Daniel Schneidermann
French journalist who analyzed televised media and founded Arrêt sur images.
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He writes weekly columns for Libération and runs the video channel Arrêt sur images.[1] Born in Paris on 5 April 1958, Daniel Schneidermann is a French journalist whose work centers on examining television media.[1]
Last updated 2026-10-07 from the source article.
Life and work
In 1995, Schneidermann created the weekly France 5 program "Arrêt sur images," which he produced and moderated.[2] The show aimed to "decode" television images and talk with help from diverse columnists.[2] Each month, an internet "forum-master" questioned Schneidermann about viewer debates from the show's forum.[2] He wrote weekly columns for Le Monde until October 2003, when he was fired.[3]
His dismissal followed publication of his book The Media Nightmare, which criticized Le Monde's management.[4] The newspaper cited a passage "detrimental to organization for which he works" as grounds for firing.[4] Schneidermann took Le Monde to labor arbitration in Paris, which decided in his favor in May 2005.[4] During the program's initial season, Pascale Clark served as co-host alongside Schneidermann.[2]
His analytical focus extends to the internet; in 2006 he described the rise of anonymous biographers and encyclopedists as a frightening development.[5]
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Bourdieu believed the show had not allowed him to express himself.[6] Schneidermann responded that Bourdieu's criticism showed a misunderstanding of television.[6] The film Enfin pris? features Schneidermann as its protagonist, suspected of partiality by director Pierre Carles.[7] Bourdieu wanted to be the sole guest on Arrêt sur images, but Schneidermann refused, citing the show's need for debate.[8]
Schneidermann told executive Messier that questions would not cover financial figures but "much more frivolous things."[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Daniel Schneidermann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Arret Sur Images web site (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Daniel Schneidermann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Archived copy" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Daniel Schneidermann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Une chronique à la mer, par Daniel Schneidermann," Le Monde Television (03.10.2003, 10h07). (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Daniel Schneidermann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: the prud'hommes, French labor-law arbitrators connected officially to the court system. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Daniel Schneidermann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: « Le premier responsible du trop d'information, c'est Internet »- Chat from 18 October 2005 on the website of the newspaper Libération.; Podcasting: interview de Daniel Schneidermann sur les blogs on the website Pointblog.com published on February 24, 2006.; « Wikipédia, ses espoirs, ses menaces »- Premier section of the newspaper Libération.; "Ciel, j'ai ma notice dans Wikipedia ! Quelques mots à mon biographe anonyme" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Daniel Schneidermann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: See the exchange between Bourdieu and Schneidermann in le Monde diplomatique en 1996 : Analyse d’un passage à l’antenne, par Pierre Bourdieu; Réponse à Pierre B (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Daniel Schneidermann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pardo, "Arrêt sur Image: Enfin Pris?", Le Monde Diplomatique, November 2002; Carles, "Enfin Pris", C-P Productions, 2002; "Enfin pris at IMDB", IMDB; "Enfin pris?" is the third episode in Pierre Carles' media trilogy. The film seeks to show the dark side of Schneidermann's Arrêt sur images. This movie is the (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Pardo, "Arrêt sur Image: Enfin Pris?", Le Monde Diplomatique, November 2002. facts only, no text reused. monde-diplomatique.fr
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