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Mediated Communication, Public Opinion, and Society
Mediated Comm. Public Opinion and Soc. - News
The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion, and Society Section aims to foster research emphasising socio-psychological and cognitive-psychological processes through theory and empirical work.
Chair: Hillel Nossek (*) [contact]
Co-chair: Corinna Luethje [contact]
(*) Section Head
Section Website: http://www2.colman.ac.il/iamcr_mcpos/
This Section fosters research emphasising socio-psychological and cognitive-psychological processes at work in the production and consumption of standardised media content, mediated interpersonal communication by mobile phone or chat and interactive media such as computer games and robots. It places considerable emphasis on phenomenological approaches to the media and the role of communication and media in families and households.
Istanbul 2011 - Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section Call for Papers
The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society section invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR that will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17, 2011. The overall conference theme is: "Cities, Creativity, Connectivity"
The role of mediated communication for creativity and connectivity became a central issue in the everyday life and is a central subject for research on its implication on private and public issues. Public opinion and its interrelations with media are central to the empowerment of citizens of the cities and to the enhancement of their quality of life. Our section will endorse the general theme and encourage our members to submit research papers around these issues.
IAMCR 2013 - Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section - Call for Papers

The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society section invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR annual conference that will be held in Dublin, Ireland, June 25-29, 2013. The overall conference theme is ”Crises, ‘Creative Destruction’ and the Global Power and Communication Orders”.
The deadline for submissions is January 28, 2013. (For more information on submissions and decisions, see below).
IAMCR 2012 - Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section Call for Papers
The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR annual conference that will be held in Durban, South Africa, July 15-19, 2012. The overall conference theme is 'South North Conversations'.
The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012. (For more information on submissions and decisions, see below)
Our section firstly encourages submissions that relate theoretical and empirical work that is relevant to the overall theme of the conference whether on mediated communication use and implications to South and North Conversations or on the implications of media and public opinion to conversations or the lack of conversations among South and North nations or within nations.
IAMCR Conference 2012, Durban - Report of the Section
As usually, the call for papers of the section included different possibilities. There first was an open call, following the main theme of the conference, as far as it met the work of the secion. Second, we asked for methodological papers. Third, we offered some panels about the topic “Family as an institution under the influence of Mediatization”, in which we as heads have been interested and what is a topic that was demanded already in some business sessions. And fourth, we as in the last years, called for contributions to a theoretical topic, in this case about the work of Antonio Gramsci.
Braga 2010 - Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section Call for Papers
The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR that will be held in Braga (Portugal) 2010 from July 18-22. The overall conference theme is "Communication and Citizenship. Rethinking Crisis and Change".
The role of mediated communication in the creation and presentation of Public Opinion became a central issue in the actualization of Citizenship and how to cope with crisis and change in democratic and non democratic societies and communication research in the last decades did not ignore it significance. Our section will endorse the general theme and encourage our members to submit research papers around this issue.
Mexico 2009 - Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section Call for Papers
The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion and Society (MCPOS) Section plans four types of sessions at IAMCR Conference in Mexico City, Mexico, July 21-24, 2009:
Stockholm 2008 - Psychology and Public Opinion Section Call for Papers
EXTENDED DEADLINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2008!
IAMCR Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, 20nd – 25th of July, 2008.
The Psychology and Public Opinion Section plans as in the last years three types of sessions at the Paris Conference of IAMCR.
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Members' books
Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences (4th Ed)

D. Croteau, W. Hoynes and S. Milan
In a society saturated by mass media, from newspapers and magazines, television and radio, to digital video projects and the Internet, iPods and TiVo, most students possess a great deal of media knowledge and experience before they ever enter the classroom. What they often lack, however, is a broader framework for understanding the relationship between media and society.
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