Federico Zecca is a Research Fellow at the University of Udine (Italy), where he teaches Media Theory and Film Semiotics. He is part of the editorial staff of the journals Cinéma & CIE: International Film Studies Journal and Cinergie: Il cinema e le alter arti, and of the editorial board of the journal Porn Studies. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Udine/Gorizia FilmForu