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: Brian Pindayi (Cornerstone University/Rusangu University, Zambia) [Contact]
Co-chair: Sumana Chattopadhyay (Marquette University, United States) [Contact]
Vice chair: Sofía Cavalcanti Zanforlin (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil) [Contact]
Vice chair: Jessica Retis (University of Arizona, 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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In June 2023, the Diaspora and Media Working Group concluded its series of roundtables, titled "Global South Perspectives on International Migration, Diasporas, and Mobility in the Post-digital Era", with a focus on Latin America. Watch the recording here.
IAMCR's Diaspora and Media 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.
The Diaspora and Media Working Group (DIM) will be holding online elections for one chair and two vice-chair positions, for the term 2023 - 2027. The deadline to submit candidacies is 17 May.
IAMCR's Diaspora and Media 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.
On 27 June 2022 two online roundtables on 'Global South Perspectives on International Migration, Diasporas and Mobility in the Post-digital Era' were organised by IAMCR’s Diaspora and Media Working Group. One of them focused on Africa and the other on Asia. Watch the recordings here.
IAMCR's Diaspora and Media 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.
IAMCR's Diaspora and Media 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.
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's Diaspora and Media 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 Diaspora and Media Working Group will run elections for the Chair and Vice-chair positions during its business meeting at the IAMCR 2019 conference in Madrid.
The IAMCR Diaspora and Media Working Group will run elections for the Chair and Vice-chair positions during its business meeting at the IAMCR 2019 conference in Madrid.
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 Diaspora and Media Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research invites interdisciplinary papers (abstracts) and panel proposals (including abstracts) that engage with a diverse variety of questions on diasporic communities and their experiences
The IAMCR Diaspora and the Media Working Group invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the IAMCR 2015 conference to be held in Montréal from 12th to 16th July 2015.
Call for Proposals - IAMCR 2014 - Diaspora and the Media Working GroupThe IAMCR Diaspora and the Media Working Group invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the IAMCR 2014 conference to be held from 15 to 19 July, 2014 in Hyderabad, India.
Conference website: http://iamcr2014.org/
The 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?”.
The IAMCR Diasporas and the Media Working Group invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the IAMCR 2012 conference to be held from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012.
The 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.
The 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.
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.
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.