IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

International Association
for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Academic Conference, July 15-19, 2012, Durban (South-Africa)
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The Working Group on Global Media Policy of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the IAMCR 2012 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 deadline for submissions of abstracts and panel proposals is February 14, 2012.

The Working Group on Global Media Policy has just issued its Report  from the 2011 Istanbul Conference, with descriptions and insights on past and future activities. Download the report:

GMP WG Activities' Report 2011 (45.71 kB)

As part of the GMP programme at the IAMCR Conference 2011 to be held in Istanbul, 14-17 July the Working Group on Global Media Policy invites you to the workshop:

Mapping Global Media Policy.

IAMCR Conference 2011
13-17 July, 2011 - Istanbul, Turkey
IAMCR Working Group on Global Media Policy
Call for papers

The Working Group on Global Media Policy is a dedicated space within the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) to discuss global aspects of communication governance and investigate the interplay between different policy actors and levels, from the local to the global, and the political processes that shape media policies. It serves as a forum of debate on these questions at annual IAMCR conferences, and it has created the project Mapping Global Media Policy to advance research in specific policy domains and to map out Global Media Policy as a field of research.

There is growing interest in the international and global governance of media and communication amongst scholars and policy makers, as well as civil society organizations and trans-national issue networks. At the same time Global Media Policy (GMP) as a field of research is under-theorized, not well defined in its boundaries and open to controversial interpretations regarding the main processes and actors involved.

In order to address such challenges, the Global Media Policy working group has been developing a collaborative project aimed at understanding the landscape of global media policy and governance processes. This project is conceived as a first step in the identification, investigation and critical reflection on the major trends and challenges that characterize contemporary media and communication governance processes in the global context.

Go to the project platform

The Working Group is planning to hold several sessions about its project 'Mapping Global Media Policy', including a general introduction, a hands-on workshop on the new digital platform, and a discussion concerning future scenarios. The Group is also collaborating with other IAMCR sections in organizing the following joint sessions:

• 'Women and News Media in Global Perspective: Reflections on the Global Media Monitoring project 2009' (with the Gender and Communication Section)
• 'Policies for Community Communication' (with the Community Communication Section)
• 'Rethinking Citizenship in a Globalized World: Lessons from the Field' (with the Emerging Scholars Network)

The Community Communication Section and the Global Media Policy Working Group invite paper proposals for a roundtable on 'Policies for Community Communication'. The purpose of the roundtable is to discuss the policy situation for diverse types of grassroots-based, civil society-oriented and self-organised media, from community radio to blogs, and to distill a policy agenda.

At the IAMCR conference in Mexico 2009, the Global Media Policy WG and the Emerging Scholars Network held a joint round table on "Communication as a Human Right: Policy challenges, public interest narratives and visions for the future".

You can find the call for papers here.