The work that is presented in the Participatory Communication Research Section is not based on any specific definition of participation. Rather, participation is a term used to refer to a number of social and planning processes occurring in many different places and in many different contexts. The Section addresses issues related to communication between community members and other stakeholders that are engaged in processes of social change. The sessions that the Section organizes at the IAMCR conferences are meant to work toward theoretical and methodological clarification. Therefore, both papers and statements discussing theoretical or methodological perspectives and/or documenting specific case studies are welcomed.
Topics cover a wide variety of issues that relate to research in relation to processes of communication that incorporate participation in an intrinsic way. This includes subjects and processes of democratisation, communication and information rights, ICTs for sustainable development, health communication, environmental communication, agricultural extension services, folk media and social movements, communication planning activities and interventions, national and cultural identities, community studies and the relationship between participation, empowerment and gender, community radio and participatory video production, non-formal participatory forms of education, participatory rapid appraisals, participatory action research, and so on.
Co-chair: Jessica Noske-Turner (Loughborough University, London, UK) [Contact]
Co-chair: Lauren Dyll (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) [Contact]
Vice chair: Aniruddha Jena (Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, India) [Contact]
Vice chair: Amit Verma (Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India) [Contact]
PCR Section contact email: iamcr.pcr@gmail.com
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The Participatory Communication Research Section's August newsletter is out! This issue includes a heartfelt thank you note for the outgoing PCR leadership, an introduction to the new team for 2024-28, a recap of the PCR programme highlights from IAMCR Christchurch 2024, and an invitation to IAMCR 2025 in Singapore.
The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The March 2024 issue includes information about the upcoming Section Head elections, IAMCR 2024 keydates and events and a call for abstracts. Read it here.
The Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR) will be holding online elections for two co-chair and two vice-chair positions, for the term 2024 - 2028. The deadline to submit candidacies is 16 April.
The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The January 2024 issue includes information about IAMCR 2024, a call for reviewers, and the upcoming PCR head elections. Read it here.
IAMCR's Participatory Communication Research Section invites submissions for IAMCR 2024, which will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 30 June to 4 July 2024. The deadline for submission is 7 February 2024, at 23.59 UTC.
The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The July 2023 issue includes information about IAMCR 2023, the programme, business meetings, and awards.
The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The May 2023 includes information about AMCR 2023 and important keydates to keep in mind.
The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The January 2023 issue includes a reminder of the IAMCR 2023 abstract submission deadline and a call for reviewers.
IAMCR's Participatory Communication Research Section invites proposals for IAMCR 2023, to be held in Lyon, France, from 9 to 13 July (Lyon23) with an Online Conference Papers (OCP23) component from 26 June to 5 July. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2023, at 23.59 UTC.
The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The December 2022 issue includes calls for papers for IAMCR 2023 and for a special issue of Conjunctions Journal, and season´s greetings from the section´s head.
The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The July 2022 issue includes information about the activities planned for the upcoming conference IAMCR 2022.
The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The June 2022 issue focuses on the upcoming conference IAMCR Beijing 2022, with information about submissions and a special session on China that the section is organising.
The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The January 2022 issue includes a reminder about the abstract deadline for IAMCR Beijing 2022, a call for reviewers for the IAMCR Beijing 2022 abstracts, and a call to join the PCR Facebook Group.
The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The December issue includes an announcement about the section´s change in composition and the recently launched call for papers for IAMCR 2022.
IAMCR's Participatory Communication Research Section invites the submission of proposals for papers and panels for IAMCR 2022, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July 2022. The conference will also have a national hub at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2021, at 23.59 UTC.
The Participatory Communication Research Section issued its October newsletter, including information about the upcoming webinar “The evolution of popular communication”, and an overview of the section's participation in IAMCR 2021.
07 October, 2021 - The Participatory Communication Research Section sponsored a webinar to present the book "The Evolution of Popular Communication in Latin America”. Watch it at the IAMCR Webinars Channel on Vimeo.
The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The August issue invites the section members to keep digging into IAMCR 2021 and its contents which remain accessible until September.
The July newsletter of the Participatory Communication Research Section includes all the details about the section's participation at IAMCR 2021: Online Conference Papers programme, online video session, interactive forums and more.
The July newsletter of the Participatory Communication Research Section includes news about the upcoming conference IAMCR 2021, and recently released publications by section members.
The Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR) regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The April newsletter includes news about IAMCR 2021, a number of calls for papers and recently released publications.
The Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR) regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The January newsletter includes guidelines for abstract submissions for IAMCR 2021, and a call for reviewers.
IAMCR's Participatory Communication Research Section invites the submission of proposals for single papers and multi-paper sessions (the online conference equivalent of a panel in a face to face conference) for IAMCR 2021, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July, with a regional hub in Nairobi, Kenya. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2021, at 23.59 UTC.
The Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR) regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The December newsletter includes information about the call for papers for IAMCR Nairobi 2021, and an invitation to contribute for the development of a 2021 events calendar.
The Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR) regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The July newsletter includes information about the newly elected section head and an early balance of IAMCR 2020 online conference. Read it here.
Today, on 17 July 2020, the results of the PCR Section elections were announced at the IAMCR general assembly.
The two elected PCR co-chairs are Ana Duarte Melo (University of Minho / CECS, Portugal) and Dorismilda Flores-Márquez (Universidad De La Salle Bajío, México).
The four elected PCR vice-chairs are Jonas Agerbæk (Roskilde University, Denmark), Piyu Gong (Jinan University, China), Arun John (University of Hyderabad, India) and Ana Lúcia Nunes de Sousa (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
The IAMCR 2020 conference has opened the online papers segment. This part of the conference is only accessible to members.
All PCR authors have been asked to respond to minimally one paper. Below are the instructions for posting feedback to a paper, for IAMCR members. Co-authors of PCR papers that are not IAMCR members can send their feedback (on the particular paper that they have been emailed) to <pcr.secretariat@fsv.cuni.cz>.
Enjoy the conference!
The participatory communication research section will have an online video session on complicating participation, on 16 July 2020, at the IAMCR online conference. This is the event's poster
The Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR) regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The June newsletter includes information about the upcoming section heads elections and the IAMCR 2020 online conference. Read it here.
The Participatory Communication Research Section invites its members to for a get-together which is organized with a purpose of socializing and celebrating the IAMCR 2020 conference.
The Participatory Communication Research (PCR) Section has released a video to elaborate how the PCR Section sees the process of giving feedback on the work of PCR colleagues at the IAMCR 2020 Online Conference.
The short video also explains how the feedback will be organized, and addresses the CCC model that will be used more in detail, emphasizing that comments should be Courteous, Constructive and Critical.
The video can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/422012588
News from the IAMCR Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR)
The Participatory Communication Research (PCR) Section will be holding elections up prior to the IAMCR 2020 online conference, and is calling for nominations for the positions of two Co Chairs and four Vice-Chairs.
The Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR) has now finished reviewing the abstract submissions for the IAMCR 2020 online activities.
February 2020 PCR Section Newsletter
News from the IAMCR Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR)
February 2020 PCR Section newsletter
January 2020 PCR Section Newsletter
News from the IAMCR Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR)
January 2020 PCR Section newsletter
O volume 36 da revista portuguesa “Comunicação e Sociedade”, intitulada “Resgatar a participação” acaba de ser lançada, em dezembro de 2019.
Volume 36 of the Portuguese journal "Comunicação e Sociedade", entitled “Rescuing participation”, has been published in December 2019.
November 2019 PCR Section Newsletter
News from the IAMCR Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR)
November 2019 PCR Section newsletter
The Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR) explores the theory and practice of participatory communication, and has played an important role as a platform for new thinking.
The PCR Section welcomes its new secretary, Filip Šourek, who will assist the Section management in running the PCR Section.
The PCR Section co-organised the event “Participatory communication and the struggle over human rights”, in collaboration with a range of Brazilian institutions: LCD, the Laboratório de Comunicação Dialógica at UERJ; NUTES, the Institute of Educational Technology for Health at UFRJ; EMERGE, the Research and Production Centre in Communication and Emergence at UFF; and PPGMC, the Postgraduate Program on Media and Everyday Life at UFF.
The international seminar "Participatory Communication and the Struggle Over Human Rights", co-organised by the PCR Section, will be held from 1 to 2 July 2019.
The programme has been published, and is available for download at http://www.lcd.uerj.br/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Programac%CC%A7a%CC%8… (see also http://www.lcd.uerj.br/index.php/programacao/).
NEWS FROM THE IAMCR Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR)
June 2019 PCR Section newsletter
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1/ IAMCR 2019 CONFERENCE IN MADRID
2/ PCR GET-TOGETHER IN MADRID ON 8 JULY 2019
3/ PCR KEYNOTE TALK BY THOMAS TUFTE
4/ PCR IAMCR 2019 BUSINESS MEETING ON 8 JULY 2019
5/ PCR VIDEO PRESENTATIONS IN MADRID
6/ PARTICIPATORY POLITICS IN AN AGE OF CRISIS CONVERSATION BLOG
The Participatory Communication Research Section is organising a PCR Section get-together at the end of the first day of the Madrid conference.
This get-together will take place on Monday, 8 July 2019, in the Beer & Grill restaurant, at 18:45.
The address and website of the restaurant are:
Beer & Grill
Calle de almansa, 105 - 28040 Madrid
Call for Papers: Participatory Communication and the Struggle Over Human Rights
University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
NEWS FROM THE IAMCR Participatory Communication Research Section (PCR)
April 2019 PCR Section newsletter
The PCR section also requests motivated individuals to volunteer as Language Facilitators for the PCR Section’s panels during the Madrid conference. As we are finalizing the panel creation — this year we will have 19 conference panels (10 panels in English and 9 panels that are mixed language panels - English & Spanish) are being built on the basis of their thematic affinity, with the aim of bringing together academics and researchers working on the same issues, irrespective of the language of their presentation.
The Participatory Communication Research (PCR) Section is pleased to announce that it has finalized its reviewing process for the annual conference of International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) to be held from 7th to 11th July 2019 in Madrid, Spain. In response to its open call for proposals exploring the theory and practice of participatory communication, the PCR section received 141 proposals for presentations during IAMCR 2019, in the form of individual&nb