The Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group aims at providing a forum for scholars researching the mediation of political and economic crisis and 'scandals', wars and terrorism, disasters, catastrophes and risks, combining global and local perspectives. We adopt a broad understanding of crisis communication with theoretical contributions from different perspectives and disciplines and hope to stimulate fruitful discussions about threat-image constructions and the consequences for democracy and civil rights. This means that we avoid a more narrow-eyed public relations perspective concerned with offering 'best practice' advice for commercial corporations. Today studies on the field are conducted in many different disciplines, media- and communication studies and journalism studies being among them.
Within the IAMCR the academic debate about these topics has been going on in many different sections and working groups. We think the field of crises communication will benefit from having a common meeting point for communication scholars working both with journalism studies and political communication.
Chair: Virpi Salojärvi (University of Vaasa, University of Helsinki, Finland) [Contact]
Vice-chair: Paul Reilly (University of Sheffield, UK) [Contact]
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IAMCR's Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication 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 Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication 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 Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group (CRI) will be holding online elections for one Chair position, for the term 2022 - 2026. The deadline to submit candidacies is 29 April.
IAMCR's Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication 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.
The Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group (CRI) will be holding online elections for a Vice-chair position, for the term 2021 - 2025. The deadline to submit candidacies is 4 June.
IAMCR's Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication 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.
IAMCR's Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication 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 IAMCR Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group will be holding elections during the business meeting at the upcoming conference in Eugene, Oregon. The date and time of the business meeting will be included in the final programme of the IAMCR 2018 conference.
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 Crisis Communication Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the 2016 IAMCR Conference to be held from 27-30 July 2016 in Leicester, UK.
The Crisis Communication Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the 2015 IAMCR Conference.
Crisis Communication Working Group - Call for Proposals - IAMCR 2014The Crisis Communication Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the IAMCR 2014 conference to be held in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, July 15-19, 2014.
The Crisis Communication Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the IAMCR 2013 conference to be held in Dublin, Ireland, June 25-29, 2013. The conference will be held at the Dublin City University.
Theme: ‘South-North Conversations’
The Crisis Communication Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the IAMCR 2012 conference to be held in Durban, South Africa, July 15-19, 2012. The conference will be held at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN).
Deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals (300-500 words) is February 14, 2012.
The Working Group on Crisis Communication invites proposals for papers and panels to be presented at the 2011 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17, 2011. The theme for the 2011 conference will be 'Cities, Connectivity and Creativity'.
Papers from the full range of crisis communication research will be considered.
The Emerging Theme on Crisis Communication invites proposals for papers to be presented at the 2010 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference in Braga, Portugal, July 18-22, 2010. Papers from the full range of crisis communication research will be considered.
Key themes will include: