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Reflections on the International Association for Media and Communication Research

Many Voices, One Forum

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Editors:
  1. Jörg Becker

    1. Political Science, Philipp’s University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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  2. Robin Mansell

    1. Media and Communications Dept., London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

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  • Engages in scholarship across the East-West divide
  • Contributes to global debates that foster an inclusive international information and communication order
  • Highlights eight prominent scholarly research traditions that have attracted scholars' interest worldwide

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvii
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  2. Introduction: Overview of the Institutional History of IAMCR

    • Cees J. Hamelink, Kaarle Nordenstreng
    Pages 1-5

  3. Scholarly Traditions in Media and Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Dialectical Imagination: Frankfurt School and IAMCR

      • Bingchun Meng
      Pages 9-19

    3. Contested Critique: The Political Career of the Political Economy Section

      • Graham Murdock, Janet Wasko
      Pages 21-53

    4. Popular Culture and IAMCR

      • Garry Whannel, Graham Murdock
      Pages 55-69

    5. IAMCR’s Engagement with Participatory Communication

      • Tom Jacobson
      Pages 71-83

    6. IAMCR’s Legacy in Scholarship on Religion

      • Stewart M. Hoover
      Pages 85-91

    7. Women, Gender, Feminism: Status, Scholarship, and Advocacy

      • Margaret Gallagher, Louise Luxton, Claudia Padovani
      Pages 93-122

    8. Media Technologies and Globalization Arrive at IAMCR

      • William H. Melody
      Pages 123-141

    9. IAMCR’s Emerging Scholars Network

      • Katharine Sarikakis, Sara Bannerman
      Pages 143-154

  4. IAMCR Scholarship and the Political

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. The Latin American Critical Tradition of Communication Research and the Early Years of Participation in IAMCR, 1960–1990

      • Rafael Roncagliolo Orbegoso, Eduardo Villanueva-Mansilla
      Pages 157-168

    3. Germany in IAMCR

      • Jörg Becker, Friedrich Krotz, Hans-Jörg Stiehler
      Pages 169-188

    4. IAMCR as Seen by the Secret Service from East Germany (GDR)

      • Jörg Becker
      Pages 189-196

    5. IAMCR Members under the Microscope of Romania’s Securitate: A Preliminary Study

      • Ilinca Ungureanu-Burlan, Peter Gross
      Pages 197-209

    6. The MacBride Report: Critical Scholarship and the Report’s Value to Future Generations

      • Andrew Calabrese, Robin Mansell
      Pages 211-219

    7. The MacBride Round Tables: In Pursuit of Equality, Plurality, and Diversity

      • Philip Lee
      Pages 221-231

    8. IAMCR and the World Summit on the Information Society

      • Marc Raboy
      Pages 233-247

    9. Lessons from the Non-Aligned Movement and NWICO for the Age of Data: Revisiting an Historical Struggle for Informational Sovereignty

      • Deepti Bharthur
      Pages 249-265
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About this book

Throughout its 65-year history, the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) has sought to facilitate international exchanges and research collaborations among academics and journalists in the field of media and communication. ​ Created during a time of strong ideological tension following World War II in 1957 and with the support of UNESCO, the contributors to this edited collection highlight how the IAMCR and its members shaped the field of media and communications research. From its beginnings focusing on the mass media, including the press and journalism education, today the Association attracts researchers and practitioners who undertake critical analysis of contemporary media and communications, including online platforms and their governance. Consistent themes throughout the Association’s history have been its concern with human rights, law, culture and the political economy of the media and communication industries. Not content simply to understanddevelopments in the media and communications field around the world, the Association’s membership has sought to ‘change the world’ through its published research and its participation in global, regional, national and local policy debate and practice.

This volume is organised in four parts following an introduction authored by editors who are active members of IAMCR. Part I highlights eight prominent scholarly traditions of research which have attracted the interest of scholars from around the world as well as the way the Association has sought to be inclusive of early career scholars. Part II offers seven chapters which bring to light the political struggles of a membership seeking to engage in scholarship across the East – West divide and to contribute to global debates aimed at fostering an inclusive, fair and equitable international information and communication order through engagement with United Nations sponsored initiatives. Part III turns to accounts of the way membersfrom selected countries and regions have contributed to the Association’s scholarly work. The last part highlights the significant scholarly and institution-building contributions of James Halloran, IAMCR’s President from 1972 to 1988 and other prominent contributors to the study of culture and the political economy of media and communications

Editors and Affiliations

  • Political Science, Philipp’s University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Jörg Becker

  • Media and Communications Dept., London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

    Robin Mansell

About the editors

​Jörg Becker is Professor of Political Science at Marburg University in Germany. He was Guest Professor for Political Science and/or Communication Research at universities in Roskilde, Denmark, Beirut, Lebanon, Hongkong, and Innsbruck, Austria. He was IAMCR International Council Member, 1984-1992.

Robin Mansell is Professor of New Media and the Internet in the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science with specialisms in digital governance and the political economy of communication. She was IAMCR President 2004-2008.

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reflections on the International Association for Media and Communication Research

  • Book Subtitle: Many Voices, One Forum

  • Editors: Jörg Becker, Robin Mansell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16383-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-16382-1Published: 30 April 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-16383-8Published: 29 April 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVII, 558

  • Topics: Media and Communication, Political Communication

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