Intercom

INTERCOM – Brazilian Association of Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication was created on December 12th 1977. It’s a non-profit organization whose aim is to gather researchers and professionals of communications under an interdisciplinary perspective. It has more than 800 members all around Brazil as well as abroad. Its main office is located in São Paulo. The INTERCOM has a board of directors elected by its members every three years. Ours association is among the largest and best structured institutions that represents the communication field.

INTERCOM aims are:

	Contribute to a pluralist reflection about emerging problems in the communication field;
	Contribute to the formation of analytical models in the communication field which fit the Brazilian culture and society;
	Contribute to the intellectual development and improvement of its members by exchanging experiences among communication researchers;
	Contribute to the pursuit of political, cultural and technological independence for our national communication system;
	Contribute to the improvement of democratic institutions, supporting and promoting freedom of expression and thought, as well as freedom of communication activity;
	Help Brazilian society, stimulating and making the access to science, information, technology and culture easier;
	Promote national and regional culture, stimulating the preservation of national cultural values and assets; and
	Exchange ideas with other communication associations in Brazil and abroad.

INTERCOM activities and services

	Organization of one national and five regional conferences annually;
	Promotion of seminars, short term courses and symposiums;
	Encouraging the development of research;
	Editing and publication of books and academic journals on communication subjects;
	Promotion of Portuguese language research by PORTCOM (Documentation Center of Communication in Portuguese-speaking Countries), in partnership with institutions of education and culture, museums, archives and libraries for public access;
	Encouragement and advice to training scientific, technological, cultural and artistic researchers, teachers, professionals and experts in communication by partnership with scholarship granting organizations;
	Promotion of prizes for students, researchers and authors;
	Planning and administration of courses on scientific, technological, cultural or artistic subjects related to communication for improvement of educational and professional institutions;
	Organization of communication studies in Research Groups (GPs) by different interests and approach on communication field; and
	Establishment of agreements and partnerships with similar associations to promote the research and to exchange information in Brazil and abroad; nowadays INTERCOM organizes regularly bi-laterals colloquiums with Argentina, Canada, Chile, France, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and USA.

Board of directors (2008-2011)

President – Antonio Hohlfeldt (PUC-RS)
Vice President - Nélia Del Bianco (UnB)
Treasurer – Fernando Almeida (Umesp)
Executive director – José Carlos Marques (Unesp)
Scientific director – Marialva Barbosa (UFF)
Cultural director – Rosa Dalla Costa (UFPR)
Editorial director – Osvando J. de Morais (Univ.Sorocaba)
Director of Documentation – Maria Cristina Gobbi (Umesp/Unesp)
Director of Projects – Paula Casari Cundari (Feevale)
Director of International Relations – Edgard Rebouças (UFES)

Honorary President
José Marques de Melo (Unesco Chair)

Board Trustee
Anamaria Fadul (USP/Umesp)
Gaudêncio Torquato (USP)
Margarida Kunsch (USP)
Cicilia Peruzzo (UFES/Umesp)
Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes (USP)
Manuel Carlos Chaparro (USP)
Sonia Virgínia Moreira (UERJ)
Adolpho Queiroz (Umesp)

Auditing Council
Ada Dencker (Anhembi Morumbi)
Eduardo Meditsch (UFSC)
Giovandro Marcus Ferreira (UFBA)
José Luiz Proença (USP)
Maria Salett Tauk Santos (UFRPE)

Advisory Council

Representatives by region:
Maria Ataíde Malcher (UFPA) - North
Moacir Barbosa de Sousa (UFRN) – Northeast
Ana Carolina Rocha Pessoa Temer (UFG) – Center-West
Iluska Coutinho (UFJF) – Southeast
Valério Cruz Brittos (Unisinos) - South

Representatives of the experts:
Adísia Sá (UFC)
Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva (Folha de S. Paulo)
André Barbosa (Department of State)

Representatives of the international community:
Gustavo Adolfo León Duarte (Univ. Sonora – Mexico)
Luis Humberto Marcos (Instituto Superior da Maia – Portugal)
Manuel Pares i Maicas (Univ. Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain)