ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

Inês Amaral, Rita Basílio de Simões, Ana Marta M. Flores

https://bookstore.emerald.com/young-adulthood-across-platforms-hb-9781837535255.html

Digital media and mobile-based technologies have changed how young people interact in different spheres of their experiences. Considering the centrality of digital media in young adults’ lives, Young Adulthood Across Digital Platforms explores how they engage with mobile applications, incorporating them into their everyday lives and embodying them in their daily practices.

Rooted in an intersectional and feminist approach, authors incorporate a future focus on new horizons for researching youth uses of apps and their (re)negotiation of gender and sexual identities from a Media Studies perspective. Adopting a critical lens towards contemporary digital media, chapters consider how young adults navigate digital technologies and mobile applications' technicity and conceptual underpinnings, seamlessly integrating them into their daily routines and utilising them to create engagement between communities that promote health and deconstruct myths of disinformation disorder.

As sociocultural products actively reshape gender relations, sexual practices and other core aspects of young people’s lives, Young Adulthood Across Digital Platforms posits technology as a potent generator of meaning, subjectivity and agency intricately intertwined with power dynamics.

Edited By Inês Amaral, Rita Basílio de Simões, Sofia José Santos

https://www.routledge.com/Renegotiating-Masculinities-in-European-Digital-Spheres/Amaral-BasiliodeSimoes-JoseSantos/p/book/9781032378015?srsltid=AfmBOoohe7wabUPMQUQZXqPeYAc7OuuD5EjOF3c8yyyjYvQM7UDLeMAi

This book explores, from a feminist and intersectional perspective, how masculinities have been (re)negotiated in today’s European digital sphere. By considering new gender-based European trends and scenarios – for example, #metoo, gender ideology, and cultural backlash – the book addresses masculinities in a time of social, political, economic, and cultural transformations in Europe. 

Bringing together research focused on online media representations of what it means to be and behave “like a man” in today’s Europe, and the way audiences have reacted to those representations, the analysis contributes to a comprehensive reflection on the stereotypes that underlie discourses in online media and how audiences co-opt, confront, criticize, renegotiate, and seek to promote gender alternatives that challenge gender (in)equity. 

This timely volume will be of interest to all scholars and students of media studies, digital and new media, gender and masculinity, feminism, digital cultures, critical cultural studies, European cultural studies, and sociology.

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Call for Applications RTG 2806

 “Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures“ at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

The research training group 2806 “Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures” at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, funded by the German Research Foundation, is offering 11 Doctoral Positions (m/f/d) (65%, E-13 TV-L) for a duration of three years respectively, starting 01.10.2025. Extensions for the doctoral positions (6 months) are possible.

The interdisciplinary Research Training Group (RTG) aims to analyze contemporary literatures since 1945 in different public and cultural contexts. It examines the conditions that enable and influence different literatures in the public sphere, thereby focusing on their cultural specificities, potentials and functions. It uses a broad concept of literature, including the digitalization of society and its consequences, socio-cultural political and economic contexts, (inter-)mediality and media competition, institutional conditions, the literary industry and literary life as objects of enquiry.

The RTG considers literatures from different cultural and language areas, including ‘small literatures’ and minority cultures on different continents. Accordingly, the RTG investigates the interactions between literatures and public spheres in a differentiated manner. Adopting a comparative and transnational perspective, the RTG takes into account digital, praxeological, cultural studies and philological methods and supports research projects from social, media, material, ethical or economic studies.

If your field of study was Digital Humanities, Book Studies, (Cultural) Sociology, Media/Communication Studies, Romance Studies, Comparative Literature, American Studies, English Studies or German Studies and you have a suitable project idea, please apply by May 1, 2025!

For more information on the research program, the respective advisors, and contact information, see: https://www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de/en/

If you have any content-related questions, please contact the speakers of the research training group: dirk.niefanger@fau.de and antje.kley@fau.de, for organizational matters please address the coordinators: grk2806-koordination@fau.de.

