Research Committee on Sociology of Communication,
Knowledge and Culture RC14

Sociology of Knowledge

Founded: 1966

Board 1966-1972

President Kurt H. WOLFF, USA
Secretary V. MILIC, Yugoslavia replaced in 70' byJerzy SZACKI, Poland

Sociology of Mass Communication

Founded: 1959

Board 1959-1970

President Kurt H. WOLFF, USA
Secretary Edgar MORIN, France

Board 1970-1974
President Edgar MORIN, France
Vice-Presidents Elihu KATZ, Israel, Igor PETROV, USSR
Secretary José VIDAL-BENEYTO, Spain
Newsletter Editor Alfred WILLENER, Switzerland

Board 1974-1978
President José VIDAL-BENEYTO, Spain
Secretaries Marino LIVOLSI, Italy, Thelma McCORMACK, Canada (till 1975)
Members

Elihu KATZ, Israel
Gerald KLINE, USA
Kurt LANG, USA
Lawrence H. STREICHER, USA
Tamas SZACSKO, Hungary
France VERG, Yugoslavia
Kazimierz ZYGULSKI, Poland

Fused into Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture

Board 1978-1982

President José VIDAL-BENEYTO, Spain
Vice-Presidents
Kurt LANG, USA
Jacques LEENHARDT, France
Denis McQUAIL, Netherlands
Tamas SZACSKO, Hungary
Alfred WILLENER, Switzerland
Secretary Marino LIVOLSI, Italy
Members
Claudio AGUIRRE-BIANCHI, Chile
Lothar BISKY, GDR
Juan CORRADI, Argentina
M. ESSAYAS, Ethiopia
Elihu KATZ, Israel
Antonina KLOSKOWSKA, Poland
Valery KOROBEINIKOV, USSR
William PHELAN, Canada
Dieter PROKOP, FRG
France VERG, Yugoslavia

Board 1982-1986-1990
President José VIDAL-BENEYTO, Spain
Vice-Presidents
Kurt LANG, USA
Jacques LEENHARDT, France
Marino LIVOLSI, Italy
Denis McQUAIL, Netherlands
France VERG, Yugoslavia
General Secretariat
Claudio AGUIRRE-BIANCHI, Chile
Peter DAHLGREN, Sweden
Cécile ROUGIER, France
Members
Roberto AMARAL-VIEIRA, Brazil
Giovanni BECHELLONI, Italy
Lothar BISKY, DDR
Juan CORRADI, Argentina
Gerald KLINE, USA
Antonina KLOSKOWSKA, Poland
Valery KOROBEINIKOV, USSR
Gladys LANG, USA
Silvia MOLINA, Mexico
Ruben OLIVEN, Brazil
Michael REAL, USA
Philip SCHLESINGER, United Kingdom
Tamas SZECSKO, Hungary
Editor Leonard HENNY, Netherlands

Board 1990-1994
President Paul BEAUD, Switzerland
Vice-Presidents
Jacques LEENHARDT, France
Marino LIVOLSI, Italy
Secretaries
Miguel AGUILERA MOYANO, Spain
Fançoise MESSANT-LAURENT, Switzerland
Honorary President
José VIDAL-BENEYTO, Spain
Members
Jesus MARTIN BARBERO, Colombia
Nicholas GARNHAM, United Kingdom
Thar LALIB, Tunisia
José MARQUES DE MELO, Brazil
Ottheim RAMMSTEDT, Germany
Richard SENNETT, USA
Slavko SPICHAL, Yugoslavia
Pal TAMAS, Hungary
Janet WOLFF, USA

Board 1994-1998
President
Paul BEAUD, Switzerland
Vice-Presidents
 Jeffrey A. HALLEY, USA
Jacques LEENHARDT, France
Robert TESSIER, Canada
Secretary Françoise MESSANT-LAURENT, Switzerland

Board 1998-2002
President Gaetan TREMBLAY, Canada
Vice-President
Jeffrey A. HALLEY, USA
Secretary
Gerhard KUEMMEL, Germany
Honorary President
Paul BEAUD Switzerland

Board 2002-2006
President

Gaetan TREMBLAY, Canada

Secretary Gaetan TREMBLAY, Canada
Vice-President
Jeffrey A. HALLEY, USA  
 
Board 2006-2010  

President
Christiana Constantopoulou, Panteion University, Greece
Vice-President
Jeffrey Halley, University of Texas, USA
Secretary
Hermilio Santos, Brazil
Webmaster
Diana Papademas, USA

Board 2010-2014
President
Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU, Panteion University, Greece
Vice-Presidents
Jeffrey HALLEY, University of Texas, USA
Diana PAPADEMAS, USA
Treasurer
Fiorenza GAMBA, Italy
Secretary
Olivier CHANTRAINE, University Charles de Gaulle, France
Newsletter editor
Isleide FONTENELLE, Brazil
Board members
Daniela FRUMUSANI, Romania
Ryoichi HORIGUCHI, Japan
Nataliya IKONNIKOVA, Russia
Oksana LYCHKOVSKA, Ukraine
Elias SAID-HUNG, Colombia
Krzysztof STACHURA, Poland