Media Education Research Section
Media Education Research Section
The Media Education Research (MER) Section encourages research into the theory and practice of media education across formal, non-formal, and informal (including DIY) teaching and learning settings.
Rather than focusing on instrumental evaluations of educational technologies, MER is concerned with critically examining the pedagogical practices, experiences, needs, and possibilities of individuals and communities living in, and with, contemporary media forms, practices, languages, technologies, and institutions.
Chair: Michael Hoechsmann (Lakehead University, Canada) [Contact]
Vice chair: Oscar Mario Miranda-Villanueva (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico) [Contact]
Vice chair: Ana Rayen Condeza (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile) [Contact]
Vice chair: Devina Sarwatay (City University of London, UK) [Contact]
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Media Education Research Section email: iamcr.mer.section@gmail.com
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Media Education Research Section - Call for Proposals 2025
The Media Education Research (MER) Section 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.
IAMCR 2024 - Call for proposals
IAMCR's Media Education Research Section 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.
Media Education Research Section - elections 2023
The Media Education Research Section (MER) will be holding online elections for one chair and three vice-chair positions, for the term 2023 - 2027. The deadline to submit candidacies is 17 May.
IAMCR 2023 - Call for proposals
IAMCR's Media Education Research Section 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.
IAMCR Beijing 2022 - Call for proposals
IAMCR's Media Education Research Section 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.
Media Education: Movement or Field?
09 June 2021 - The Media Education Research Section hosted the pre-recording of its special session for the 2021 IAMCR Conference titled Is Media Education a Movement or a Field? as part of the IAMCR webinar series. Watch it at the IAMCR Webinars Channel on Vimeo.
IAMCR 2021 call for proposals - Deadline 9 February
IAMCR's Media Education Research Section 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.
IAMCR 2020 call for proposals - Deadline 10 February
IAMCR's Media Education Research Section 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.
Section Head Election 2019 - Call for candidates and statements
The IAMCR Media Education Research Section will run elections for both/ all section chairs during its business meeting during IAMCR 2019 in Madrid.
Handbook on Media Education Research
IAMCR's Media Education Research (MER) section invites chapter proposals for the Handbook on Media Education Research edited by Divina Frau Meigs, Sirkku Kotilainen, Manisha Pathak-Shelat together with Michael Hoechsmann and Stuart R. Poyntz as section editors.
IAMCR 2018 call for proposals - Deadline 31 January
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.
IAMCR 2017 call for proposals - Deadline 9 February
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold its annual conference from 16-20 July, 2017 in Cartagena, Colombia.
IAMCR 2016 - Call for Proposals - Deadline 15 February
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the 2016 IAMCR conference to be held from 27 -31 July, 2016 in Leicester, UK.
IAMCR 2015: Media Education Research Section - CfP- Deadline 9 February
The Media Education Research Section 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.
IAMCR 2014: Media Education Research Section - CfP - Deadline 10 February
Media Education Research Section
Call for papers for the 2014 IAMCR Conference, Hyderabad, India, July 15-19 2014
The IAMCR 2014 conference will be held in Hyderabad, India, July 15-19, 2014. The Media Education Research Section invites submissions of individual research papers and complete panels proposals.
IAMCR 2013 - Media Education Research Section - Call for Papers
IAMCR 2013 - Media Education Research Section - Call for Papers
The MER - Media Education Research Section - warmly accepts paper submissions for the next IAMCR conference to be held at the Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, from 25 to 29 June, 2013. "Crises, 'Creative Destruction' and the Global Power and Communication Orders" is the overarching theme proposed to participants, which may be taken into account, when deciding the paper to present. The proposals may involve both individual papers and collective panels.
IAMCR 2012 - Media Education Research Section Call for Papers
IAMCR Conference in Durban, South Africa, July 15-19, 2012
The Media Education Research Section (MER) warmly invites submissions (both individual proposals and collective panels) for the next IAMCR conference to be held at the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. The section is interested in papers bearing on all the dimensions of media education research, to promote further the construction of our field:
Istanbul 2011 - Media Education Research Section Call for Papers
The Media Education Research Section will be organizing panels at the 2011 IAMCR conference in Istanbul, Turkey. The section is interested in papers bearing on all the dimensions of media education research:
Braga 2010 - Media Education Research Section
The Media Education Research Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the IAMCR Conference that will be held in Braga (Portugal) 2010 from July 18-22. The overall conference theme is 'Communication and Citizenship. Rethinking Crisis and Change'.