Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section

The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion, and Society Section aims to foster research emphasising socio-psychological and cognitive-psychological processes through theory and empirical work.

Chair: Susanne Eichner (Aarhus University, Denmark) [contact]
Vice-chair: Ruchi Tewari (MICA, India) [contact]
Vice-chair: Franziska Thiele (University of Greifswald, Germany) [contact]


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This Section fosters research emphasising socio-psychological and cognitive-psychological processes at work in the production and consumption of standardised media content, mediated interpersonal communication by mobile phone or chat and interactive media such as computer games and robots. It places considerable emphasis on phenomenological approaches to the media and the role of communication and media in families and households.

IAMCR's Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society 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.
IAMCR's Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society 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 Mediated Communication, Public Opinion, and Society Section (MPS) will be holding online elections for one Chair and two Vice-chair positions, for the term 2021 - 2025. The deadline to submit candidacies is 16 May.
IAMCR's Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society 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.
Since it won’t be possible to meet up in the usual context this year and exchange information, network, and socialize together, the Mediated Communication, Public Opinion, and Society Section (MPS), decided to provide its members with a newsletter instead. Read it here.
This message from the heads of the Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section was distributed to all the section members in May 2020
IAMCR's Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society 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 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.
IAMCR's Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section invites proposals that reflect the section's interest. 
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold its annual conference from 16-20 July, 2017 in Cartagena, Colombia. IAMCR's Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section invites proposals that reflect the the section's interest. 
The IAMCR Mediated Communication, Public Opinion and Society Section will hold elections for chair and vice-chair during the section business meeting at the upcoming conference in Leicester (Sunday 31th July 2016 9:00pm to 10:30Room: Ken Edwards, 528).
The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR annual conference that will be held from 27 -31 July, 2016 in Leicester, UK.
The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the IAMCR 2015 conference to be held from July 12-16, 2015 in Montreal (Canada).