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Many Voices, One Forum: Reflections on the International Association for Media and Communication Research

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IAMCR Galway 2026 / Peripheries and Connections

28 June - 2 July 2026
University of Galway
Galway, Ireland

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International Association for Media and Communication Research

IAMCR is the preeminent worldwide professional organisation in the field of media and communication research.

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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".

The Health Communication Working Group’s February 2026 newsletter highlights IAMCR 2026 conference in Galway, a call for reviewers, and upcoming events of interest to members.

The Gender and Communication Section has released its February 2026 newsletter, featuring an International Women’s Day webinar, an update on the list of reviewers, an interview with Yang Ding and more.

On 9 March, 2026, the Gender and Communication Section in collaboration with the Department of Media Studies, Notre Dame University, Louaize (NDU), hosted a webinar celebrating International Women's Day.

Volume 12, Issue 1 of The Political Economy of Communication journal is now available. This special guest-edited issue focuses on communication and climate issues.

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

Edited by: IAMCR member Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u his book is the first scholarly work dedicated to examining the complex relationship between artificial intelligence and communicating the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Written by IAMCR member Geo Takach, this book explores methods of bringing environmentalist, art-based and Indigenous ways of knowing and being into dialogue to improve relationships with the Earth and Her First Peoples.

Edited by IAMCR member Mausumi Bhattacharyya and Rajib Shaw, this book provides a thorough coverage of different topics related to climate change, disaster resilience and gender.

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.