Media Education Research Section
The primary goal and mission of the Media Education Research Section is to encourage and promote research in the theory and practice of Media Education at the school, college and university levels of education.
Chair: Sara Pereira (University of Minho, Portugal) [Contact]
Vice chair: Ruchi Kher Jaggi, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), India [Contact]
Vice chair: Michael Hoechsman (Lakehead University, Canada) [Contact]
Vice chair: Leena Ripatti-Torniainen (University of Helsinki, Finland) [Contact]
See the list of all current members of the Media Education Research Section. For more information about a given member, go to https://iamcr.org/members-contact (accessible only to IAMCR members).
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Members of this Section focus on media education theory and practices in both developing and developed countries, research relating to ‘knowledge societies’ and critical analysis of strategies and policies.
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IAMCR's Media Education Research Section invites proposals that reflect the section's interest.
Conference theme: "Memory, Commemoration and Communication: Looking Back, Looking Forward"
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The IAMCR 2014 conference will be held in Hyderabad, India, July 15-19, 2014. The Media Education Research Section invites submissions of individual research papers and complete panels proposals.
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The MER - Media Education Research Section - warmly accepts paper submissions for the next IAMCR conference to be held at the Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, from 25 to 29 June, 2013. "Crises, 'Creative Destruction' and the Global Power and...
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The Media Education Research Section (MER) warmly invites submissions (both individual proposals and collective panels) for the next IAMCR conference to be held at the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. The section is interested in papers bearing on all the...
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