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History of IAMCR

We are pleased to present IAMCR in retrospect, a brief history of the Association prepared by Cees Hamelink and Kaarle Nordenstreng, with contributions by Raymond B. Nixon, Jacques Bourquin and James D. Halloran. Hamelink and Nordenstreng are preparing a more complete history.

Additional accounts from some key witnesses and actors of the early fascinating days can be found below. These accounts constitute the beginning of a collection of articles wich will contribute to Hamelink and Nordenstreng work in progress.

If you have documents or insights to contribute, please contact them: Cees Hamelink, Kaarle Nordenstreng
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History

We are pleased to present IAMCR in retrospect, a brief history of the Association prepared by Cees Hamelink and Kaarle Nordenstreng, with contributions by Raymond B. Nixon, Jacques Bourquin and James D. Halloran. Hamelink and Nordenstreng are preparing a more complete history.

Additional accounts from some key witnesses and actors of the early fascinating days can be found below. These accounts constitute the beginning of a collection of articles wich will contribute to Hamelink and Nordenstreng work in progress.

If you have documents or insights to contribute, please contact them.

Cees Hamelink
Kaarle Nordenstreng


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IAMCR history in a nutshell

ImageBy Cees Hamelink and Kaarle Nordenstreng

The press release No. 1727 of Unesco on December 23, 1957, begins as follows:

“Fifty experts on information media, from 15 countries, have just completed in a two-day session at Unesco House, Paris, the task of establishing the International Association for Mass Communication Research.
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AIERI: Une histoire en quelque mots
ImageLes origines de l’AIERI sont contemporaines de celles de l’Unesco, dont, dès 1946, le « Comité sur les Besoins techniques dans les Communications de Masse » rédige un projet pour la création d’un « Institut International de la Presse et de l’Information » destiné à promouvoir la formation des journalistes et l’étude des problèmes de la presse dans le monde entier.
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I remember the founding conference...

ImageBy Hifzi TOPUZ

In 1957, I was president of the Union of Journalists in Istanbul and editor in chief of the Turkish daily paper, Aksam. The Turkish National Commission for UNESCO asked me to take part in the first course of the International Centre for Higher Education in Journalism which had just been created in Strasbourg.
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Je me rappelle de la conférence constitutive...

ImageHifzi TOPUZ

En 1957, j’étais président du Syndicat des Journalistes à Istanbul et rédacteur en chef du quotidien turc Aksam. La commission nationale de l’UNESCO pour la Turquie m’a demandé de participer à la première session du Centre International d’Enseignement Supérieur du Journalisme qui venait d’être créé à Strasbourg.
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IAMCR: A first decade as seen from Cracaw, Poland

ImageBy Walery Pisarek

It all began with the conference on methods of journalists' training in Paris in April 1956, organized by UNESCO with the participation of representatives of 31 countries. It was chaired by the director of the Carleton College School of Journalism in Ottawa, Professor Wilfred Eggleston. After the conference of journalism teaching experts, a meeting of media researchers was held in a narrower circle

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