IAMCR is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Urban Communication Awards: Ziran Zhao, Taesik Kim, Kun Sang, Zihao Zhao and Sheng Lyu.
IAMCR is pleased to announce the winners of the Media Production Automation Award 2026 Reformulation of Media Production in a Global Context of Automation: AI, social platforms, algorithms, robots, generative technological innovation.
IAMCR members are cordially invited to attend the Association's General Assembly which will take place on 2 July 2026 at 15:45, at the Bailey Allen Hall - Alumni Plaza / Aras na MacLeinn, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
IAMCR is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Decolonising the Digital Award. This award recognises outstanding academic work that contribute to our understanding of the new global dynamics of digital politics, cultures, and infrastructures.
The programme of IAMCR 2026 Galway is now available for download. It includes the detailed schedule of section and working group parallel sessions. The programme brings together more than 1,700 papers across over 400 sessions, reflecting the diversity of research, perspectives, and debates that will shape IAMCR 2026 in Galway.
IAMCR is pleased to announce that the 2026 award in memory of Herbert I. Schiller will be awarded to Sanjay Jolly (University of Pennsylvania) for his paper titled: "Telecommunications, Digital Convergence, and the Unmaking of the Postwar Liberal Order, 1945-74".
IAMCR books
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.
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.
Members' books
Edited by IAMCR member Surbhi Dahiya this book offers a comprehensive exploration into the multifaceted dimensions of communication, from its historical roots to its contemporary dynamics and future possibilities.
Written by IAMCR member Neil Thurman this book explores the multifaceted dynamics of media change across technologies and societies.
Written by IAMCR members Lars Willnat, David H. Weaver and Cleveland Wilhoit this book offers a timely, comparative portrait of journalism during a period of crisis for both the nation and the news media.
Written by IAMCR member Jörg Becker this book explores the early political and intellectual development of Richard Sorge, drawing on 43 of his previously unpublished journalistic articles from 1920–1922.