IAMCR’s INTER/ACTIONS: Multimodal Academic Communication Task Force launched its report, Media and Communication Research Through a Multimodal Lens, at the 2025 conference in Singapore. 

Presented at the International Council meeting in July 2025, the report highlights the value of initiatives and strategies that stimulate the use of non-written communication of research results (e.g., documentary and ethnographic film, video essay, exhibition, installation,  performance). Reflecting on how theorizing through and as production can generate new research insights for media and communication studies, the report identifies several areas where IAMCR’s support of multimodal scholarship would make lasting impact in the discipline. 

Download the report at: https://iamcr.org/MCR-report-2025 

Direct link to PDF: https://iamcr.box.com/shared/static/0ydqyr8934xpbkau87luyu7v44oatabc.pdf 

TOC 

What is Multimodal Research? 

Examples of Multimodal Research 

* Documentary & Ethnographic Film 

* Video Essay and/or Videographic Criticism 

* Exhibition 

* Installation Art 

* Performance 

Opportunities & Challenges with Multimodal Research 

What IAMCR Can Do to Support Multimodal Research 

About the Task Force 

The report was prepared by members of the IAMCR’s INTER/ACTIONS: 

Multimodal Academic Communication Task Force. The Task Force was established with a threefold mandate: (1) to examine the various possibilities for multimodal research; (2) to develop initiatives and strategies that stimulate the use of non-written communication of research findings at IAMCR; and (3) to reflect on the use of such strategies at IAMCR and beyond. Its members include: 

* Sandra Ristovska, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder, USA (Chair) 

* Arezou Zalipour, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand 

* Aysu Arsoy, Associate Professor, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus 

* Jeremy Shtern, Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada (EB liaison) 

* John L. Jackson Jr., Provost, University of Pennsylvania, USA 

* Johanna Sumiala, Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland 

* Nico Carpentier, Extraordinary Professor, Charles University, the Czech Republic 

* Pedro Pinto de Oliveira, Professor, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil