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The International Association for Media and Communication Research - IAMCR - is a global professional association of media and communication researchers.
SAVE the DATE 🎉IAMCR 2027 is heading to São Paulo, Brazil! 📍Hosted by the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo (ECA/USP) in partnership with the Associação de Apoio à Arte e Comunicação (ARCO), the conference will take place from 18 to 22 July 2027.
New book! 📖The American Journalist Under Attack written by IAMCR Members Lars Willnat, David H. Weaver and G. Cleveland Wilhoit. ⏩This book offers a timely, comparative portrait of journalism during a period of crisis for both the nation and the news media. 📑Read more: iamcr.org/book-america...
New publication 📖 Written by IAMCR member Jörg Becker: Der spätere Spion, Richard Sorge 1918-1924 explores the early political and intellectual development of Richard Sorge, drawing on 43 of his previously unpublished journalistic articles from 1920–1922. 🔖Read more: iamcr.org/book-Becker-... #iamcr
New publication 📚The Inequality Regime of AI: Power, Allocation, and the Struggle for Justice by IAMCR Member Massimo Ragnedda and Maria Laura Ruiu. 📖 The authors trace a profound transition from inequalities of participation to inequalities of prediction. Read more: iamcr.org/book-Ragneda...
🥇 Meet the winners of IAMCR’s 2026 Urban Communication Awards! ✨Congratulations to: Ziran Zhao, Taesik Kim, Kun Sang, Zihao Zhao and Sheng Lyu. The awards will be presented at a special session during the IAMCR 2026 conference in Galway. More information about the winners: iamcr.org/awards/ucf20...
🥇IAMCR is pleased to announce the winners of the Media Production Automation Award 2026. 🌟The winner paper is: "Is Human-Machine Collaborative News Credible? An Online Experimental Study on Users’ Perceptions of Credibility" by Lingyu Chu, Lingbo Tu and Hang Li. Image by: Brett Jordan
✨🎖️ Meet the winners of IAMCR’s 2026 Decolonising the Digital Awards! Congratulations to: Mirca Madianou, Charlotte Hill, Hayso Thako, Mark Rasquinha, Helen Sissons and Brooklyne Gipson 👉 Read more: iamcr.org/awards/decol... #IAMCR2026 #DecoloniseTheDigital #DigitalJustice
The IAMCR 2026 Galway programme and conference app are now available! Explore more than 400 parallel sessions, plenaries, special and partner sessions, and download the conference app to plan your week in Galway. iamcr.org/galway2026/p...
🏆 IAMCR 2026 Herbert I. Schiller Award winner announced! Congratulations to the 2026 winner: Sanjay Jolly (University of Pennsylvania). Learn more about the award-winning paper here: iamcr.org/awards/schil...
New Book: edited by: IAMCR member Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u, Communicating Sustainable Development Goals in the Age of Artificial Intelligence is dedicated to examining the relationship between artificial intelligence and communicating the UN Sustainable Development Goals. iamcr.org/book-yushau_...
✨ Now featured in IAMCR Members’ Books: Gender, Climate Change and Disaster Resilience. Edited by IAMCR member Mausumi Bhattacharyya and Rajib Shaw. This book provides a thorough coverage of different topics related to climate change, disaster resilience and gender. Read: iamcr.org/book-bhattac...
✨NEW BOOK✨Green Narratives Media and Environment in a Changing World by By I. Arul Aram. 👉It examines the nuances of how the media conveys environmental issues, drawing on scientific facts and documenting grassroots realities, and influencing popular perceptions. ✅Read more: iamcr.org/book-aram_2026
📖NEW BOOK ALERT 📖 Creative and Cultural Work in Europe edited By Bård Kleppe, Jaka Primorac, Miikka Pyykkönen, David Wright.💡This book gathers evidence and case studies from various parts of Europe and across the different sectors that comprise the creative industries. iamcr.org/book-primora...
Soon: IAMCR Webinar "Media and Disability" 📷Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa aims to provide a much-needed focus on disability studies and media in Africa. 🗓️Wednesday, 13 May @ 11:00 UTC 👉Pre-registration is required by 11 May. Register here. iamcr.org/webinars/reg...
👉New Book: A Critical Introduction to the Economics of Sustainability. Written by Brett Caraway, this book explores the various schools of thought. 📤Read more: iamcr.org/book-caraway...
Coming soon 👉Inclusive Communication Symposium: A Collaborative Forum organized by Inclusive Communication and People with Disabilities (ICO) Working Group. 📅 Monday 20 April. 09h00 UTC . Online (2 hours) ❗️Pre-registration is required by 16 April. iamcr.org/webinars/reg...
Roundtable | Comic Art Working Group Join us for a conversation on "Comics and Politics: Perspectives from India and Mexico" 🗓Friday 24 April at 15:00 UTC. Open to IAMCR members. Register here: iamcr.org/webinars/reg...
🔖New Book: The Need to Rename Tech Co-edited by Crystal Chokshi and IAMCR former president Robin Mansell, this book is about words that fool us into thinking that the digital technologies we use every day are beautiful, benign, and consequence-free. 🔖 Read more: iamcr.org/books-choksh...
NEW BOOK ✨ Populism, Territories, Name Disputes, and Hyperreality. Authored by IAMCR member Minos-Athanasios Karyotakis, this book examines how and why societal actors may use different names to refer to the same territory. Read more iamcr.org/publications...
"Mongrelisation" by Colin Chasi offers a powerful re-interpretation of why diversity and inclusion matter through African moral traditions like Ubuntu and Maat. A new book by IAMCR member Colin Chasi. iamcr.org/book-chasi-2...
📘 Democratising Spy Watching explores public oversight of intelligence-driven digital surveillance across Southern Africa. A new book edited by IAMCR member Jane Duncan & Allen Munoriyarwa. iamcr.org/books-Duncan...
"Navigating Trauma in African Journalism, Volume 1: Scholarly Foundations and Secondary Trauma" explores how sub-Saharan journalists face secondary trauma from reporting violence & crises. By IAMCR members Kealeboga Aiseng & Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam iamcr.org/book-Aiseng-...
"Mediating Imperfect AI: Journalists’ Emotional Responses to Technological Disruption" explores journalists’ emotional and ethical responses to artificial intelligence. A new book by IAMCR member Carolina Escudero 📘 iamcr.org/book-Escuder...
Fighting Polarisation: Shared Communicative Spaces in Divided Democracies explores how communication can strengthen democratic dialogue. A new book by IAMCR member Cherian George 📘 iamcr.org/book-george-...
Join us for the IAMCR webinar Book Talk "East Asian Media Culture in the Age of Digital Platforms" 📅 Monday 29 January | 15:00 UTC | The event will last 1 hour. 🔗 Register by 27 January: iamcr.org/webinars/eas...