IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

Kadir Has University will host the 2011 IAMCR Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, July 12-16 2011.

The theme for the 2011 conference will be 'Cities, Connectivity and Creativity'.

More information will be available on this website and on the IAMCR announcements mailing list as it becomes available.

By Jonathan Hardy

New book by IAMCR member

Cross-Media Promotion is the first book-length study of a defining feature of contemporary media, the promotion by media of their allied media interests.

The book explores the range of forms of cross-promotion including synergistic marketing of mega-brands; promotional plugs in news media; repurposing media content, stars and brands across other media and outlets; product placement, and the integration of media content and advertising.

Contents, production, and audiences
Bouziane Zaid

New book by IAMCR member

Like many developing countries, and for many years, Morocco has sought the help of television to disseminate development ideas to its citizens.

The Moroccan government has recently given important policy considerations to regulate the use of television and radio airwaves as important outside sources for promoting its development objectives.

This study investigates the extent to which the Moroccan public service television meets the challenges of effectively contributing to the development objectives of the nation.

Herman Wasserman (ed.)

New book by IAMCR member

Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa examines the role that popular media could play to encourage political debate, provide information for development, or critique the very definitions of ‘democracy’ and ‘development’.

Critical Perspectives on Promotional Culture - Melissa Aronczyk & Devon Powers (eds.)

New book by IAMCR member

This book seeks to redress the lack of scholarly work that takes promotion seriously as a form of social, cultural, political, and economic exchange. It unpacks the vernacular, the institutional structures, and the practices and performances that make up promotional culture in everyday life, offering diverse critical perspectives on how, as citizens, consumers, and users, we absorb, navigate, confront, and resist its influence.

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.

Sections

Audience Section (570.23 kB)

Communication Policy and Technology Section (575.18 kB)

Community Communication Section (443.67 kB)

Emerging Scholars Network Section (477.17 kB)

Gender and Communication Section (428.71 kB)

History Section (393.83 kB)

International Communication Section (559.25 kB)

Journalism Research and Education Section (713.96 kB)

Law Section (218.73 kB)

Media and Sport Section (241.08 kB)

Media Education Research Section (366.56 kB)

Mediated Communication and Public Opinion Section (626.51 kB)

Participatory Communication Research Section (566.03 kB)

Political Communication Research Section (809.25 kB)

Political Economy Section (554.67 kB)

Working Groups

Comic Art Working Group (146.51 kB)

Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group (276.45 kB)

Diaspora and Media Working Group (170.66 kB)

Digital Divide Working Group (243.04 kB)

Environment, Science and Risk Communication Working Group (388.19 kB)

Ethics of Society and Ethics of Communication Working Group (205.18 kB)

European Public Broadcasting Policies Working Group (176.71 kB)

Health Communication and Change Working Group (242.91 kB)

Islam and Media Working Group (133.03 kB)

Media Production Analysis Working Group (254.56 kB)

Media, Religion and Culture Working Group (297 kB)

Popular Culture Working Group (249.59 kB)

Post Socialist and Post Authoritarian Working Group (202.82 kB)

Emerging Themes

Crisis Communication Emerging Theme (300.35 kB)

Visual Culture Emerging Theme (228.37 kB)

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.

Once regarded as a system in decline, public service broadcasters have acquired renewed legitimacy in the digital environment, as drivers of digital take-up, innovators and trusted brands.

Exploring this remarkable transformation, 'Reinventing Public Service Television for the Digital Future' engages with the new opportunities and challenges facing public service media, outlining the ways in which interactive technologies are now expanding the delivery of diverse goals and enhancing public accountability.

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.