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This Section aims to promote comparative research in political communication including the changes in political communication processes induced by new media and their influence at all levels. Particular attention is given to the media and political socialisation, political campaigning, public opinion and political participation, and interactions between the media and intermediary organisations such as interest groups and political parties. Studies of the uses of the media in campaigns and elections as well as in political marketing processes in government and the role the media play in local and informal forms of governance are of interest here.
Chair: Christina Holtz-Bacha [Contact]
Vice-Chair: Maria Jose Canel - Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain [Contact]
IAMCR 2012 - Political Communication Research Section Call for Papers
The Political Communication Research Section will be organizing panels at the 2012 IAMCR conference in Durban, South Africa. The section is of course interested in Political Communication papers related to the main theme of the conference.
The section also is also seeking papers on any of the whole range of political communication research: the media and political socialization, political campaigning, public opinion and political participation, interactions between the media and intermediary organizations such as interest groups and political parties, as well as the involvement and uses of the medias in campaigns, election; and also the media and marketing processes in government, from policy making to day to day politics at the local level, including Town Halls and other Local Government Institutions communication, from their day to day governance to the answers given to problematic neighborhoods. The use of Internet, blogs and all king of Internet social networks in modern political communication is also of interest to the section, as well as other new media and e-government processes.
IAMCR 2013 – Political Communication Research Section - Call for papers
The Political Communication Section invites submissions for the IAMCR annual conference to be held in Dublin, Ireland from 25-29 June 2013. The section focuses on the media and political socialization, political campaigning, public opinion and political participation and interactions between the media and intermediary organizations such as interest groups and political parties. Studies of the uses of the media in campaigns and elections as well as in political marketing processes in government and the role the media play in local and informal forms of governance are of interest. Comparative research is encouraged and the section particularly welcomes papers that refer to the overall conference theme “Crises, ‘Creative Destruction’ and the Global Power and Communication Order”.
Istanbul 2011 - Political Communication Research Section Call for Papers
The Political Communication Research Section will be organizing panels at the 2011 IAMCR conference in Istanbul, Turkey. The section is interested in papers bearing on all the dimensions in political communication of the subject of the conference.
IAMCR 2010 - Political Communication Research Section Call for Papers
The Political Communication Research Section will be organizing panels at the 2010 IAMCR conference in Braga, Portugal. The section is interested in papers bearing on all the dimensions in political communication of the subject of the conference.
Note that we also seek papers on any of the whole range of political communication research: the media and political socialization, political campaigning, public opinion and political participation, interactions between the media and intermediary organizations such as interest groups and political parties, as well as the involvement and uses of the medias in campaigns, election; and also the media and marketing processes in government, from policy making to day to day politics at the local level, including Town Halls and other Local Government Institutions communication, from their day to day governance to the answers given to problematic neighborhoods.
Mexico 2009 - Political Communication Research Section Report
The Political Communication Research Section received a strong number of more than 120 participation requests for the 2009 Mexico Conference. Thanks to the Mexico organization, we were allowed to obtain 14 slots totaling 62 papers and 20 poster sessions. Spanish was the language for 4 panels.
Mexico 2009 - Political Communication Research Section Call for Papers
The Political Communication Research Section will be organizing panels
at the 2009 IAMCR conference in Mexico City.
The section is interested in papers bearing on all the dimensions in political communication of the subject of the conference.
PCR Section Board
At the business meeting, Philippe J. Maarek, Professor at University
Paris 12, France, was reelected Section Chair for a 4 years term,
according to IAMCR statutes, and has been confirmed at the following
General Assembly. In order to help with the increasing number of
members of the Political Communication Research Section, two
Vice-Presidents have also been elected, Dominic Wring, Senior Lecturer
from the University of Loughborough, and Maria-Jose Canel, Professor at
the University Complutense in Madrid.
2008 Stockholm Conference Report
The Section received an exceptionally high number of more than 200 participation requests for the 2008 Stockholm Congress. Thanks to the Stockholm organization, we were allowed to obtain 17 slots and 24 poster sessions (meaning more than the already all-high Paris program of 14 slots and 20 poster session). One of the panels was co-sponsored by the Participatory Communication Research Section and got a particularly high attention. Generally, attendance was very high, as in Paris the previous year, and there were very few "no shows" among panelists.2007 Paris Congress Report
Report of the Political Communication Research Section on IAMCR's 50th Anniversary Conference held in Paris, on 23-25 July 2007.14 panels and 20 poster sessions have been organized for the Paris Conference, totalling 111 papers (and even more participating colleagues, considering collective presentations). Last minute no-shows were very few, much less than usual (hardly a dozen). Panels attendance was ususaly also very high.
One of the panels was organized in collaboration with the International Communication Section of IAMCR, another with the Political Communication Group of ECREA, the newly founded Eruropean Communication Research Association. One panel was French speaking, another Spanish.
Considering the number of participants, the whole field of Political Communication Research might be considered as having been represented.
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Members' books
Deliberation, the Media and Political Talk
Rousiley C. Maia
New book by IAMCR member
In recent years democratic theory has taken a deliberative turn and one central question that needs to be answered is how to connect face-to-face conversations and deliberations in particular forums to broader discussions in the larger society. Working within the cutting edges of deliberative theories, this book surveys the role of the mass media in the deliberative system and investigates, through a set of empirical cases, a range of key problems in the media arena: the interplay between arguing and strategic maneuvering; public demands for accountability; emotional appeal for deliberation; tensions between agonistic and diplomatic deliberation; and the public construction of general claims.
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