The IAMCR 2020 online conference will begin on 12 July with an opening plenary. Following that will be the launch of IAMCR Online Conference Papers. A series of Online Sessions and Plenaries will be streamed throughout the week until the closing, on 17 July.
Below is the general structure for IAMCR 2020, featuring:
- Six online plenary sessions (opening, unclosing, and four themetic plenaries). See the plenary programme.
- The bi-annual General Assembly
- Twenty-six Online Sessions, prepared by participating Sections and Working Groups*
- 680 Online Conference Papers, short papers to read and comment on
Online activities will be first presented at the times shown in the programme below. Once presented they will remain online and accessible until 12 September.
All times are expressed in Tampere local time (UTC/GMT+3 hours).
*Green slots correspond to Section and Working Groups online video sessions.
| Sunday 12 July |
Monday 13 July |
Tuesday 14 July |
Wednesday 15 July |
Thursday 16 July |
Friday 17 July |
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| 09:00 | Audience | Comic Art | Global Media Policy | Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication | ||
| 11:00 | International Communication | Popular Culture | Media Production Analysis | Media, Communication and Sport | ||
| 13:00 | Visual Culture | Gender and Communication | Political Communication Research | Participatory Communication Research | ||
| 15:00 | Opening Plenary | Plenary theme 1 | Plenary theme 2 | Plenary theme 3 | Plenary theme 4 | General Assembly |
| 16:00 | Online Conference Papers premiere | Media Education Research | Digital Divide | Communication Policy & Technology | Flow34 | |
| The Unclosing | ||||||
| 18:00 | Law | Public Service Media Policies | History | Media Sector Development Webinar | ||
| 20:00 | Emerging Scholars Network | Rural Communication | Community Comm. and Alternative Media | |||
| 22:00 | Ethics of Society & Ethics of Communication | Diaspora and Media | Journalism Research and Education | |||