Tenth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies

  • From Democratic Aesthetics to Digital Culture
  • 11-12 September 2025
  • Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France + Online

Themes and Special Focus

Founded in 2015, the Communication & Media Studies Research Network offers an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of the role of the media and communications in society. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries.

The Tenth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies calls for research addressing the following annual themes and special focus:

  • 2025 Special Focus—From Democratic Aesthetics to Digital Culture
  • THEME 1: MEDIA CULTURES
  • THEME 2: MEDIA THEORY
  • THEME 3: MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES
  • THEME 4: MEDIA BUSINESS
  • THEME 5: MEDIA LITERACIES

Research Network Chairs

Dr. Eric Freedman

Dr. Eric Freedman

Truman State University, United States of America

(English)

Dr. Jesús Miguel Flores Vivar

Dr. Jesús Miguel Flores Vivar

Profesor Titular, Departamento de Periodismo y Nuevos Medios, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España

(Spanish)

Local Conference Chair

Barbara Formis

Barbara Formis

Professor, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, France

2025 Plenary Speakers

Sha Xin Wei

Sha Xin Wei

Professor in the School of Arts, Media + Engineering (AME) at Arizona State University, USA

"Collective Sense-making, Prototyping Social Forms, and Anticipatory Governance"

(In English)

Ana María Sedeño Valdellós

Ana María Sedeño Valdellós

Doctor in Audiovisual Communication and Associate Professor in the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the University of Málaga (Spain)

”Imaginarios y estéticas de lo visual con la Inteligencia Artificial: hipertrucaje, efectismos y fantasmagoría”

(In Spanish)

Emmanuel Alloa

Emmanuel Alloa

Professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

"From Documentary to Potential Images: AI Generated Art, Data Correlationism and Democracy"

(In English)

Plenary Panel: Digital Care and Democratic Gestures

Barbara Formis

Barbara Formis

Professor, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, France

Monika Kwasniewska-Mikula

Monika Kwasniewska-Mikula

Editor, Didaskalia: Theatre Journal; Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre and Drama, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Rossella Mazzaglia

Rossella Mazzaglia

Associate Professor, Performance Studies, University of Bologna, Italy

Bram Ieven

Bram Ieven

Researcher, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, Netherlands

Local Conference Committee

Camille Salinesi

Camille Salinesi

Professor, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, France

Conference Partner

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Plenary Panel: Digital Care and Democratic Gestures

Barbara Formis

Barbara Formis

Lecturer, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, France