Reflections on the International Association for Media and Communication Research: Many Voices, One Forum
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxxvii, 558 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-3-031-16383-8 (ebook); 978-3-031-16382-1 (print)
"Established in 1957, the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) has facilitated international exchanges and research collaborations among academics, journalists, and other practitioners, addressing media and communication problems and influencing theory and practice through research and participation in global, regional, national, and local debate. The chapters focus on prominent areas of research that have attracted the interest of scholars; political struggles of a membership engaged in research across East and West, global North and global South divides; selected country and regional contributions to the association; and reflections on significant scholarly and institution-building contributions to the association by George Gerbner, James Halloran Stuart Hall, Herbert I. Schiller, and Dallas W. Smythe. Readers will find a history of an academic professional organisation and insights into the controversies, conflicts, failings, and achievements of IAMCR members who developed the field of media and communication research and journalism practice." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: Overview of the Institutional History of IAMCR / Cees J. Hamelink and Kaarle Nordenstreng, 1
PART I: SCHOLARLY TRADITIONS IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
2 Dialectical Imagination: Frankfurt School and IAMCR / Bingchun Meng, 9
3 Contested Critique: The Political Career of the Political Economy Section / Graham Murdock and Janet Wasko, 21
4 Popular Culture and IAMCR / Garry Whannel and Graham Murdock, 55
5 IAMCR's Engagement with Participatory Communication / Tom Jacobson, 71
6 IAMCR's Legacy in Scholarship on Religion / Stewart M. Hoover, 85
7 Women, Gender, Feminism: Status, Scholarship, and Advocacy / Margaret Gallagher, Louise Luxton, and Claudia Padovani, 93
8 Media Technologies and Globalization Arrive at IAMCR / William H. Melody, 123
9 IAMCR's Emerging Scholars Network / Katharine Sarikakis and Sara Bannerman, 143
PART II: IAMCR SCHOLARSHIP AND THE POLITICAL
10 The Latin American Critical Tradition of Communication Research and the Early Years of Participation in IAMCR, 1960-1990 / Rafael Roncagliolo Orbegoso and Eduardo Villanueva-Mansilla, 157
11 Germany in IAMCR / Jörg Becker, Friedrich Krotz, and Hans-Jörg Stiehler, 169
12 IAMCR as Seen by the Secret Service from East Germany (GDR) / Jörg Becker, 189
13 IAMCR Members under the Microscope of Romania's Securitate: A Preliminary Study / Ilinca Ungureanu-Burlan and Peter Gross, 197
14 The MacBride Report: Critical Scholarship and the Report's Value to Future Generations / Andrew Calabrese and Robin Mansell, 211
15 The MacBride Round Tables: In Pursuit of Equality, Plurality, and Diversity / Philip Lee, 221
16 IAMCR and the World Summit on the Information Society / Marc Raboy, 233
17 Lessons from the Non-Aligned Movement and NWICO for the Age of Data: Revisiting an Historical Struggle for Informational Sovereignty / Deepti Bharthur, 249
18 Cultural Diversity at UNESCO and ITU/WSIS: 50 Years of Milestones (1980-2020) / Divina Frau-Meigs, 267
PART III: IAMCR AND NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
19 IAMCR and Russia / Kaarle Nordenstreng, 285
20 IAMCR and the Development of Communication and Media Research in China / Deqiang Ji and Franziska Scholz, 301
21 India and IAMCR: A Perspective / Sanjay Bharthur, 317
22 IAMCR and Pakistan / Wajiha Raza Rizvi, 345
23 IAMCR and the Caribbean Region: Rethinking our Thinking-Understanding the Epistemic Effects of Colonialism in Higher Education / Marjan de Bruin, 361
24 Brazil in History and in the Present: IAMCR and the Participation of Brazilians / Fernando Oliveira Paulino, 373
25 IAMCR and the Middle East and North Africa: Questions of Place, People, and Paradigms / Naomi Sakr, 381
26 IAMCR and Africa: Harmonizing Discourses of History, Hegemony, and Hope / Bruce Mutsvairo, Ylva Rodny-Gumede, and Colin Chasi, 395
27 France: Complex Relations with IAMCR Marked by Significant Changes from the Mid-1960s / Armand Mattelart and Bernard Miège, 413
