11 March, 2025 - The Political Economy Section will host a webinar to launch the book "Intersectionality, Political Economy, and Media" by Carolyn Byerly. The webinar will explain the logic of integrating feminist theory, critical race theory, and critical political economy theory. Register by 9 March.
The Music, Audio, Radio and Sound Working Group has released its January newsletter with a call for papers and call for reviewers for IAMCR 2025, and the Christchurch 2024 report.
IAMCR offers awards and grants for authors of papers accepted for presentation at our 2025 conference. These include travel grants, awards for excellent papers dealing with climate change communication, urban communication, and rural communication services, the award in Memory of Stuart Hall, and a new thematic award Decolonising the Digital.
The recording of the webinar "Democracy and media: Reflections from around the world" hosted by the Communication, Social Justice and Democracy Working Group is now available here. The webinar reflects on the intersection of democracy and media in India, Indonesia, Turkey and Brazil.
The Health Communication Working Group has released its January newsletter with a tribute to Professor Warren Feek, a recap on Christchurch 2024, a call for reviewers for IAMCR 2025 and news of interest to its members.
28-29 March, 2025 - IAMCR will co-sponsor an International Symposium for PhD students and early-career scholars in China. The event is co-organized by Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and the Communication University of China (CUC).
IAMCR books
By Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds is the 22nd title in the Palgrave/IAMCR book series Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research. The book explores the ways in which adolescents in Nigeria domesticate technology and the role of digital gatekeepers such as parents, guardians, and teachers in their digital lifeworlds.
By Aliaa Dakroury, The Instant World Report focuses on Canada's pioneering role in shaping the international understanding of the right to communicate, particularly through the Canadian Telecommission Studies of 1969. The 23rd title in the Palgrave/IAMCR book series Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research.
Members' books
Edited by IAMCR members Anna Gladkova and Elena Vartanova, together with Shi-xu, this book looks at the rise of new digital divides and reveals how these inequalities affect cross-cultural communication from a cultural discourse studies perspective.
Edited by IAMCR member Abiodun Salawu and Kehinde Oyesomi, this volume highlights the benefits of using African languages in marketing communications, including increased understanding and resonance with the target audience.
Collaborative Change: Towards Inclusive Rural Communication Services is a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IAMCR. It showcases the work of IAMCR's Rural Communication Working Group and the FAO/IAMCR Rural Communication Services Research Awards.
By Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer, this book is a theoretical reflection on the intersection of democracy and media through a constructionist lens.