IAMCR is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Urban Communication Award: Hongyu Zhu and Zizhong Zhang from Tsinghua University and Yanchun Chen and Wenqiang Han from Communication University of China. The award will be formally presented at a special session during the main IAMCR 2024 conference in Christchurch.
The Communication, Social justice and Democracy (CSD) Working Group would like to invite all IAMCR members to our first (online) meeting to be held 11 June, where we will introduce CSD to the academic community and share ideas about how this new working group can best support the work of its members.
IAMCR members are cordially invited to attend the Association's General Assembly which will take place on 4 July 2024 at 15:45, at the Te Pae Convention Centre, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.
The voting period for the Sections and Working Groups heads election has ended. We would like to thank all of the candidates who expressed their willingness to serve as a section or working group officer and also to all who voted. See the results here.
The elections for IAMCR Executive Board (EB) and International Council (IC) are over. Daya Thussu was elected president and will be joined on the Executive Board by 2 vice-presidents, Karen Arriaza Ibarra and Andrea Medrado, alongside Jeremy Shtern as Secretary General and Skye Doherty as Treasurer. Congratulations to the new EB and IC members, and thanks to all participants and candidates.
The Gender and Communication Section has issued its April newsletter with updates on the upcoming Christchurch conference, highlights of the recent International Women's Day 2024 webinar, and calls for papers and publications that might be of interest to its members. Read it here.
IAMCR books
Edited by Minna Aslama Horowitz, Hannu Nieminen, Katja Lehtisaari and Alessandro D'Arma, Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Disruption is the 21st title in the Palgrave/IAMCR book series Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research.
Edited by Margaret Gallagher and Aimee Vega Montiel (2023)
This book engages contemporary debates on women’s rights, democracy, and neoliberalism through the lens of feminist communication scholarship.
Members' books
Edited by Emmanuel K Ngwainmbi, this book examines social media's impact on cyberbullying, sexting, and radicalization, highlighting its effects on young people's well-being. Contributors offer insights into adverse online experiences faced by youth.
Edited by Eliasu Mumuni, Mark Nartey, Ruby Pappoe, Nancy Henaku, and G. Edzordzi Agbozo, 'Communication and Electoral Politics in Ghana: Interrogating Transnational Technology, Discourse and Multimodalities' examines communication and language in Ghanaian elections, highlighting cultural and socio-political influences on election discourse.
In 'The Digital Double Bind,' Mohamed Zayani and Joe F. Khalil extensively examine the digital changes occurring in the Middle East, specifically emphasising socio-cultural, economic, and political factors. They also propose a conceptual framework for analyzing technology and development in the Global South.
Edited by Martin Echeverria and Ruben Arnoldo Gonzalez, 'Media and Politics in Post-Authoritarian Mexico: The Continuing Struggle for Democracy' analyzes obstacles to Mexican media democratization, with insights from scholars in Mexico and the U.S., covering media systems, journalism challenges, and civil society's role in entertainment.