28 IAMCR, My Affable Companion in Slovenia's Journey from Yugoslavia to Europe / Slavko Splichal, 431
PART IV: REFLECTIONS ON PEOPLE
29 George Gerbner and the Anti-Fascist Tradition of Communication Research / Victor Pickard, 447
30 Dallas W. Smythe and Détente at IAMCR / Gregory Taylor, 457
31 Herbert I. Schiller / Cees J. Hamelink, 471
32 Perspectives on Communications Research: An Exchange / Ithiel de Sola Pool, Herbert Schiller, and Cees J. Hamelink, 477
33 Stuart Hall and IAMCR / Usha Raman and Aditya Deshbandhu, 487
34 My Work with James Halloran / Peggy Gray, 497
Appendix A: IAMCR Leadership 1957-2020, 507
Appendix B: IAMCR Sections, Working Groups and Commissions 1959-2021, 517
PART I: SCHOLARLY TRADITIONS IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
2 Dialectical Imagination: Frankfurt School and IAMCR / Bingchun Meng, 9
3 Contested Critique: The Political Career of the Political Economy Section / Graham Murdock and Janet Wasko, 21
4 Popular Culture and IAMCR / Garry Whannel and Graham Murdock, 55
5 IAMCR's Engagement with Participatory Communication / Tom Jacobson, 71
6 IAMCR's Legacy in Scholarship on Religion / Stewart M. Hoover, 85
7 Women, Gender, Feminism: Status, Scholarship, and Advocacy / Margaret Gallagher, Louise Luxton, and Claudia Padovani, 93
8 Media Technologies and Globalization Arrive at IAMCR / William H. Melody, 123
9 IAMCR's Emerging Scholars Network / Katharine Sarikakis and Sara Bannerman, 143
PART II: IAMCR SCHOLARSHIP AND THE POLITICAL
10 The Latin American Critical Tradition of Communication Research and the Early Years of Participation in IAMCR, 1960-1990 / Rafael Roncagliolo Orbegoso and Eduardo Villanueva-Mansilla, 157
11 Germany in IAMCR / Jörg Becker, Friedrich Krotz, and Hans-Jörg Stiehler, 169
12 IAMCR as Seen by the Secret Service from East Germany (GDR) / Jörg Becker, 189
13 IAMCR Members under the Microscope of Romania's Securitate: A Preliminary Study / Ilinca Ungureanu-Burlan and Peter Gross, 197
14 The MacBride Report: Critical Scholarship and the Report's Value to Future Generations / Andrew Calabrese and Robin Mansell, 211
15 The MacBride Round Tables: In Pursuit of Equality, Plurality, and Diversity / Philip Lee, 221
16 IAMCR and the World Summit on the Information Society / Marc Raboy, 233
17 Lessons from the Non-Aligned Movement and NWICO for the Age of Data: Revisiting an Historical Struggle for Informational Sovereignty / Deepti Bharthur, 249
18 Cultural Diversity at UNESCO and ITU/WSIS: 50 Years of Milestones (1980-2020) / Divina Frau-Meigs, 267
PART III: IAMCR AND NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
19 IAMCR and Russia / Kaarle Nordenstreng, 285
20 IAMCR and the Development of Communication and Media Research in China / Deqiang Ji and Franziska Scholz, 301
21 India and IAMCR: A Perspective / Sanjay Bharthur, 317
22 IAMCR and Pakistan / Wajiha Raza Rizvi, 345
23 IAMCR and the Caribbean Region: Rethinking our Thinking-Understanding the Epistemic Effects of Colonialism in Higher Education / Marjan de Bruin, 361
24 Brazil in History and in the Present: IAMCR and the Participation of Brazilians / Fernando Oliveira Paulino, 373
25 IAMCR and the Middle East and North Africa: Questions of Place, People, and Paradigms / Naomi Sakr, 381
26 IAMCR and Africa: Harmonizing Discourses of History, Hegemony, and Hope / Bruce Mutsvairo, Ylva Rodny-Gumede, and Colin Chasi, 395
27 France: Complex Relations with IAMCR Marked by Significant Changes from the Mid-1960s / Armand Mattelart and Bernard Miège, 413
28 IAMCR, My Affable Companion in Slovenia's Journey from Yugoslavia to Europe / Slavko Splichal, 431
PART IV: REFLECTIONS ON PEOPLE
29 George Gerbner and the Anti-Fascist Tradition of Communication Research / Victor Pickard, 447
30 Dallas W. Smythe and Détente at IAMCR / Gregory Taylor, 457
31 Herbert I. Schiller / Cees J. Hamelink, 471
32 Perspectives on Communications Research: An Exchange / Ithiel de Sola Pool, Herbert Schiller, and Cees J. Hamelink, 477
33 Stuart Hall and IAMCR / Usha Raman and Aditya Deshbandhu, 487
34 My Work with James Halloran / Peggy Gray, 497
Appendix A: IAMCR Leadership 1957-2020, 507
Appendix B: IAMCR Sections, Working Groups and Commissions 1959-2021, 517