Requirements:

• an excellent academic degree in a relevant subject
  
• an innovative project idea
  
• intercultural competence and an interest in interdisciplinary work
  
• proficiency in abstract theoretical thinking
  
• methodological competence
  
• adequate language skills: B2 German and English, C1 German or English
  
• first publications, academic talks, or academic administrative experience (e.g. as a student assistant) are desirable
  

Documents to submit:

• cover letter
  
• CV
  
• research proposal (ca. 8-10 pages)
  
• degree certificates (MA, State Exam, or equivalent degree)
  
• certificate(s) of language skills (may be submitted within the first year if necessary)
  
• work sample (e.g. master thesis)

Please submit your application (English or German) electronically as one single PDF file (plus writing sample in a separate PDF file) to kontakt-grk2806@fau.de by May 1, 2025. 

FAU is a modern, cosmopolitan and family-friendly employer. We welcome your application regardless of your age, gender, cultural and social background, religion, ideology, disability or sexual identity. If you have a severe disability or are equivalent to severely disabled persons, we will give you preferential consideration if your suitability, performance and qualifications are essentially equal.

Stina Bengtsson and Sofia Johansson

Volume 46 in the series De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111340654

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111340654/html

News today is a genre "in flux". New kinds of news producers and novel means of distributing, sharing and using news align with alternative ways of understanding what news is. Based on an extensive ethnography of news practices and perceptions among a broad range of young adults in Sweden, this book discusses how the rapid digitisation of news has shaped young people’s understanding of it, as well as how news is made relevant, trusted and used in the temporalities and spatialities of everyday life. This cutting-edge volume analyses the blurring boundaries between news and social media, facts and stories, highlighting how new media categories such as influencers and memes can take on the status of news for young audiences and shape their understanding of themselves and the world.

• Develops a phenomenological approach to the study of news.
  
• Situates the use of digitised news in its everyday contexts.
  
• Goes beyond a merely descriptive study of news use, through an abductive analysis of interviews and small focus groups.
  

Author / Editor information

Stina Bengtsson is professor of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University. She has conducted a broad range of research projects and published several books and articles in the fields of youth studies, media and everyday life, media audience studies and digital culture.

Sofia Johansson is associate professor of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University. Her research interests cover media audiences, popular journalism, celebrity culture and audiences and digital culture. She has authored and contributed to several books and anthologies, as well as published articles in various international journals.

April 9, 2025

University of Manchester (UK)/online

Deadline: January 3, 2025

MADS (Methodological Approaches to Digital Spaces) is a FREE interdisciplinary symposium launched under the guidance and funding of NWCDTP to promote methodological and ontological advancements in the studies of digital spaces. MADS aims to explore diverse academic approaches to increasingly complex digital spaces, specifically focused on:

• new methods for exploring and preserving digital archives
  
• novel approaches to the collection and analysis of digital data
  
• consideration of inclusivity and ethics-based concerns
  

Examples of contemporary digital spaces that might be explored at MADS are internet forums and interactive websites, social media, video games, and the concept of the metaverse. A diverse array of panels will invite researchers in a wide variety of fields, including theoretical, methodological, and practice-based spheres (as well as interdisciplinary combinations thereof) to present their findings and explore the continuously shifting landscape of digital spaces.

MADS welcomes researchers of diverse backgrounds and research that centres intersectionality and inclusivity.

Please submit a 250-word abstract, contact information, and a 50-word biography through the following form.

3rd January 2025 - Abstract submission deadline

9th April 2025 - Symposium

Keynote information:

The symposium will feature a keynote speech from Dr Łukasz Szulc, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture and Co-Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media at the University of Manchester. Dr Szulc's talk, entitled 'Doing Research in the Digital Age', reflects on his experiences of the challenges and opportunities that digital media can present whilst studying queer and other marginalised communities. See website for Dr Szulc's full bio and the abstract for his talk.

Logistics:

The MADS symposium will take place in Room C1.18 and the Atrium of the Ellen Wilkinson Building at The University of Manchester, M15 6JA.  The building is wheelchair accessible.

The event will include a complimentary vegetarian lunch and refreshments throughout the day. 

The conference will be conducted in a hybrid format and will also be live streamed on social networks.

Travel Bursaries:

This symposium can offer 15 travel bursaries to PGRs studying at any of the NWCDTP’s member institutions.

If you need additional information, please contact us at mads2025x@gmail.com. 

This symposium is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership’s Cohort Development Fund.

