IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

International Association for Media and Communication Research
Asociación Internacional de Estudios en Comunicación Social
Association Internationale des Études et Recherches sur l'Information et la Communication

IAMCR is the worldwide professional organisation in the field of media and communication research. Its members promote global inclusiveness and excellence within the best traditions of critical research in the field.

IAMCR 2010 travel grants

departure IAMCR is offering 6 travel grants worth US$2,000 each to offset the cost of participating in the 2010 conference in Braga, Portugal.

The grants are available to current IAMCR members residing in low income countries (see IAMCR's definition of low income countries) who have an abstract accepted for the conference (announcement of acceptances will be made by March 15). Three of the grants are reserved for members from Latin America.

Announcing Istanbul

turkey_flag The Executive Board and International Council of IAMCR have enthusiastically endorsed Istanbul as the site for IAMCR's conference in July 2011. The local organising committee is headed by Deniz Beyrakdar of Kadir Has University, Istanbul, and includes representatives from a number of Turkish universities.

The conference theme will be "Cities, Connectivity and Creativity". The Turkish organising committee will make a presentation about the university venue, Istanbul and the conference theme at our conference in Braga, Portugal 18-22 July 2010.

Impact of Global Crises on Civil Society Organisations

coins In October 2009, IAMCR was invited to participate in a broad-based survey on the impact of the global crises on civil society organizations. The results of the survey are now available online.

The evaluation of the responses to the survey shows that although some civil society organization (CSOs) have seen increased funding, overall the survey finds a worsening financial situation for CSOs in the period 2008-2009.

IAMCR joins Women Make the News 2010

wmn_unesco_logo On the occasion of International Women’s Day (8 March), IAMCR joins UNESCO and other international and regional media organizations to launch the annual Women Make the News (WMN) initiative.

Under the theme, “Towards Gender Sensitive Indicators for Media: Best practices for gender perspective in media and in media content”, WMN 2010 is intended to initiate a global exchange on the importance and the need for gender sensitive indicators for media organizations.

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