ICA PolComm 2026

Cape Town · June 5–8

Overview
Fri Jun 5
Sat Jun 6
Sun Jun 7
Mon Jun 8
Paper Session High-Density Panel / Roundtable / Escalator Poster Session Social Event
TimeslotJun 5 (Fri)Jun 6 (Sat)Jun 7 (Sun)Jun 8 (Mon)
9:00 – 10:15
📄All About Tiktok
📄Political Communication in Africa
🎤Rethinking Academic Publishing: Challenges and Innovations in the Age of AI, Equity, and Open Access
📄Misinformation, Disinformation, and Politics 1
Incivility
📄Youth and Politics
📄Political Discourse
📄Identity and Politics 1
10:30 – 11:45
📄Right-Wing Politics
📄Emotion and Politics 1
📄Crisis, Conflict, and War
Misinformation, Disinformation, and Politics 2
📄Censorship and Self-Censorship
Emotion and Politics 2
📄Public Opinion
📄Framing and Politics
12:00 – 13:15
📄Political Participation and Engagement
📄AI and Politics
Elections 2
📄Deception and Conspiracy
📄Influencers and Politics
📄Voters and Vote Choice
📄Identity and Politics 2
13:30 – 14:45
🎤Towards an African Model of Media Systems
Polarized Politics 2
🖼Political Communication Poster Session
📄Political Perception and Attitudes
📄Platform Politics
Propaganda and Authoritarian Influences
📄Fact-Checking and Politics
📄Algorithm and Politics
Polarized Politics 1
📄Trust and Credibility
📄Political Communication Strategies
News and Politics
15:00 – 16:15
📄Elections 1
📄Theory and Method
🎤Democratic Implications of the Global Rise of Political Influencers
Gender and Politics
🎤Disempowered Voices and Online Hate: Challenges and Pathways to Inclusion
📈Political Communication Research Escalator
📄Social Movements and Collective Action
📄Political Advertising
Social Media and Politics
16:30 – 17:45
📄Technological Impact and Governance
📄Partisanship
📌Political Communication Division Business Meeting
18:00 – 20:30
18:30 🍹Political Communication Division Graduate Student Reception
18:00 🍹Political Communication Division Reception