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.
An online Extraordinary General Assembly of IAMCR will be held on Monday 9 February 2026 to consider proposed amendments to the IAMCR Statutes and to share an update on preparations for IAMCR 2026 in Galway.
The Communication, Social justice and Democracy (CJD) Working Group shares updates on its January 2026 online meeting, calls for participation in upcoming conferences, and recent publications by its members.
On 29 January, 2026, the Political Economy and the Popular Culture Sections hosted a panel discussion on East Asian Media Culture in the Age of Digital Platforms, focusing on the convergence of popular culture and digital platforms in the East Asian context. Watch the recording here.
IAMCR books
Edited by Thomas Tufte, Vinod Pavarala and Eliza Govender, this is the thirteenth title in the series Global Handbooks in Media and Communications, co-published by IAMCR and Wiley-Blackwell.
Edited by María T. Soto-Sanfiel and Virpi Salojärvi
This book redefines how we understand journalism in today’s emotionally charged world, bringing together 60 leading scholars from across five continents to investigate how emotion shapes journalism theory, production practices, content, and audience engagement.
Members' books
Written by IAMCR members Rodrigo Gómez and Luis A. Albornoz this book highlights Netflix's pivotal role in shaping the landscape of audiovisual distribution and production on a worldwide scale.
Written by IAMCR member Sebastián Aravena-Ortiz this book examines how Chilean environmental organisations use visual digital media to shape public discourse, build collective identity, and collaborate during political upheaval.
Written by IAMCR member Nur Kareelawati Abd Karim this book explores the ‘culture of caution’ within Islamic television talk show production, with a primary focus on the Islam Channel in the United Kingdom.
Edited by IAMCR members Jorge Vázquez-Herrero, María-Cruz Negreira-Rey and Ana-Isabel Rodríguez-Vázquez this book offers offers a pioneering contribution to the scholarly exploration of journalism on TikTok.