European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) is a scholarly association centred on the study of "media, (tele)communications and informatics research, including relevant approaches of human and social sciences". It strives to promote quality of communication research and teaching in higher education across Europe. It counts more than 2700 individuals as members. At present, ECREA's legal seat is located in Brussels, Belgium. ECREA is similar in nature with other learned societies like the International Communication Association (ICA) and the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Governance The General Assembly is the governing body of ECREA that exercises the ultimate authority over the implementation of the association's decisions. The General Assembly is composed of all active institutional and individual members. With simple majority every four years the General Assembly elects the Executive Board which, in turn, appoints from its members (at least 3 and maximum 15) the President, the Vice President, the General-Secretary, the Treasurer and (potentially) the Secretary of the Bureau. Together they form the Bureau, which decides on day-to-day management and organisational matters and acts on behalf of the associations in legal cases. In addition, the Forum of Section, Temporary Working Groups and Networks, and the Advisory Board that can be consulted by the Executive Board and the Bureau. Conferences and Doctoral Summer School Every other year, ECREA organizes and sponsors a large-scale international conference, dubbed the European Communication Conference (ECC). Each conference features keynote speeches, alongside parallel sessions organised by the Sections as well as panel discussions revolving around pre-set topics. The venue of the conference is usually a big European city. These are the conference locations and dates; first ECC: Amsterdam (24–26 November 2005), second ECC: Barcelona (25–28 November 2008), third ECC Hamburg (12–15 October 2010) fourth ECC: Istanbul (24–27 October 2012), fifth ECC: Lisbon (12–15 November 2014). sixth ECC: Prague (9–12 November 2016). In the uneven years, ECREA's Sections, Temporary Working Groups and Networks each organize a smaller event. Every year, a Doctoral Summer School is organised, during which leading experts and junior scholars discuss the PhD projects of the participating junior scholars. These so-called student feedback workshops are combined with lectures, presentations, workshops and seminars. The ECREA Doctoral Summer School represents a supportive environment for up-and-coming European researchers which, it is thought, boosts their early career development. The Doctoral Summer School has a long history, even before ECREA became involved, and was organised