Research Committee on Sociology of Communication,
Knowledge and Culture RC14
Past Boards
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
Board 2014 - 2018
President
Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU, Panteion University, Greece
Vice-President/Secretary General
Luc BONNEVILLE, Ottawa University, Canada
Vice-President/Newsletter Editor
Olivier CHANTRAINE, University of Lille 3, France
Vice-President/Treasurer
Daniela ROVENTA-FRUMUSANI, University of Bucharest, Romania
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Board 2018 - 2023
President, Christiana Constantopoulou
Vice President, José Ruiz San Roman
Secretary, Christine Wagner
Treasurer, Daniela Roventa Frumusani
Newsletter Editor, Dimitra Laurence Larochelle
Members of the board:
Luc Bonneville
Oksana Lychkovska-Nebot
Parvez Abbasi