Kupe, Tawana
If I am elected a member of the International Council of the IAMCR, I would promote a drive to make the association truly global through increasing membership drives among under represented regions. These regions have in the past three decades experienced growth of the media and communication sector and media and communication programmes.
To achieve this goal, I would propose a strategy where we tap for membership the collaborations, partnerships, networks and alliances that universities and members belong to and participate in. In this way we will gain the critical mass and scale necessary to understand how media and communication influence the world and its localities to achieve meaningful democracy, sustainable development and sustainability of humanity and the environment.
I would also propose a strategy to ensure sustainability of the IAMCR itself by ensuring emerging and early career researchers join the association early on in their careers. By increasing membership in this category the IAMCR would become a diverse association representing multiple generations as well intellectual traditions, methodologies and research topics.
Finally, I would propose that the IAMCR agree to promote critical analytical research into the use of new media technologies, new and emerging forms of media for disinformation campaigns.
Nominated by
- Kaarle Nordenstreng, Tampere University, Finland
- Ullamaija Kivikuru, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Ufuoma Akpojivi, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Monica Chibita, Ugandan Christian University, Uganda
- Knut Lundby, University of Oslo, Norway
- Dumisani Moyo, University of Johannisburg, South Africa
