IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

We suspect that research with a cultural studies focus is proliferating in the communication field, yet it is weakly represented in international conferences. This emergent theme focuses on cultural studies in visual media research from the critical view point, particularly on visual culture. Particularly, this theme emphasizes the importance of cultural studies in non-western contexts including Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Cultural researchers working in the media and communications field may encourage the building up of an international community focusing on media flows in these regions, rather than on the dominance of global (Western) media. Analysis of the cultural aspects of diverse regional communities including Asia, Africa, Latin America as well as Europe, would contribute to diversifying the field of communication studies. A comparative study of cultural identity in the European community, which is resisting mainstream global media flows (i.e. Hollywood), would be particularly supportive for Asian scholars who are searching for cultural identity in their region. The insights arising from such work may also be applied to other regions such as the Latin American and African communities.

Cultural research on visual media including film, television and multimedia would contribute to elaborating upon theories of cultural power and empirical research on identity issues in each region.

Braga 2010 - Visual Culture Emerging Theme Call for Papers

The Group of Visual Culture, Emerging Theme at IAMCR would like to invite submissions for IAMCR Congress in Braga, Portugal from July 18 to 22, 2010. The general theme of the 2010 conference is 'Communication and Citizenship: Rethinking Crisis and Change'. We welcome papers related to the general theme as well as theoretical and empirical research on visual culture in national, regional, international and cultural entities.

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