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IAMCR 2012 General Call for Proposals
The International Association for Media and Communication Research invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the 2012 IAMCR conference to be held from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa.
The conference will be held under the general theme, 'South-North Conversations'. The theme reflects the asymmetry of global communication flows, but without implying the negatives that usually accompany discussions of the 'digital divide'. The theme also calls for balanced and empowering narratives that do not regard those in ‘the South’ as victims primarily in need of handouts from the more affluent.
The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012.
Hopeton Dunn Reappointed as Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica
IAMCR Secretary General, Hopeton Dunn, has been reappointed for a second five-year term as chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, the regulatory body for radio, television, and cable TV in Jamaica.
In addition to his position with IAMCR, Professor Dunn is director of the Telecommunications Policy and Management programme at the Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies (UWI) and professor of Communications Policy and Digital Media at the UWI.
News article: Dunn reappointed Broadcasting Commission chairman, Daily Gleaner (Jamaica), 4 November 2011.
IAMCR 2011: Networking and Cultural Experiences
In 2011, IAMCR offered a travel grant to a student of the University of Minho -host of IAMCR's 2010 conference.
Read below Carla Cerqueira's account of the 2011 conference and how it provided her with an ideal framework for networking opportunities and cultural experiences.
Critical Approaches to Communication @ the Center
Participants at the International Communications Association's (ICA) 2011 annual conference are invited to the IAMCR panel Critical Approaches to Communication @ the Center which will take place on Friday, 27 May, 15:00-16:15, at Paine Room.
IAMCR Executive Board statement about Egypt
We, the members of the Executive Board of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, based in six different countries, wish to state our support for the restoration of free public communication and the move to an authentic democracy for all Egyptian and Tunisian citizens, as for the citizens of other nations who suffer from the violent repression of these rights.
Task Force on Media and Communication Policy comments on WSIS review
The UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is holding an open consultation as part of its five-year review of implementation and follow-up to the World Summit on the Information Society.
IAMCR joins ISOC and others in call for open and inclusive internet governance
In an extraordinary meeting on 6 December, 2010, the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) decided to create a Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) with a membership made up only of government representatives.
IAMCR 2011 Membership Campaign
It's time for IAMCR members to renew their membership for 2011. All individual and institutional members should have received an email recently reminding them that their 2011 membership fees are due.
If you aren't yet a member, join online and become part of the worldwide professional organisation in the field of media and communication research.
In memory of K.E. Eapen
Professor K.E. Eapen, a pioneer in journalism and communication education in India, passed away in Bangalore on Saturday 23 October 2010. Professor Eapen was actively associated with journalism for over 50 years, having set up three university departments of journalism and communication. Professor Eapen was Vice-president of IAMCR from 1988-1992.
IAMCR new journal policy
The financial report presented to IAMCR general assembly last July showed that subsidising journal subscriptions for members cost the association approximately US$15,000 in 2009 – making it the second most important item in our annual budget. In response a motion was passed noting that many members already receive the journals at their institutions and urging the association to consider how this money “might be reallocated to more pressing needs”. As a result IAMCR has adopted a new journal subscription policy.
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Members' books
Ringtones of Opportunity: Policy, Technology and Access in Caribbean Communications
Editor: Hopeton S. Dunn
This multi-authored volume is one of the first books to present scholarly research on the liberating opportunities offered by information and communications technologies in the Caribbean and the global south. While acknowledging challenges of policy implementation and technology adaptation, the book nevertheless identifies a range of empowering development options in media literacy, e-fisheries, m-banking, mobile telephony, m-agriculture, tele-working, techno-driven environmental strategies and intellectual property reforms.
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