Collaborative Change: Towards Inclusive Rural Communication Services is a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IAMCR. It showcases the work of IAMCR's Rural Communication Working Group and the FAO/IAMCR Rural Communication Services Research Awards.
On 17 January, the newly created Inclusive Communication and People with Disabilities Working Group held a webinar exploring inclusive communication from the point of view of those with visible and invisible disabilities, broadly conceived. Watch the recording here.
On 9 January 2025 the Political Economy Section, along with guest panelist Peichi Chung (Chinese University of Hong Kong), delivered an interactive workshop to help scholars prepare abstracts for the 2025 Singapore Conference. The session covered topics such as evaluation criteria, reviewer roles, and the abstract selection process.
The recording of the webinar hosted on 13 December 2024 by the Communication Policy & Technology (CPT) Section and the National Institute of Science in Informational Disputes and Sovereignties (INCT DSI, Brazil) is now available. The session explored the complexities of digital sovereignty from a Global South perspective.
The Gender and Communication Section has released its December newsletter, featuring a call for topics, abstracts and reviewers for IAMCR 2025, funding opportunities, a report of the October business meeting, recent publications, and other updates of interest to section members. Read it here.
IAMCR condemns the abuse of the penal system in Azerbaijan for political purposes, and calls upon the Azeri government and upon the President, Ilham Aliyev, to immediately release all scholars, journalists and activists who exercise their freedom of expression and academic freedom and are prisoners for that reason.
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
Democratising Spy Watching: Examines how public actors across Southern Africa have stepped in to oversee intelligence-driven digital surveillance where formal oversight mechanisms fall short. Co-edited by Jane Duncan, an IAMCR member, the book highlights public oversight as a critical response to expanding surveillance powers.
Mongrelisation: Reinterprets why diversity and inclusion matter by reclaiming the figure of the “mongrel” as a source of dignity and worth. By IAMCR member Colin Chasi, the book draws on African moral traditions such as Ubuntu and Maat to foreground hybridity, mixing, and crossing as central to human history and culture.
Navigating Trauma in African Journalism: Scholarly Foundations and Secondary Trauma: Examines how sub-Saharan African journalists navigate secondary trauma from reporting violence and crises. Edited by IAMCR members Kealeboga Aiseng and Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, it foregrounds care, resilience, and mental health in journalistic practice.
Mediating Imperfect AI explores how journalists emotionally and ethically navigate the integration of artificial intelligence in their work. Written by Carolina Escudero, the book advances a human-centred, critically reflective approach to AI beyond simple acceptance or resistance.