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.
Co-Chair: Martín Echeverría (Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico) [Contact]
Co-Chair: Yuan Zeng (University of Leeds, United Kingdom) [Contact]
Vice Chair: Amélia Aben Athar Olinto Ramos (Fluminense Federal University, Brazil) [Contact]
Vice Chair: Sara Garcia (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain) [Contact]
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The Political Communication Research Section issued its October newsletter including takeaways from Christchurch 2024, the latest calls for papers, job opportunities, publications, and events that might be of interest to the section's members.
IAMCR's Political 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 Political Communication Research Section (POL) will be holding online elections for two co-chair and two vice-chair positions, for the term 2023 - 2027. The deadline to submit candidacies is 17 May.
The Political Communication Research Section issued its February newsletter with the latest calls for papers, jobs and networking opportunities, publications, and events that might be of interest to the section's members.
IAMCR's Political 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 IAMCR Political Communication Research Section calls for chapters for "State-sponsored disinformation around the globe. How politicians deceive their citizens", a book that will set the conceptual and empirical scaffold for our current understanding of State-sponsored disinformation, from a global case-study perspective.
The Political Communication Research Section issued its second newsletter including information and updates about upcoming conferences, calls for papers and latest publications, as well as relevant details about IAMCR 2022.
The Political Communication Research Section issued its first newsletter with information of interest to its members. During the coming months, the section heads will primarily share relevant information about the upcoming online conference.
IAMCR's Political 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.
15 September, 2021 - The Political Communication Research Section will be holding an online seminar on the German Parliamentary Election 2021, with guest speaker Prof. Dr. Ursula Münch (Academy for Political Education Tutzing). After a short lecture the online audience will be able to ask questions and discuss the recent campaign.
IAMCR's Political 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.
1 Dec, 2020 - The Political Communication Research Section will be holding an online event to discuss the report U.S. Election Analysis 2020 with one of its editors, Darren Lilleker. The report will be introduced, key insights will be delivered and questions will be taken from the online audience.
IAMCR's Political Communication Research Section invites the submission of abstracts of papers and proposals for panels for the 2020 conference of the Association, which will be held from 12 to 16 July, 2020 at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
The IAMCR Political Communication Research Section will run its business meeting at IAMCR 2019 in Madrid. See the meeting's agenda.
The Political Communication Research Section of IAMCR will be holding elections during the section's business meeting at the upcoming conference in Madrid.
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold its annual conference from 20-24 June 2018 at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold its annual conference from 16-20 July, 2017 in Cartagena, Colombia.
The Political Communication Research Section of IAMCR will be holding elections during the section's business meeting at the upcoming conference in Leicester. We invite candidacies for the positions of chair and vice-chair of the section.
The Political Communication Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research invites submissions for the IAMCR conference to be held in Leicester from 27 until 31 July 2016.
The Political Communication Section invites submissions for the IAMCR conference to be held in Montreal, Canada from 12-16 July 2015.