13 May, 2026- This webinar explores disability and media in Sub-Saharan Africa, bringing together diverse perspectives to highlight key issues, share research, and amplify African scholarship in the field. Pre-register by 11 May.
Several IAMCR Sections and Working Groups are holding online elections from 13 to 27 May 2026. Current IAMCR members who were registered as members of the relevant Section or Working Group by 8 May are eligible to vote. Ballots are now open and candidates’ statements are available here.
On 20 April 2026, the Inclusive Communication and People with Disabilities Working Group hosted an Early Career Symposium on Disability Studies and Inclusive Communication, designed to foster collaboration, dialogue, and networking among emerging scholars. Watch the recording here.
On 24 April, 2026 the Comic Art Working Group hosted a roundtable on how comic art is used to frame political issues across contexts, from activism to public policy.
The Gender and Communication Section has released its April newsletter featuring highlights from the International Women’s Day webinar, an interview to a long term GEN member, updates related to IAMCR 2026, and other activities of interest to members. Read it here.
7 September, 2026 - The Communication, Social Justice and Democracy (CJD) Working Group will hold a joint conference with ECREA as a pre-conference to ECREA 2026 in Prague, under the title "Communicating narratives, imaginaries and epistemes of hope".
IAMCR books
Public Communication in Freefall is the latest title in the Palgrave/IAMCR book series Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research. It examines the challenges facing political communication in the 2020s, drawing on and critically updating Jay Blumler’s work to explore what publicness and democracy mean in a changing media and political environment.
Edited by Sudeshna Roy (2025)
This book delivers an authoritative exploration of a variety of critical conflicts in the world and a spectrum of approaches to peace communication.
Members' books
Written by IAMCR member By I. Arul Aram, this book examines the nuances of how the media conveys environmental issues, drawing on scientific facts and documenting grassroots realities, and influencing popular perceptions.
Edited by IAMCR member Jaka Primorac and Bård Kleppe, Miikka Pyykkönen, David Wright, this book gathers evidence and case studies from various parts of Europe and across the different sectors that comprise the creative industries, including the visual and performing arts, popular music, the platform economy, and film.
Written by Brett Caraway, this book explores the various schools of thought which have endeavored to understand the interactions between technological development, economic growth, and the movement of material and energy through biological and social systems.
Co-edited by Crystal Chokshi and IAMCR former president Robin Mansell, this book is about words that fool us into thinking that the digital technologies we use every day are beautiful, benign, and consequence-free.