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IAMCR @iamcr.org · 8d

📘 Public Communication in Freefall: Revisiting the Work of Jay Blumler — edited by Stephen Coleman, Frank Esser @esserfrank.bsky.social, Julie Firmstone, Katy Parry @katyjparry.bsky.social and Chris Paterson. Part of the Palgrave/IAMCR series

IAMCR members get 35% off 👉 iamcr.org/iamcr-book-s...

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · 14d

New book! 🎬📚 "Political Cinema" explores the powerful intersections of film, politics, and society. Written by IAMCR member Wajiha Raza Rizvi: iamcr.org/book-raza-ri...

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · 20d

IAMCR is deeply saddened by the passing of Manuel Parés i Maicas, president of IAMCR from 1998 to 2002 and a dear colleague and friend to many in our community. iamcr.org/node/34022

IAMCR @iamcr.org · 21d

🕊️ New release: The Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication, part of the Global Handbooks in Media & Communications series, co-published by IAMCR & Wiley-Blackwell.

Edited by Sudeshna Roy @roysud.bsky.social

🔗 iamcr.org/iamcr-handbo...

#PeaceCommunication #ConflictStudies #MediaStudies

IAMCR @iamcr.org · 27d

🚨 Join us for the IAMCR webinar “From Asylum to Arrest: The Criminalization of Migration, Dehumanization & Technological Control.”
📅 Fri 10 Oct | ⏰ 13:00 UTC | 90 min
🔗 Register by 8 Oct: iamcr.org/register-mig...

#Migration #HumanRights #Tech

IAMCR @iamcr.org · 28d

🌍📖 New book! World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism by IAMCR member Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social (UWP/Michigan Publishing). A timely, critical study of violence, digital capitalism & the future of peace. #DigitalCapitalism #WorldPeace
🔗 iamcr.org/book-fuchs-2...

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · 28d

IAMCR hiring an Executive Director
iamcr.org/vacancy-ed

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Aug 20

📚 New from Routledge: Navigating Trust, Journalism and Health in the Age of Populism by IAMCR member Karl Patrick Mendoza, @kprmendoza.bsky.social A timely study of the Dengvaxia vaccine scandal in the Philippines.
👉 iamcr.org/book-mendoza...

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Aug 8

Relive the energy of IAMCR 2025 in Singapore!
1,700 participants. 72 countries. 350+ sessions.
Watch the highlights from one of our largest and most vibrant conferences yet. iamcr.org/iamcr2025-hi...

Lion dance performers with IAMCR 2025 banners at the Singapore conference opening.

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Aug 6

📚 New book alert! 📰✨ Journalism and the Muslim Narrative by IAMCR member Nadia Haq @media-research.bsky.social
explores how UK media frames Muslims—and how journalism must evolve
👉 iamcr.org/book-haq-2025
#Journalism #MediaBias #Islamophobia #IAMCR #NewBook #MediaStudies #Representation

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jul 30

📘 New book by IAMCR member Hanna E. Morris
@hannamorris.bsky.social: Apocalyptic Authoritarianism explores how U.S. media fuels fear-driven climate narratives and limits democratic responses to crisis. 🌍📚 #ClimateJustice #MediaStudies
iamcr.org/books-morris...

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jul 23

🚨 New member book alert!
In Technocolonialism, IAMCR member Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social exposes how AI & "tech for good" can deepen global inequality & digital exploitation.
🔗 iamcr.org/books-madian...
#DigitalColonialism #TechForGood #AIJustice

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · Jul 7

We'll be kicking off our presence at @iamcr.org with this panel on Arab Digitalities, chaired by Dean @mkraidy.bsky.social and featuring #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar Chafic Najem and @nuqatar.bsky.social faculty Heather Jaber.

🗓️ Monday, July 14
🕣 8:30 a.m.
📍 HSS Seminar Room 9

Stay tuned!

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jul 3

Congrats @hoornazkeshava.bsky.social‬ and the other winners! bsky.app/profile/iamc...

IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jun 25

🌐✨ Meet the winners of IAMCR’s 2025 Decolonising the Digital Awards!
From Indigenous language activism to feminist AI, these groundbreaking projects reimagine technology from the margins.
👉 Read more: iamcr.org/awards/decol...
#IAMCR2025 #DecoloniseTheDigital #DigitalJustice

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jul 3

🎓🏆 Congrats to the winners of the 2025 Stuart Hall Award!
Their work examines media witnessing, menstrual stigma (@xiaodongyan.bsky.social), and the politics of representation.
Full story: iamcr.org/awards/hall2...
#IAMCR2025 #StuartHallAward #MediaStudies

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jun 25

🌐✨ Meet the winners of IAMCR’s 2025 Decolonising the Digital Awards!
From Indigenous language activism to feminist AI, these groundbreaking projects reimagine technology from the margins.
👉 Read more: iamcr.org/awards/decol...
#IAMCR2025 #DecoloniseTheDigital #DigitalJustice

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jun 18

🚨 New from IAMCR & Wiley!
The Handbook of Digital Labor explores global views on digital work — from platform economies to AI and automation.

A must-read for researchers, activists & policymakers.
📘 iamcr.org/iamcr-handbo...
#DigitalLabor #IAMCR #MediaStudies #PlatformWork

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jun 10

🎉 Announcing the 2025 FAO/IAMCR Rural Communication Services Award winners! Discover the innovative research advancing understanding in agriculture, food security & more. Congratulations to Subekti Priyadharma, Mohammad Sahid Ullah, and Li Zhang #RuralComm #IAMCR2025 #FAO iamcr.org/awards/fao-i...

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Dr Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman @bluethirdworld.bsky.social · Jun 6

Welcome to join our @iamcr.org Int'l Communcation section conference on Interactive Narratives this August at @dcombnbu.bsky.social in Zhuhai, China

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jun 4

2025 Climate Communication Award Winners announced! 🏆 They are Elena Maydell, Massey University (New Zealand) and Inessa Love, University of Hawaii (USA) and Daniel Renz Roc, University of the Philippines Los Baños (the Philippines). Read more about them and their work:
iamcr.org/awards/clima...

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jun 3

The draft schedule of the 362 parallel sessions of IAMCR Singapore 2025 is now online at iamcr.org/singapore202...

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · May 27

2025 Urban Communication Award Winners announced! 🏆They are Miao Chu (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China) and Connie Yuan (Cornell University, USA), Hui Wong (McGill University, Canada) and Krishna Priya, (Mizoram University, India). Read more about them and their work:
iamcr.org/awards/ucf20...

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · May 9

📣📚 New member book! Written by IAMCR member Claire Konkes, "Green Lawfare: The strategic use of law in mediatized environmental conflict" analyses how news contribute to our expectations and hopes for the role of law during environmental conflict #environment #media #law
iamcr.org/books-konkes...

IAMCR @iamcr.org · Apr 16

📣📚 New member book! Written by IAMCR member Anastasia Denisova, "Effective Climate Communication: Turning Eco-Anxiety into Eco-Action" explores the urgent challenges of communicating climate change in the media.
iamcr.org/books-deniso...

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Apr 2

📚 New member book! "Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation", edited by IAMCR members Nelson Ribeiro and Barbie Zelizer. This collection argues for the centrality of propaganda in discussions about the contemporary media landscape and its informational ecosystems. iamcr.org/books-ribeir...

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