On 11 March 2025, the Political Economy Section hosted a webinar to launch the book "Intersectionality, Political Economy, and Media" by Carolyn Byerly. The webinar explained the logic of integrating feminist theory, critical race theory, and critical political economy theory. Watch the recording here.
The Gender and Communication Section has released its February newsletter, featuring a call for session chairs and reviewers for IAMCR 2025, as well as other updates of interest to section members. Read it here.
The Inclusive Communication and People with Disabilities Working Group recently organised two webinars on inclusive communication, bringing together leading scholars to advance international discussions on inclusivity, accessibility, and equity in media and communication research. Watch the recordings here.
The Music, Audio, Radio and Sound Working Group has released its January newsletter with a call for papers and call for reviewers for IAMCR 2025, and the Christchurch 2024 report.
The recording of the webinar "Democracy and media: Reflections from around the world" hosted by the Communication, Social Justice and Democracy Working Group is now available here. The webinar reflects on the intersection of democracy and media in India, Indonesia, Turkey and Brazil.
The Health Communication Working Group has released its January newsletter with a tribute to Professor Warren Feek, a recap on Christchurch 2024, a call for reviewers for IAMCR 2025 and news of interest to its members.
IAMCR books
Edited by Sudeshna Roy (2025)
This book delivers an authoritative exploration of a variety of critical conflicts in the world and a spectrum of approaches to peace communication.
Edited by Jack Linchuan Qiu, Shinjoung Yeo and Richard Maxwell (2025)
This book provides a global perspective on labor and technology, exploring resistance, solidarity, and alternatives in digital capitalism.
Members' books
Against the backdrop of digital capitalism, this book by IAMCR member Christian Fuchs examines how war, violence, and peace are shaped through digital structures and global political economy—and asks whether genuine world peace remains achievable in our era.
Delving into the 2017 Dengvaxia scandal in the Philippines, this book by IAMCR member Karl Patrick R. Mendoza unpacks how media representation and politicized health narratives shaped public trust cultures—revealing complex interactions among journalism, populism, and democratic legitimacy.
Authored by IAMCR member Nadia Haq, this book critically examines how British journalism reinforces anti-Muslim bias and calls for rethinking journalism’s civic role in today’s digital, multicultural societies.
This book by IAMCR member Hanna E. Morris explores how U.S. media coverage post-2016 fuels reactionary climate narratives, limiting democratic responses. The author calls for inclusive climate journalism to counter antidemocratic, fear-driven discourse.