May 28-30, 2025

Duquesne University

Deadline: April 1, 2025

The 18th Biennial Communication Ethics conference and the Silver Jubilee Anniversary Conference (2000-2025) of the International Communicology Institute will explore current research on the “image" and "imagination," broadly conceived, across the human sciences. Our focus is on the phenomenological, semiotic, rhetorical and ethical foundations of communication in the experience of embodied thinking, speaking and inscribing. We seek to explore the frontiers of natural and artificial sign-systems, encounter diverse manifestations of concrete reality and abstract surreality of human imagination, and discover future domains of conscious experience that found the art and practice of human communicating. We welcome a diversity of scholarly and creative approaches. 

Problematics that presenters may consider include, but are not limited to:

• What questions are raised by recent phenomenological, semiotic, rhetorical, and critical theories of visual and mental images, visibility and nonvisibility, presence and absence, perception and expression?
  
• Is there a general theory of image ethics? If so, what are its foundations and some of its value limitations (e.g., psychoanalysis, journalism, design, propaganda)?
  
• What does it mean to "see" oneself or another? What is a just distance from which to look?
  
• What social, political, economic and/or ethical contradictions have emerged with new convergences among art, media, software and the communication practices they afford?
  
• How is the rhetoric of visual images impacted (enhanced, limited, etc.) by networked media?
  
• What does artificial intelligence want from images? What do images want from AI? What constitutes personification in/of the media?
  
• In what ways do advertisers imagine consumers?
  
• What pasts, presents, and futures are depicted by the visualization of digital data?
  
• How can we reimagine the objectives of network and social media science?
  
• What histories of communicology and communication ethics have yet to be written? What futures can we imagine?
  

The domains of the image and imagination encompass all the Arts and Sciences of expression and perception. These include, the Arts of Media: speaking, writing, painting, printing, sculpture, performance, voice; the Sciences of Media: social and media ecology, film and video, photography, screen/digital and legacy media; and Technological Media of Artificial Intelligence: ubiquitous computing, robotics, holographics and applied algorithms. Communication ethics theory, research and application corresponds with and enriches our critical understanding of each domain. 

We invite completed papers or extended abstracts of 200–500 words. We also invite panel proposals of three speakers per panel. Please include a panel title with 250-word rationale, titles and 200-word abstracts for each presentation, and contributor contact information (institutional affiliation and email).

Submissions are due by April 1, 2025. 

Please visit the conference website for details.

May 20, 2025

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Deadline: January 15, 2025

We invite proposals for workshops and tutorials at the ACM Web Science Conference 2025 (WebSci’25). The conference will take place at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ and will center the special theme: “Maintaining a human-centric web in the era of Generative AI.” Workshops will take place on May 20, 2025, during the first day of the conference.

For full details, please visit the conference website: https://www.websci25.org/call-for-workshops-and-tutorials/

Important dates

• Workshop/Tutorial proposal submission: Wed, January 15, 2025
  
• Workshop/Tutorial proposal notification: Mon, January 28, 2025
  
• Workshop & Tutorials Day: May 20, 2025
  

Note that all submission deadlines are end-of-day in the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.

Overview and Purpose

We invite proposals for workshops and tutorials at the ACM Web Science Conference 2025 (WebSci’25). The conference will take place in New Brunswick, NJ, USA, from May 20 to 23, 2025, and serve as center stage for the special theme: “Maintaining a human-centric web in the era of Generative AI”. Workshops will take place on May 20, 2025, during the first day of the conference.

The ACM Web Science Conference 2025 will feature co-located workshops and tutorials to provide a forum for interdisciplinary research. Contributions may stem from a variety of disciplinary traditions including (but not limited to) Computer and Information Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, as well as Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences. Researchers and practitioners studying the complex and multifaceted impact of the Web and AI on society and vice versa can engage in discussions on relevant topics (including those mentioned in the CfP for the main conference program).

WebSci’25 workshops/tutorials may address any topic relevant to the global Web Science community, e.g., questions of basic research as well as applied research, Web-related practices of developers, creators, and consumers, new methodologies, emerging application areas, privacy, ethics, sustainability, or innovations. Each workshop/tutorial should strive to generate ideas that can give the community a fresh or synthesized perspective on the topic, or suggest promising directions for future work.  

