IAMCR Singapore 2025
Communicating Environmental Justice
13-17 July 2025
Submit abstracts from 3 December to 7 February 2025 See the CfP
28-29 March, 2025 - IAMCR in collaboration with Xiaoling Zhang, our ambassador in China, will co-sponsor an International Symposium for PhD students and early-career scholars. The event is co-organized by Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and the Communication University of China (CUC). Submission deadline 15 December 2024.
5 December @14h00 UTC - The Publications Committee will be hosting the second in its round table series on open access. The webinar seeks to explore the practical aspects of open access publishing from the point of view of those at the center of our existing system - academic publishers. Register here.
13 December @13h00 UTC - Join the Communication Policy & Technology (CPT) Section and the National Institute of Science in Informational Disputed and Sovereignties (INCT DSI, Brazil) for an insightful webinar exploring the complex landscape of digital sovereignty from a Global South perspective.
The Participatory Communication Research Section's November newsletter is out! This issue includes news about IAMCR 2025, its call for papers, a call for reviewers and PCR members' updates and publications. Read it here.
9 January, 2025 - The Political Economy Section, along with guest panelist Peichi Chung (Chinese University of Hong Kong), will deliver an interactive workshop to help scholars prepare abstracts for the 2025 Singapore Conference. The session will cover topics such as evaluation criteria, reviewer roles, and the abstract selection process.
At its last general assembly meeting during the 2024 annual conference, IAMCR approved the establishment of four new working groups: the Communication, Social Justice and Democracy Working Group, the Inclusive Communication and People with Disabilities Working Group, the Multimodal Communication Research Working Group, and the Organisational Communication Working Group.
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
By Raymond Archee and Myra Gurney, this book explains key communication concepts and effective strategies that students will use to communicate in their professional lives, no matter what career they ultimately choose.
By Maria Laura Ruiu and Massimo Ragnedda, this book analyzes and understands the complexity of digital poverty by considering its intersecting nature with socioeconomic and environmental poverty.
By Pradip Ninan Thomas, this book explores the topic of gig work in India’s digital political economy, and the relationship between key factors such as start-ups, state governments, and platform providers.
Edited by Manuel Puppis, Robin Mansell and Hilde Van den Bulck, this state-of-the-art Handbook provides unique insights into the governance practices and institutions shaping digitalized public spheres.