Symposium: (5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025))

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture

Program Coordinators: Jose A. RUIZ SAN ROMAN (Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain) and Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU (Panteion University, Greece)

Monday, 7 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Conspiracy Culture: Knowledge, Truth Wars and Digital Media
Session Organizer: Jaron HARAMBAM
Chair: Jaron HARAMBAM

Navigating Race in the Anthropocene: A Decolonial Examination
Session Organizers: Leza SOLDAAT and Khayaat FAKIER

11:00-12:45

Les Jeunes Face Aux Phénomènes Urbains
Session Organizer: Imane ARKHIS

Visual Elements and Memes in Social Media in the Era of Crisis and War Communications
Session Organizer: Oksana LYCHKOVSKA-NEBOT
Chair: Omar CERRILLO

13:00-14:45

Cultural Dynamics of the Young Generation. South Korea's Global Cultural Influence.
Session Organizer: SetByol CHOI
Chair: Yassine AKHIATE

15:00-16:45

Media Narratives and Social Media: Global and Local Dimensions
Session Organizers: Virendra P. SINGH and Parvez Ahmad ABBASI
Chair: Virendra P. SINGH

19:00-20:30

Digital Age and Contemporary Ideologies
Session Organizers: Bhup SINGH and DrBinoyjyoti DAS
Chair: DrBinoyjyoti DAS

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Music Art Worlds: How Do People Build Their Selves Around Music? (Part I)
Session Organizer: Omar CERRILLO

Representación Social y Comunicación De Las Vulnerabilidades
Session Organizers: Sonia CARCELEN, Asja FIOR and Alberto VALLEJO PEÑA

13:00-14:45

Music Art Worlds: How Do People Build Their Selves Around Music? (Part II)
Session Organizer: Omar CERRILLO

Médias, Cultures Populaires Et Pouvoirs
Session Organizers: Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU and Dimitra LAROCHELLE
Chair: Mohamed BENDAHAN

15:00-16:45

Democratic Innovations
Session Organizer: Lucia MIRANDA-LEIBE

Médias, Cultures Populaires Et Pouvoirs 2e Partie
Session Organizer: Yassine AKHIATE
Chair: Yassine AKHIATE

19:00-20:30

Doing Conspiracy Theory: The Making and Unmaking of Stigmatized Knowledge
Session Organizer: Nils C. KUMKAR
Chair: Nils C. KUMKAR

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

09:00-10:00

Social Representation and Communication of Vulnerabilities
Session Organizers: Roberta PALTRINIERI and Jose A. RUIZ SAN ROMAN
Chair: Jose A. RUIZ SAN ROMAN

09:00-10:45

Empowering Voices through Knowledge of Organisations and Their Communication, Building Just Futures in the Anthropocene (Part I)
Session Organizers: Michael GROTHE-HAMMER, Victoria SANAGUSTIN-FONS and Jose A. RUIZ SAN ROMAN

11:00-12:45

Gender and Media: Exploring Representations, Creation and Audience Engagement I
Session Organizer: Dimitra LAROCHELLE
Chair: Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU

13:00-14:45

Productions of Ignorance and Environmental Injustice
Session Organizers: Manuel VALLEE and Kerry ARD

15:00-16:45

Gender and Media: Exploring Representations, Creation and Audience Engagement II
Session Organizer: Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU
Chair: Dimitra LAROCHELLE

Music for the Masses: Politics, Economics and Culture through Musical Experience
Session Organizer: Omar CERRILLO
Chair: Omar CERRILLO

Thursday, 10 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Culture and Inequality in South Korea
Session Organizer: SetByol CHOI
Chair: Vincenzo CICCHELLI

TV Series in the Era of Platformization: Production, Representation, Consumption
Session Organizer: Dimitra LAROCHELLE

11:00-12:45

Empowering Voices through Knowledge of Organisations and Their Communication, Building Just Futures in the Anthropocene (Part II)
Session Organizers: Victoria SANAGUSTIN-FONS and Jose A. RUIZ SAN ROMAN

13:00-14:45

Contemporary Mythologies in the “Anthropocene” Mediascapes
Session Organizer: Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU
Chair: Mohamed BENDAHAN

Digital Futures: Contesting Power and Visions (Part I)
Session Organizer: Markus S. SCHULZ

15:00-16:45

Digital Futures: Contesting Power and Visions (Part II)
Session Organizer: Markus S. SCHULZ

RC14 Business Meeting

Friday, 11 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Digital Futures: Contesting Power and Visions (Part III)
Session Organizer: Markus S. SCHULZ

11:00-12:45

Digital Futures: Contesting Power and Visions (Part IV)
Session Organizer: Markus S. SCHULZ

13:00-14:45

Digital Futures: Contesting Power and Visions (Part V)
Session Organizer: Markus S. SCHULZ

15:00-16:45

Empowering Voices through Knowledge of Organisations and Their Communication, Building Just Futures in the Anthropocene (Part III)
Session Organizers: Michael GROTHE-HAMMER, Victoria SANAGUSTIN-FONS and Jose A. RUIZ SAN ROMAN