On 11 March 2025, the Political Economy Section hosted a webinar to launch the book "Intersectionality, Political Economy, and Media" by Carolyn Byerly. The webinar explained the logic of integrating feminist theory, critical race theory, and critical political economy theory. Watch the recording here.
The Gender and Communication Section has released its February newsletter, featuring a call for session chairs and reviewers for IAMCR 2025, as well as other updates of interest to section members. Read it here.
The Inclusive Communication and People with Disabilities Working Group recently organised two webinars on inclusive communication, bringing together leading scholars to advance international discussions on inclusivity, accessibility, and equity in media and communication research. Watch the recordings here.
The Music, Audio, Radio and Sound Working Group has released its January newsletter with a call for papers and call for reviewers for IAMCR 2025, and the Christchurch 2024 report.
The recording of the webinar "Democracy and media: Reflections from around the world" hosted by the Communication, Social Justice and Democracy Working Group is now available here. The webinar reflects on the intersection of democracy and media in India, Indonesia, Turkey and Brazil.
The Health Communication Working Group has released its January newsletter with a tribute to Professor Warren Feek, a recap on Christchurch 2024, a call for reviewers for IAMCR 2025 and news of interest to its members.
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.