Volume 9, Number 2 of The Political Economy of Communication is now available. The peer-reviewed and open access journal is published under the auspices of the IAMCR Political Economy Section. The editors are seeking submissions from IAMCR members for Volume 10.
Sadia Jamil and Bruce Mutsvairo have been named as the new co-editors of IAMCR's Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research book series. They will take over from outgoing editors Claudia Padovani and Marjan De Bruin, who have been editing the series since its inauguration in 2014.
IAMCR’s International Council, Executive Board and the Council's Legal Committee have prepared a series of amendments of the IAMCR statutes. The proposed amendments will be placed on the agenda of the IAMCR General Assembly which will be held online on 16 July 2022.
7 June, 2022 -IAMCR's Communication Policy & Technology Section organised a webinar to present the book “Concealing for Freedom: The Making of Encryption, Secure Messaging and Digital Liberties”, co-authored by Francesca Musiani and Ksenia Ermoshina.
The Political Communication Research Section issued its first newsletter with information of interest to its members. During the coming months, the section heads will primarily share relevant information about the upcoming online conference.
The Environment, Science & Risk Communication Working Group regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The current issue includes information about IAMCR 2022, a pre-conference event, awards and a call for papers for a special issue of Science Communication.
IAMCR books
By Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds is the 22nd title in the Palgrave/IAMCR book series Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research. The book explores the ways in which adolescents in Nigeria domesticate technology and the role of digital gatekeepers such as parents, guardians, and teachers in their digital lifeworlds.
By Aliaa Dakroury, The Instant World Report focuses on Canada's pioneering role in shaping the international understanding of the right to communicate, particularly through the Canadian Telecommission Studies of 1969. The 23rd title in the Palgrave/IAMCR book series Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research.
Members' books
This book by IAMCR member Claire Konkes analyses how news and other media contribute to our expectations and hopes for the role of law during environmental conflict.
Written by IAMCR member Anastasia Denisova, this book explores the urgent challenges of communicating climate change in the media. It goes to the very heart of what makes humans care about stories enough to act.
Edited by IAMCR members Nelson Ribeiro and Barbie Zelizer, this critical and timely collection argues for the centrality of propaganda in discussions about the contemporary media landscape and its informational ecosystems.
This memoir, completed just before longtime IAMCR member Vincent Mosco’s sudden death, chronicles the last half century of research, activism and teaching in critical communication, technology and society from the perspective of one of its pioneering figures.