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What is Resistance, Rebellion, and Reinvention about?

The 4th annual Corvinus Communication Conference (CoCoCo) explores the ways in which individuals, publics, and institutions are challenging contemporary power constructs and environments through communication practices. Given seismic global movements in activism (social movements, consumer protests, propaganda rhetoric) and evolution of disruptors (digital technology, AI, labor market challenges), additional research is needed on the ways communication is capturing, challenging and contributing to this changing landscape. The conference will be held in a hybrid format: both in-person and online sessions will be available.

Proposal Submission

We invite proposals from scholars, practitioners, industry, policymakers, activists, educators, and graduate students in the form of individual papers, lectures, panel sessions, dialogue sessions, and interactive formats. (Read more about the formats in the Call for Proposal)

Abstract submission: 300 to 500 words due 10 January 2026

Note: Final papers (intended for publication) are not required at conference time. However, we intend to create a CFP for a Special Issue in an academic journal, to be determined.

Submissions should connect with one of the following three thematic areas:

TRACK 1

TRACK 2

TRACK 3

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  • Political communication and discourse

  • Crisis communication and organizational communication

  • Journalism studies and journalistic freedoms

  • Media effects and audience studies

  • Rhetoric, semiotics, and discourse analysis

  • Linguistics, metaphors, and discursive language

  • Digital and social media activism

  • Cultural studies and identity politics

  • Visual culture (film, TV, streaming, visual arts)

  • Popular culture and media representation

  • Symbolic communication and meaning-making

  • Protest movements and uprisings

  • Human rights and protected classes (gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, ability)

  • Global rebellion and resistance to power structures

  • Social movements and collective action

  • Labor market challenges, strikes, and workers' rights

  • Sustainability and environmental activism

  • Propaganda rhetoric and framing

  • AI and technological platforms in activism and resistance

  • Technology-driven health innovations

  • Policy influence of technology companies

  • Consumer resistance and alternative marketing practices

  • Corporate responses to crises and employee activism

  • Disruptions in higher education (AI technology in the classroom, internationalization efforts)

Important Dates

Abstract Submission

Acceptance Notification

Final Schedule Available

Conference

Date

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10 January 2026

31 January 2026

1 March 2026

24 April 2026

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