The 2025 FAO/IAMCR Rural Communication Services Awards winners are: Subekti W. Priyadharma (Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia), Mohammad Sahid Ullah (University of Chittagong, Bangladesh), and Li Zhang (Tsinghua University, China).
The Political Communication Research Section issued its June newsletter, where you can find updates on IAMCR Singapore, LATAM and Section Paper Awards, job postings, call for papers and recent publications from our members.
The draft schedule of IAMCR 2025 is now available for consultation. It currently only shows parallel sessions, primarily the paper presentation sessions of our thematic sections and working groups.
IAMCR is pleased to announce that the 2025 Climate Communication Award winners are Elena Maydell, Massey University (New Zealand) and Inessa Love, University of Hawaii (USA) and Daniel Renz Roc, University of the Philippines Los Baños (the Philippines).
The voting period for the Sections and Working Groups heads election has ended. We would like to thank all of the candidates who expressed their willingness to serve as a section or working group officer and also to all who voted. See the results here.
IAMCR is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Urban Communication Awards: Miao Chu (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China) and Connie Yuan (Cornell University, USA), Hui Wong (McGill University, Canada) and Krishna Priya, (Mizoram University, India).
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.