IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

This Special Session aims to feature analysis and reflections from practitioners and academics on the matter in order to address some of the pressing issues emerging from the 'model' WikiLeaks has generated. The session should complement plans by other sections for WikiLeaks-related panels (such as a planned roundtable by the CPT and Law sections), as well as sessions that may emerge from paper submissions, ideally leading to a stream of WL-sessions. Read more >

Over the past few years, students and faculty in California, Puerto Rico, Quebec, Greece and England, and other regions where the government has customarily given strong support to higher education, have responded to massive fee increases with protests and strikes. In other countries universities and students have recently been at the center of social struggles, as have communications technologies. What does this mean for the nature of academic employment and research in Communications? And how does neoliberal policy affect academic research and practice in Communications, an interdisciplinary area of study incorporating both critical theory and research directly applicable to the business world? Read more >

During IAMCR's annual conference in Istanbul, Annabelle Sreberny,  president of the association, is organising and hosting a "presidential conversation" focused broadly on the cosmopolitan environment of cities, echoing the conference theme. The intention of these Presidential Conversations is to bring interlocutors from diverse disciplinary fields outside our main academic areas to debate with us. The focus of this session is broadly on the cosmopolitan environment of cities, echoing the conference theme. Read more >