les séries dystopiques : vers la création d’arènes publiques alternatives ? Analyse de la production, des représentations et de la réception" (Contemporary concerns and impending futures in dystopian TV-series : towards the creation of alternative public arenas ? : analysis of production, representation and reception), 622 p. Access: https://theses.fr/2023ASSA0085 

Coordination of academic journal issues

• (Forthcoming) Appiotti, S., Lucile, C., & Malet, M. (eds.). ‘Influenceur-ses et communication’ (Influencers and communication), Revue MEI – Médiation et Information, to be published in 2025.
• (Forthcoming) Lallet, M., Hamiche, S., & Malet, M. (eds.). ‘Gender and neurodiversity on screen,’ Gender in series: cinema, television, media, publication scheduled for spring 2026.

Papers published in peer-reviewed journals

• Ceuterick, M., & Malet, M. (2024). "The (in)visibility of diversity on national streaming platforms in France and Norway: A quantitative and qualitative visual analysis of thumbnails", Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 30(4), 1402-1424.
• Malet, M. (2024). "Résurrection numérique, deuil et données personnelles : décryptage des imaginaires dystopiques et des enjeux éthiques de l’IA dans l’épisode « Be Right Back » de Black Mirror" (Digital resurrection, mourning and personal data: decoding dystopian imaginaries and ethical issues of AI in the episode ‘Be Right Back’ of Black Mirror), Belphégor, 22(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/11tfn
• Lopera-Mármol, M., & Malet, M. (2022). "Trouble du spectre de l’autisme et empowerment : les réceptions de la série Atypical par les fans (Netflix, 2017-2021)" (Autism Spectrum Disorder and empowerment: fans’ reception of the series Atypical), Études de communication, 59(2), 147-170. DOI: https://journals.openedition.org/edc/15298
• Malet, M. (2022). "Innovations transhumanistes et technologies de stockage : les imaginaires dystopiques de la série Black Mirror (Channel 4, 2011-2014 ; Netflix, 2014—)" (Transhumanist innovations and storage technologies: dystopian imaginaries in Black Mirror), Le Temps des médias, 39(2), 205–223. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3917/tdm.039.0205 

Book chapters

• Malet, M. (2025). "La dimension collective et sociale des séries dystopiques à l’épreuve du streaming ? Enquête sur les pratiques de visionnage et les réceptions des séries dystopiques en contexte numérique" (The collective and social dimension of dystopian series challenged by streaming? A survey of viewing practices and reception of dystopian TV series in a digital context), in V. Bullich & L. Schmitt (eds.), Video-on-demand services and the platformisation of audiovisual media and cinema: Netflix, YouTube and beyond (pp. 399-416). Paris: Editions des archives contemporaines. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17184/eac.9171  
• Malet, M. (2021). "Porosité des frontières entre (science-)fiction dystopique et réel : étude du cas de la série Altered Carbon et de sa promotion par Netflix" (Porosity of the boundaries between dystopian (science) fiction and reality: a case study of the TV series Altered Carbon and its promotion by Netflix), in S. Perseil & B. Petitprêtre (eds.), La réalité de la fiction 2 (pp. 169-181). Paris: Editions Pepper, L'Harmattan.

Conference Proceedings

• Malet, M. (2020). ‘Dystopian fiction as a means of influencing reality and initiating civic engagement among fans: the case of the series “The Handmaid's Tale”,’ in Pathologies and Dysfunctions of Democracy in the Media Context, LabCom Books, 115-126.

Notices, Reviews and Book Reviews

• Appiotti, S., Coquelin, L., & Malet, M. (2023). "Influenceur-ses" (Influencers), Publictionnaire. Dictionnaire encyclopédique et critique des publics, 21 July 2023. Access: https://publictionnaire.huma-num.fr/notice/influenceur/
• Malet, M. (2022). « Derrière les écrans. Les nettoyeurs du Web à l'ombre des réseaux sociaux. Sarah T. Roberts, Paris, Éditions La Découverte, 2020, 263 p. Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Sophie Renault », Communication & langages, 211(1), 175-177.
• Malet, M., & Wang, X. (2018). « Rêver d'un autre monde. Médias, utopies et expérimentations de l'époque moderne à nos jours. Société pour l'histoire des médias (SPHM), Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, 23-25 mai 2018 », Le temps des médias, 31(2), 269-271.

Research project

(2023-2026) DIGISCREENS - Identities and democratic values on European digital screens: Distribution, reception, and representation

Led by Maud Ceuterick, the international transdisciplinary project DIGISCREENS focuses on how the streaming of films and TV series contributes to transform social and cultural dynamics in Europe. In particular, the project examines film and TV distribution, reception, and representation in the light of the last decades’ demands for increased diversity and inclusivity on screen. It asks how asks the streaming of audiovisual content from a great geographical diversity affect:

• the construction of identity and socio-cultural aspects such as gender, race, class and sexuality in film and TV series distributed in Europe;
• European audiences' reception of this content and negotiation of democratic values such as equality, inclusion, and solidarity.

The project is being carried out in five European countries (France, Lithuania, Norway, Spain, and Sweden), and Marine Malet is responsible for conducting research on the French case.

Organisation of scientific events

• October 14, 2022: Study day "Influenceur-ses et publicitarisation des contenus sur les réseaux sociaux-numériques"(Influencers and publicising content on digital social media), coordinated with Sébastien Appiotti and Lucile Coquelin, CELSA Sorbonne University.
• March 24-25, 2022: Interdisciplinary symposium "Corps, Genres et Images" (Bodies, Genders and Images), coordinated with Lucile Coquelin and Marion Philippe, University of Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis.
• November 25, 2021: The 2021 edition of the “Doctoriales du CARISM”, co-organised with Jeanne Wetzels, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University.
• November 27, 2020: The 2020 edition of the “Doctoriales du CARISM” [online], co-organised with Elodie Berthet and Anastasia Choquet, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University.
• January 22, 2020: Interdisciplinary Seminar of the Doctoral School 455, 'Analysing new communities in humanities and social sciences", co-organised with Pierre Buffaz, Jean-Baptiste Crettez and Jaercio Da Silva, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University.