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Many Voices, One Forum: Reflections on the International Association for Media and Communication Research

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IAMCR Galway 2026 / Peripheries and Connections

28 June - 2 July 2026
University of Galway
Galway, Ireland

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International Association for Media and Communication Research

IAMCR is the preeminent worldwide professional organisation in the field of media and communication research.

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Two new e-books from IAMCR’s Visual Culture Working Group explore how arts, technologies, and digital media shape today’s global cultures, examining algorithms, images, and audiences through creative, critical, and interdisciplinary perspectives.

On 18 November 2025, the Political Economy Section hosted a webinar to discuss World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism. The session explored key ideas from the book and invited reflection on violence and peace in the context of global digital capitalism. Watch the recording here.

The Gender and Communication Section has released its October newsletter, featuring an interview with GEN cherished member Dr. Eni Maryani from Indonesia, a call for reviewers, a report on the GEN business meeting and more. Read it here.

IAMCR 2026 will be hosted by the University of Galway in Ireland, from 28 June to 2 July 2026 with the conference theme Peripheries and Connections: Media, Communication, and Transformation. Watch this short video highlighting the city’s vibrant culture, stunning landscapes, and warm hospitality.

On 11 and 12 November, the Participatory Communication Research and Community Communication and Alternative Media Sections hosted a two-day webinar on the theme "Problematising Participatory Communication and Transformation". Watch the recordings here.
Deadline: 30 November 2025 - The Organisational Communication Working Group calls for chapters exploring environmental justice through organisational communication, including how institutions, stakeholders, and technologies shape sustainable practices, ethical dialogue, and climate-related decision-making.

IAMCR books

Public Communication in Freefall is the latest title in the Palgrave/IAMCR book series Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research. It examines the challenges facing political communication in the 2020s, drawing on and critically updating Jay Blumler’s work to explore what publicness and democracy mean in a changing media and political environment.

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.

Members' books

Democratising Spy Watching: Examines how public actors across Southern Africa have stepped in to oversee intelligence-driven digital surveillance where formal oversight mechanisms fall short. Co-edited by Jane Duncan, an IAMCR member, the book highlights public oversight as a critical response to expanding surveillance powers.

Navigating Trauma in African Journalism: Scholarly Foundations and Secondary Trauma: Examines how sub-Saharan African journalists navigate secondary trauma from reporting violence and crises. Edited by IAMCR members Kealeboga Aiseng and Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, it foregrounds care, resilience, and mental health in journalistic practice.

Mediating Imperfect AI explores how journalists emotionally and ethically navigate the integration of artificial intelligence in their work. Written by Carolina Escudero, the book advances a human-centred, critically reflective approach to AI beyond simple acceptance or resistance.

Fighting Polarisation explores how people across the globe resist polarising us–them politics through shared spaces of dialogue and deliberation. Written by IAMCR member Cherian George, it draws on deliberative democracy, social psychology, memory studies, and international case studies to map grassroots efforts that challenge prejudice, counter hate, and reimagine a more inclusive democratic “we.”