History Section

The History Section aims to encourage and support historical research on media and communication. The Section emphasises media history and the historical relations between the media and politics and a variety of perspectives on the globalisation of communication since the 19th century. Members are interested in work that foregrounds the role of communication technologies and applications in social formation and historical change, including critiques of perspectives that see today’s information societies as emerging out of a clear break with the past.

Chair: Nelson Costa Ribeiro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon) [Contact]
Vice-chair: Gideon Kouts (University of Paris 8, France) [Contact]


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Audience history conference

25 May, 2017 - IAMCR's History Section is co-sponsoring a pre-conference that will take place on May 25, 2017, prior to the ICA in San Diego. The topic is: “Audiences? The familiar unknown of communication historiography”. The preconference is dedicated to bringing together scholars from across the spectrum of communication research and from around the globe to illuminate the history of audiences, media practices and media use.

Istanbul 2011 - History Section Call for Papers

istanbulThe 2011 IAMCR Conference will be held in Istanbul (Turkey) from July 13-17. The overall conference theme is 'Cities, Creativity and Connectivity'. Along with this topic, which is closely related to our interest as researchers, the History Section also proposes specific sessions for papers devoted to other topics.

This notice is to call for submissions for the History Section of the IAMCR Program.

Braga 2010 - History Section Call for Papers

The 2010 IAMCR Conference will be held in Braga (Portugal) from July 18-22. The overall conference theme is “Communication and Citizenship. Rethinking Crisis and Change”. Along with this topic, which is closely related to our interest as researchers, the History Section also proposes specific sessions for papers devoted to other topics.

This notice is to call for submissions for the History Section of the IAMCR Program.

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