IAMCR will host a special session at the annual conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The panel titled "The future of communication: New and old actors" will be held on 25 September at 11h30. IAMCR members attending the ECREA conference are cordially invited to join us at this special session.
The Department of Communications of Universitas Islam Indonesia has organised the seventh Indonesian Conference on Communication, Culture and Media Studies (CCCMS) in collaboration with Masduki, IAMCR’s ambassador in Indonesia. The conference will run from 27-29 August in Yogyacarta.
The Gender and Communication Section has issued its latest newsletter, featuring a comprehensive overview of the activities organised during the recent Christchurch conference, an extensive photo gallery from the conference, details of an upcoming event, and recent publications by section members. Read it here.
IAMCR is saddened by the passing of Lars Nord, a distinguished scholar and cherished member of the association. Read on for a tribute from his colleagues and friends, IAMCR VP Karen Arriaza Ibarra, former Head of the Political Communication Section Marie Grusell, and IC member Philippe Maarek.
The Participatory Communication Research Section's August newsletter is out! This issue includes a heartfelt thank you note for the outgoing PCR leadership, an introduction to the new team for 2024-28, a recap of the PCR programme highlights from IAMCR Christchurch 2024, and an invitation to IAMCR 2025 in Singapore.
Volume 10, Issue 2 of The Political Economy of Communication is now available. IAMCR colleagues that presented papers at the IAMCR 2024 conference are encouraged to submit their work to the journal.
IAMCR books
Edited by Jack Linchuan Qiu, Shinjoung Yeo and Richard Maxwell (2025)
This book provides a global perspective on labor and technology, exploring resistance, solidarity, and alternatives in digital capitalism.
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.
Members' books
This book by IAMCR member Claire Konkes analyses how news and other media contribute to our expectations and hopes for the role of law during environmental conflict.
Written by IAMCR member Anastasia Denisova, this book explores the urgent challenges of communicating climate change in the media. It goes to the very heart of what makes humans care about stories enough to act.
Edited by IAMCR members Nelson Ribeiro and Barbie Zelizer, this critical and timely collection argues for the centrality of propaganda in discussions about the contemporary media landscape and its informational ecosystems.
This memoir, completed just before longtime IAMCR member Vincent Mosco’s sudden death, chronicles the last half century of research, activism and teaching in critical communication, technology and society from the perspective of one of its pioneering figures.