The Communication in Post and Neo-Authoritarian Societies (CPN) Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites the submission of abstracts for IAMCR 2025, which will be held in Singapore from 13 to 17 July 2025, hosted by the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University.
The deadline for submission is 7 February 2025, at 23h59 UTC.
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IAMCR conferences address many diverse topics defined by our 37 thematic sections and working groups. We also propose a single central theme to be explored throughout the conference with the aim of generating and exploring multiple perspectives. This is accomplished through plenary and special sessions, as well as in many of the sessions of the sections and working groups.
The 2025 central theme is Communicating Environmental Justice: Many Voices, One Planet. The theme highlights the critical intersection of diverse voices from various stakeholders and their collaborative action in addressing the pressing challenges of our time.
Consult a detailed description of the main theme
The working group on Communication in Post and Neo-Authoritarian Societies welcomes papers and multi-paper sessions both related to the conference theme and beyond, including such topics as:
- Neo-authoritarian principles and standards of media and communication
- Practices and challenges of environmental journalism in post- and neo-authoritarian societies
- Challenges for community engagement and activism in post- and neo-authoritarian societies
- Role of artificial intelligence in environmental communication in post- and neo-authoritarian societies
- Media structures, media systems, media technologies and journalism cultures in transition
- Mass media, journalism, digital platforms and politics in post- and neo-authoritarian societies
- Disinformation campaigns and the massive use of control systems in political and legal decision making
- Use of "soft power" in the context of post- and neo-authoritarian regimes
- Media and inequality in post- and neo-authoritarian societies
Guidelines for abstracts
Abstracts must be submitted exclusively through IAMCR’s submission system from 3 December 2024 through 7 February 2025, at 23.59 UTC.
Abstracts submitted to the Communication in Post and Neo-Authoritarian Societies Working Group should be between 800 and 1000 words. It is expected that each person will submit only one abstract. However, no author’s name should appear on more than two abstracts, either individually or as part of any group of authors and authors should not submit more than one abstract to any single section or working group.
Evaluation criteria
Submitted abstracts will generally be evaluated on the basis of:
- Technical merit
- Readability
- Originality and/or significance
- Use of or contribution to theory
- Relevance to the section and current trends or controversies in its field
- Depth of knowledge of the research, theory and/or literature related to the proposed topic as evidenced in the submission
- Acceptance of proposals may also be conditioned by programme diversity and balance criteria
Statement on use of AI tools
IAMCR does not encourage or condone the use of generative AI tools to prepare abstracts submitted for consideration for our conferences. IAMCR values originality, integrity, and transparency in academic work, and believes that human-authored contributions best support rigorous and innovative scholarship in media and communication research. Should an author choose to use a generative AI tool in the preparation of an abstract, we require that they include a clear statement within their submission disclosing the tool's use. This statement must specify: (1) the name of any AI tool used; (2) how the tool was used in preparing the abstract, and; (3) the reason for using the tool. Failure to disclose the use of generative AI in accordance with these guidelines may impact the evaluation and acceptance of the submission.
Languages
The Communication in Post- and Neo-Authoritarian Societies Working Group accepts abstracts in English and French.
Deadlines and key dates
The deadline to submit abstracts is 7 February 2025, at 23.59 UTC. For other key dates see https://iamcr.org/singapore2025/keydates. Dates are subject to change.
Contacts
For further information about the Communication in Post- and Neo-Authoritarian Societies Working Group, its themes, submissions and multi-paper sessions please contact the WG Heads: Katja Lehtisaari (katja.lehtisaari@tuni.fi), Anke Fiedler (anke.fiedler@uni-greifswald.de) or Anastasia Grusha (anastasia_grusha@mail.ru).
