Diaspora and Media Working Group

This Working Group aims to examine the role of diaspora groups in the production and consumption of the media from a variety of perspectives including the roles of cultural and discursive practices, the implications of new information technologies, the nature of globally dispersed diasporic communities.

Co-Chair: Sofía Cavalcanti Zanforlin (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil) [Contact]
Co-Chair: Jessica Retis (University of Arizona, United States) [Contact]
Vice-Chair: Sumana Chattopadhyay (Marquette University, United States) [Contact]

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This Working Group is concerned with the production and consumption of the media by globally dispersed diasporic communities. The changing relationship between diasporas and globalisation is examined in the light of the transnationalisation of the media and the reconfigurations of place, space and culture that affect everyday life for diasporic communities. Areas of interest include the interplay of the transnational and the local in diasporic communications, diasporic communications and identities, audiences and diasporic cultural politics, diasporic cultural production and consumption, and the tension between integration, cultural separatism and hybridity. This Working Group is also associated with Media Production and Consumption theme.

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Diaspora, media & COVID-19

The Diaspora and Media Working Group, in association with the Journal of Global Diaspora and Media, invites scholars to submit abstracts for a special issue titled Migrations, Diasporas and Media: Human Rights and (In)mobility during the Pandemic. The issue will be edited by the heads of the working group.

IAMCR 2013 - Diasporas and the Media Working Group - Call for Papers

altThe IAMCR Diasporas and the Media Working Group invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the IAMCR 2013 conference to be held from 25 to 29 June, 2013 at the Helix Conference Centre at Dublin City University, Ireland (http://iamcr2013dublin.com).

The conference will be held under the general theme, Crises, ‘Creative Destruction’ and the Global Power and Communication Orders. We will consider proposals on any issue within the broader Working Group research areas, but will prioritize proposals relating to the Conference theme addressing questions such as ‘How are diasporic media affected in the current crisis environment?’, ‘What is the role of Diasporic Media and communications networks in an era of rapid change?’ or ‘How do diasporic communities and media respond to the current waves of racism and exclusive politics in crisis-stricken societies?”.

Istanbul 2011 - Diaspora and Media Working Group Call for Papers

istanbulThe Diaspora and Media working group is calling for papers for a session of the working group meeting in Istanbul 2011, to continue to foster research and debate in this exciting new field.

Media research and theory has given a great deal of attention over the last three decades to increasing flows of media products and services on a global scale, it has only recently shown interest in the flows of people which the media tend to follow.

Braga 2010 - Diaspora and Media Working Group Call for Papers

braga_2010The Diasporas and the Media working group is calling for papers for a session of the working group meeting in Braga 2010, to continue to foster research and debate in this exciting new field.

Media research and theory has given a great deal of attention over the last three decades to increasing flows of media products and services on a global scale, it has only recently shown interest in the flows of people which the media tend to follow.

Migrants, refugees, sojourners, exiles, expatriates and especially diasporas of people who are living outside their actual or imagined homelands form markets for cultural or language-specific programming, both from global and local sources, and generally make use of the media in new and interesting ways. What is more, they often establish new media networks and institutions and engage in the production and distribution of content that reflects their diasporic experiences. This fluid, adaptive relationship of media and people on a global basis has implications for national media and cultures, as we have known them, even for our understanding of the very concept of culture itself.

Stockholm 2008 - Diaspora and Media Working Group Call for Papers

EXTENDED DEADLINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2008!

The Diasporas and the Media working group is calling for papers for a session of the working group meeting in Stockholm 2008, to continue to foster research and debate in this exciting new field.

Media research and theory has given a great deal of attention over the last three decades to increasing flows of media products and services on a global scale, it has only recently shown interest in the flows of people which the media tend to follow.

Working Group on ‘Diaspora and the Media’ Call For Papers

IAMCR 2007 conference - ‘Media, Communication, Information: Celebrating 50 years of Theories and Practices’, in Paris, France, July 23-25, 2007.

The working group successfully conducted its second sessions in Cairo
in July 2006, and is calling for papers for a session of the working
group meeting in Paris 2007, to continue to foster research in this
exciting new field.

Media research and theory has given a great
deal of attention over the last three decades to increasing flows of
media products and services on a global scale, although it has only
recently shown interest in the flows of people which the media tend to
follow.

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