IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

S. Allern & E. Pollack (eds.)

New book by IAMCR members

The purpose of this book is to spotlight the way in which political scandals in four Nordic countries have been launched, directed, dramatized and interpreted through different genres of journalism – in an interactive tug-of-war between editors and various political actors.

News institutions help to build political careers – and to tear them down. A mediated scandalization process can make the path from power to powerlessness, from a top position to exclusion, very short.

Jack Lule

New book by IAMCR member

This book argues for the central role of media in understanding globalization. Indeed, the author convincingly shows that globalization could not have occurred without media. From earliest times, humans have used media to explore, settle, and globalize their world. In our day, media have made the world progressively 'smaller' as nations and cultures come into increasing contact. Decades ago Marshall McLuhan prophesied that media technology would transform the world into a 'global village.' Slowly, fitfully, his vision is being fulfilled.

Mirca Madianou & Daniel Miller

New book by IAMCR member

How do parents and children care for each other when they are separated because of migration? The way in which transnational families maintain long-distance relationships has been revolutionised by the emergence of new media such as email, instant messaging, social networking sites, webcam and texting. A migrant mother can now call and text her left-behind children several times a day, peruse social networking sites and leave the webcam for 12 hours achieving a sense of co-presence.

K. Rafter (ed)

New book by IAMCR member

They reported wars, outraged monarchs and promoted the case for their country’s freedom.

This book is filled with the remarkable stories of reporters, proprietors and propagandists. Sixteen leading writers celebrate the emergence of Irish Journalism in this original and engaging volume.

Karen Ross

New book by IAMCR member

The Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media offers original insights into the complex set of relations which exist between gender, sex, sexualities and the media, and in doing so, showcases new research at the forefront of media and communication practice and theory.

C. Fuchs, K. Boersma, A. Albrechtslund, M. Sandoval (eds.)

New book by IAMCR member

The Internet has been transformed in the past years from a system primarily oriented on information provision into a medium for communication and community-building. The notion of 'Web 2.0', social software, and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have emerged in this context.

(Net Neutrality - Communication at stake)

V. Schafer & H. Le Crosnier

New book with the collaboration of an IAMCR member

The neutrality of the Internet is a largely unknown democratic challenge. Behind a seemingly technical notion, economic, political and cultural issues and questions are hidden (regulation, governance, equal access to data ...). The aim of this book is to state those issues in a clear and accessible form.

Marcus Breen

New book by IAMCR member

Utilizing a transdisciplinary approach, Uprising examines the way transgressive knowledge circulates in places and spaces where communication regulation has been removed. In doing so, the book offers a new approach to proletarianization. It is based on the theory that the deregulation of the digital infrastructure allows transgressive knowledge to be mobilized in ways that remake political economy.