The Political Communication Research Section of IAMCR calls for its Regional Conference for Latin America 2026, to be held on August 5, 6, and 7, 2026, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil. The conference theme, “Democratic Challenges in Contexts of Disinformation and Radicalization” builds directly on the debates initiated at the IAMCR Political Communication LATAM Regional Conference 2025 in Puebla, Mexico.

As global democracies face unprecedented testing from digital radicalization and systemic misinformation, this congress serves as a structural platform for sophisticated academic discourse. We invite researchers to converge in Rio de Janeiro to analyze and propose solutions to the communicative fractures threatening democratic integrity across the Latin American continent.