IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

Communication and Citizenship: Rethinking Crisis and Change

The title of this book, Communication and Citizenship: Rethinking Crisis and Change, was the general theme of IAMCR's 2010 Conference hosted by the Communication and Society Research Centre of the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal in July 2010. The book is a collection of the conference's plenary addresses on the general theme in the hope that their publication will keep the debate alive.

In a time of profound economic and social crisis, the scientific community is expected to shed light on contemporary deadlocks and uncertainties. These texts are part of the indispensable continuous critique.

Lauren Dyll-Myklebust (South Africa), one of the six young scholars to be awarded an IAMCR scholarship to attend this year’s IAMCR conference in Braga tells us about her experience at the Braga conference, "a conference ‘with a heart’ where the social events are enjoyed by all and people from diverse backgrounds, passionate about their fields of study, relax with each other, laughing and learning together".

Some of the papers presented at IAMCR's 2010 conference held in Braga (Portugal) July 18-22 2010 are now available for download only to current members of IAMCR.

Papers are currently available from the following sections: Community Communication, Emerging Scholars Network, History and Political Economy.

IAMCR's 2010 Conference was held 18-22 July 2010 in Braga, Portugal. The more than 1,200 abstracts accepted for presentation are now available for download from IAMCR's website in PDF format. Abstracts are organised by their respective Sections and Working Groups.

Click here to consult the abstracts.

IAMCR conferences enjoy a very warm and informal atmosphere, providing the opportunity for researchers to talk and discuss with emerging scholars, professors and experienced academics.

Subba Rao GM -an IAMCR travel grant recipient- tells us about his first experience with an IAMCR conference, both from the human and academic perspectives.

Walys Becerril was one of eleven young people from low-income countries to receive a scholarship to help defray the costs of attending and presenting a paper at IAMCR's 2010 conference in Braga, Portugal.

This was Walys' second time at an IAMCR conference – the first was in 2009 when she was one of the many volunteer students who contributed to the success of the conference in Mexico.

Follow IAMCR's 2010 conference online whether or not you are in Braga with the Twitter hashtag #iamcr2010, via IAMCR's Facebook Page, the IAMCR 2010 Facebook Event page and the conference's blog.

If you are are blogging from the IAMCR Conference, or know of someone who is, send the URL to amailhos[AT]iamcr.org and we'll add it to a conference blogs list.

Just in time for the conference we have introduced some changes to IAMCR's website. We added a column on the right where we can add modules to highlight activities and content on the site and elsewhere.

The draft of the General Assembly Agenda is now available. The event will take place in the Auditorium B1 (CP 2) at 4.30pm, 22 July, right before the Closing Ceremony.

At last count there were 982 participants registered for this year's Congress in Braga, Portugal. If you haven't already done so, visit the conference website and register online. Register by 25 June and save EUR 50 off the full registration fee.

IAMCR/Panos London Joint Plenary in Braga

This year IAMCR is sharing an open plenary session with Panos London. The session will share and discuss three case studies from Africa that will demonstrate innovations, challenges and opportunities for creating spaces to improve citizenship through communications.

The session’s objective is to provide a platform for collaborative thinking and projects in communication and citizenship for African practitioners and theorists.