IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

To provide a forum where researchers and others involved in media and communication can meet and exchange information about their work;

To encourage the development of research and systematic study, especially in areas of media production, transmission and reception, in the contexts in which these activities take place and in those subjects and areas where such work is not well developed;

To stimulate interest in media and communication research;

To disseminate information about research results, methods and needs – not only to researchers but also to those working in the various media and others responsible for communication policies;

To seek to improve media and communication research, policy and practice and to encourage research, especially from international and interdisciplinary perspectives, and to exchange information on practices and conditions that would improve the quality of media and communication practice, and media and communication research;

To contribute by means of appropriate research, to the development and improvement of the education and training of journalists and other media professionals.