Agreement

The Presidents of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and the Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación (ALAIC), representing the members of both associations, agree to:

1. reduce membership fees in IAMCR for ALAIC individual members to USD15.00 on condition that payment is made using the Paypal payment system at the IAMCR website (a discount from the full low income country individual membership fee of USD20.00). Individuals would not be entitled to receive a journal unless they pay an additional USD40.00. No alternative means of payment can be accepted by IAMCR for cost reasons.

2. in return, ALAIC will distribute IAMCR printed materials in its mailing, publicize the agreement in its journal and newsletter and pass to IAMCR its list of members annually.

3. ALAIC will organize, during each organisation’s conference, meetings between representatives of the boards of IAMCR and ALAIC to elaborate cooperation plans for bilateral action.

4. ALAIC and IAMCR agree to foster interaction between working groups and sections with similar interests and to encourage meetings, publications, etc.

The objective of this agreement is to increase the number of Latin American members in IAMCR and its academic and political relevance to scholars based in Latin America, and to promote bilateral and regional actions.

Profesor Robin Mansell

President IAMCR

Erick Torrico Villanueva

President ALAIC


April 2007