The Commission for Comparative Media and Communication Studies was founded on 1 February 1994 and was originally named Commission for Mass Communication History (based on a 1991 founded study group at the Austrian Biographical Encyclopedia). The commission was renamed on 14 October 2005.

Chairman
Prof. Dr. Herbert Matis, w.M.,
Former Vice President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Herbert.Matis@wu-wien.ac.at,
Department of Economic and Social History of  the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

Vice-Chairman
Prof. Dr. Dr. Matthias Karmasin, Matthias.Karmasin@uni-klu.ac.at,
Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der Universität Klagenfurt

Members
Prof. Dr. Heinz Faßmann, w.M. 
Prof. Dipl.–Ing. Dr. Gerhard Glatzel, w.M. 
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mantl, w.M.
Prof. Dr. Marianne Popp, w.M.
Prof. Dr. Günter C. Schweiger, k.M.  
SenR Prof. Dr. Peter Csendes
Dr. Angela Fritz, M.A.
Prof. Dr. Hannes Haas
HR Prof. Dr. Helmut W. Lang
Prof. Dr. Anton Pelinka
Prof. Dr. Michael Schmolke