!!Slavko Splichal - Curriculum Vitae *Prof. Splichal has been active in professional associations in Slovenia and internationally. \\ *President, Section of Mass Communication and Public Opinion of the Yugoslav Sociological Association (1981-1988).\\ *Member, Executive Committee of the International Association of Mass Communication Research (1984-1992).\\ *President, the Language Tribunal in the Socialist People’s Front of Slovenia (1985-1988).\\ *Deputy President of the Council of RTV Slovenia (1990-1994). \\ *Deputy Secretary General of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (1992-1996)\\ *Founder of the International Colloquia on Communication and Culture (1987) and the European Institute for Communication and Culture (1993)\\ *Editor-in-Chief, Javnost-The Public 1993-Member of the Council for Science and Technology of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (1995-1999)\\ *Deputy Chairman of Social Sciences Council, Ministry of Science and Technology (1995-2001). \\ *Slovenian Representative in the Standing Committee on Social Sciences of the European Science Foundation (ESF), 2005-2010.\\ *Member of the Council of the European Association for Communication Research and Education (ECREA) since 2005, and its Chair since 2011.\\ *Chair, Scientific Council for the Social Sciences, Slovenian Research Agency, 2016-\\ \\