Gender and Communication Section

The mission of the Gender and Communication Section is to foster and encourage all knowledge, scholarship, empirical work and theoretical debates in the field of gender and its relation to media and communications. The aim is to engage with issues of gender and the media through various multidisciplinary perspectives and which are also inclusive of various disciplines from across the Social Sciences. This Section wants to encourage the conduct and dissemination of research that uses gender as a primary thematic in work around media, culture and communications, and which is capable of engaging with different epistemological frameworks and questions as well as dialoguing with other disciplines, from sociology to politics and feminist theory. The section thus serves as a meeting space for both established and younger scholars from across the world. It also aims to nurture younger scholars and those from developing countries interested in aspects of gender-media so that they can participate in a global academic community via attendance at international conferences.

This Section's members are committed to transcending the often artificial boundaries that give rise to divisions in the study of gender across the Social Sciences. It is committed to equality principles and to be a space for furthering research which aims to deal with the current structural challenges of gender inequalities in the world, and their intersections with other layers of oppression, such as race, ethnicity, nationality and other ideological or philosophical descriptions. This section is also concerned with how gender considerations and identities are reproduced and consumed through media production and consumption, with members’ papers yielding new insights into the way similarities and differences are experienced in the everyday lives of audiences and how they engage with gender.

Co-chair: Carolina Matos (City, University of London, United Kingdom) [contact]
Co-chair: Wajiha Raza Rizvi (Film Museum Society | Beaconhouse National University) [contact]
Vice-Chair: Patricia Núñez-Gómez (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) [contact]
Vice-chair: Faiza Rafique (Digital Media Studies, Pakistan) [contact]

See the list of all current members of the Gender and Communication Section. For more information about a given member, go to https://iamcr.org/members-contact (accessible only to IAMCR members).

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IWD webinar

IAMCR's Gender and Communication Section and the DME Media School in Delhi marked International Women's Day with the webinar "Inspiring Women - Global Faces / Gendered Media Space: Shattering the Glass Screen"

Istanbul 2011 - Gender and Communication Section Call for Papers

istanbulThe Gender and Communication Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research announces its call for papers for the IAMCR Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17, 2011.

The Gender and Communication Section seeks research which balances theory and practice, and explores the relationship between gender, media and communication in its panoply. In recent years sessions have covered topics such as advertising, audiences, the body, consumption, development, discrimination, elections, film, GMMP,  HIV/AIDS, human rights, the Internet,  journalism, magazines, media production, new media, pop culture, queer theory, reception, representation, television, and violence. In keeping with our philosophy of? inclusivity, we welcome contributions without regard to empirical, theoretical, disciplinary or philosophical perspective.

Braga 2010 - Gender and Communication Section Call for Papers

braga_2010The Gender and Communication Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research announces its call for papers for the IAMCR Congress in Braga, Portugal (July 18-22, 2010). The theme for the Congress is 'Communication and Citizenship: Rethinking Crisis and Change'.

The section seeks research which balances theory and practice, and explores the relationship between gender and communication, both mediated and non-mediated. In keeping with our philosophy of inclusivity, we welcome contributions without regard to empirical, theoretical, or disciplinary approach.

Mexico 2009 - Gender and Communication Section Call for Papers

The Gender Section and Communication Section invites proposals for the 2009 IAMCR annual conference, to be held at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico and Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades in Mexico City, Mexico, July 21st to July 24th. The theme for the 2009 conference will be "Human Rights and Communication" and the planners have indicated that at least one keynote speaker will address the topic of "gender and human rights".

Paris 2007 - Gender and Communication Section Call for Papers

Paris 2007 - Gender and Communication Section Call for Papers

Given space limitations, it may not be possible to accommodate all proposals. For this reason, proposals for complete panels and/or round tables are particularly encouraged. In addition, panels focusing on UNESCO communication policies vis-à-vis gender may receive favorable attention, as will those individual papers which emphasize the relationship between gender and the conference theme.

We particularly seek papers which balance theory and practice.

We have asked the Audience Section to join together in developing a joint session for Paris 2007. Our hope is to solicit papers that re-evaluate the last 50 years of research about gender and reception (although other panel ideas are certainly welcome).

Questions about submissions or suggestions for panels should be directed to Section Co-Chairs Todd Holden and Ellen Riordan. For the joint session with the Audience Studies section, you may also contact Virginia Nightingale.

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