The overall aim of Islam and Media Working Group is to contribute to the global research efforts seeking to understand social and political realities, the current transformation of the media landscape and theoretical frameworks from the Islamic worldview. The Group strongly encourages scholars to contribute from different ontological, epistemological and axiological positions with the aim to generate debates to work for common ground in media and communication research.
We believe that redressing the gaps of misunderstanding between cultures and civilizations starts from knowledge production, dissemination, and consumption. We recognize that the dominant western tradition of research in journalism and communication has proved to be inadequate to deconstruct and understand media around the globe. The group aims to encourage indigenous and localized philosophical traditions in the Muslim World to enrich the base of journalism and communication research.
To encourage high quality submissions, the Islam and Media Working Group offers awards of excellence each year to three papers presented at the main IAMCR conference.
Chair: Fatma Elzahraa Elsayed (Cairo University, Egypt) [contact]
Vice-Chair: Abida Ashraf (University of the Punjab, Pakistan) [contact]
Vice-Chair: Saima E. Shahid (University of Punjab, Pakistan) [contact]
See the list of all current members of the Islam and Media Working Group.
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Islam and Media Working Group (ISM-WG) celebrated its sixth consecutive year of recognising outstanding scholarship in the field by honoring research that significantly advances the understanding of Islam, media representations, and digital public spheres.
The Islam and Media Working Group (ISM) will be holding online elections for one chair and two vice-chair positions, for the term 2024 - 2028. The deadline to submit candidacies is 16 April.
IAMCR's Islam and Media Working Group invites submissions for IAMCR 2024, which will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 30 June to 4 July 2024. The deadline for submission is 7 February 2024, at 23.59 UTC.
IAMCR's Islam and Media Working Group invites proposals for IAMCR 2023, to be held in Lyon, France, from 9 to 13 July (Lyon23) with an Online Conference Papers (OCP23) component from 26 June to 5 July. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2023, at 23.59 UTC.
The Islam and Media Working Group is pleased to announce that three awards for outstanding papers will be offered to members of the working group presenting papers at the online conference IAMCR Beijing 2022.
The Islam and Media Working Group is pleased to announce the ISM-WG award winners of IAMCR Nairobi 2021: Laura Cervi (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain), Jing Jiayi (Tsinghua University, China) and Saima E. Shahid (National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan).
IAMCR's Islam and Media Working Group invites the submission of proposals for papers and panels for IAMCR 2022, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July 2022. The conference will also have a national hub at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2021, at 23.59 UTC.
IAMCR's Islam and Media Working Group invites the submission of proposals for single papers and multi-paper sessions (the online conference equivalent of a panel in a face to face conference) for IAMCR 2021, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July, with a regional hub in Nairobi, Kenya. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2021, at 23.59 UTC.
The Islam and Media Working Group is pleased to announce that awards worth a total of USD 600 will be offered to members of the working group presenting papers at IAMCR Nairobi 2021.
IAMCR's Islam and Media Working Group is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 awards for excellence, Daniel Cao, Pizwak Imtiaz and Sidra Tariq Jamil, and congratulates them for the papers that enriched the research scope of the working group.
The IAMCR Islam and Media (ISM) Working Group will be holding online elections in 2020 for the positions of one Chair and two Vice-chairs. The deadline to submit candidacies is 10 June 2020.
The Islam and Media Working Group is pleased to announce that awards worth a total of USD 1,000 will be offered to members of the working group presenting papers at the IAMCR 2020 online conference.
IAMCR's Islam and Media Working Group invites the submission of abstracts of papers and proposals for panels for the 2020 conference of the Association, which will be held from 12 to 16 July, 2020 at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold its annual conference from 20-24 June 2018 at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold its annual conference from 16-20 July, 2017 in Cartagena, Colombia.
The IAMCR Islam and Media Working Group will hold elections during the group business meeting at the upcoming IAMCR conference in Leicester. Both the chair and the two vice-chairs positions are open. The terms run for four years.
The Islam and Media Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the 2016 IAMCR Conference to be held from 27 -31 July, 2016 in Leicester, UK.
The Islam and Media Working Group invites submissions of abstracts for papers for the 2015 IAMCR conference to be held from 12-16 July, 2015 at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal, Canada.
Call for Papers - Islam and Media Working Group (CfP)Islam and Media Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the IAMCR 2014 conference to be held from July 15-19, 2014 at Hyderabad (India). The deadline for submissions of extended abstracts for papers and panel proposals is midnight GMT on 10 February 2014.
Conference website: http://iamcr2014.org
The Islam and Media Working Group of IAMCR invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the next annual IAMCR conference to be held from 25-29 June 2013 at Dublin City University, Ireland.
We request you to read this CFP in full, and note all details and requirements regarding submissions.
IAMCR's Islam and Media Working Group invites submission of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the IAMCR 2012 conference to be held from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa.
Islam and Media Working Group invites submissions for its sessions at the 2011 IAMCR Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17 2011. The papers should be within the framework of the general theme with emerging trends in journalism and media studies in the Muslim world.
IAMCR 2010 Conference
Communication and Citizenship, Rethinking Crisis and Change
Braga, Portugal, 18-22 July 2010
The Islam and Media Working Group of the IAMCR invites the submission of abstracts for the IAMCR Braga Conference, July 18-22, 2010, on relevant aspects of the theme 'Communications and Citizenship: Re-thinking Crisis and Change'
Islam and Media Working Group welcomes proposals for papers for the 2009 IAMCR Conference, which will be held in Mexico City at the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco-UNAM, July 21-24.
Islam and Media Working Group encourages submissions focusing on the general conference theme, “Human Rights and Communication," and papers that address theory and applications related to the study of Islamic communication and human rights.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2008!
The Islam and Media Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the 2008 IAMCR Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, July 20-25, 2008.