The organizers are especially interested in topics that resonate with this year’s theme of maintaining a human centric web in the age of AI. For instance, how can the Web science community develop methods, tools, or frameworks to help us responsibly navigate the age of generative AI? How can we better understand web user behaviors and attitudes in the age of and with the aid of  LLMs? The tutorials could cover a wide variety of Web Science approaches and methods. If you are working in an emerging area in the broad landscape of Web Science research, do consider contributing or participating. 

Submission Guidelines

Submission System: Submissions should be made on Easychair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci25

Please select the WebSci25 Workshops and Tutorials track as shown below.

Format & Length: All workshop proposals should adopt the current ACM SIG Conference proceedings template (acmart.cls available here). Please submit papers as PDF files using the ACM template, either in Microsoft Word format (available here under “Word Authors”) or with the ACM LaTeX template on the Overleaf platform, available here. In particular, please ensure you are using the two-column version of the appropriate template. Submission must be as a single PDF file: 4 (four) pages in length, including references.

Structure: Workshop/Tutorial proposals should conform to the following structure:

• A title and an acronym for the workshop/tutorial
  
• The names, affiliations, and contact information of ALL organizers
  
• Proposed duration of the workshop/tutorial – half or full-day (please specify your flexibility where applicable)
  
• A statement of the workshop/tutorial objectives (including the motivation, relevance, and desired outcomes)
  
• An outline of the proposed workshop/tutorial format, discussing the planned activities (where applicable) such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, breakout sessions, discussion sessions, etc.
  
• A brief description of the workshop/tutorial audience and the expected number of submissions/participants
  
• If the workshop/tutorial was held before, when applicable, please share details on the venues and dates, number of participants, format, number of submissions, and number of accepted papers, and indicate how the proposed edition will differ from earlier editions
  
• A short bio of the organizers, including a description of their relevant qualifications and past experience in organizing workshops/tutorials or similar gatherings

Review Process & Next Steps

The workshop and tutorial chairs, in consultation with the general chairs, will create a carefully curated list of workshops with an aim to reflect the needs and desires of the Web Science community at large. Please note that we might propose modifications and augmentations, such as suggesting that workshops be shortened or combined where appropriate. The workshops/tutorials ought to address timely topics and phenomena; therefore, it depends on the year which topics are considered particularly relevant and interesting. Workshop/tutorial series or follow-up workshops/tutorials from those in previous conferences will be given special consideration but are not automatically accepted. Space in the program and technical limitations will also influence the number and form of the selected workshops and tutorials.

• Once accepted, organizers are responsible for publicizing the workshop/tutorial and soliciting potential participants.
  
• Depending on the format of the workshop/tutorial, organizers may decide to cap the number of attendees.
  
• Workshop/tutorial organizers solicit participants for their workshop through their Call for Participation, which is posted to the Web Science 2025 website and includes a link to the workshop’s public website. The workshop organizers determine the submission format.
  
• The workshop organizers will review submissions using their own criteria (not set by the Workshop Chairs or the Web Science PC).
  

Proceedings option for Workshops

Given the interdisciplinary nature of the conference, workshop proceedings are optional. However, if you wish to have your workshop papers included in the companion proceedings, you must ensure that the camera-ready versions of all accepted papers are prepared by April 15, 2025.

Workshops/Tutorials Chairs

Kiran Garimella (Rutgers University)

Yongfeng Zhang (Rutgers University)

Harsh Taneja (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)

For any questions and queries regarding the workshops/tutorials, please contact the chairs at websci25-workshops@easychair.org

Arab Media & Society

Deadline: January 15, 2025

Arab Media & Society, the biannual journal of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo, is seeking submissions for our next issue on “Media & Conflict”.

The Arab world has been deeply affected by conflict and war. This complicated history positions the region as a crucial case study to examine the intricate relationship between media and conflict. Throughout the Arab world, the media landscape significantly shapes public opinion, controls narratives, and propagates ideological messages during times of conflict. This system of mediation includes state-controlled outlets, independent voices, alternative platforms, and other media outlets. Whether covering long-standing geopolitical struggles—like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—or more recent conflicts involving Syria, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Algeria, and Morocco, the media plays a central role in constructing and broadcasting narratives surrounding these conflicts, which shapes our conception of these momentous events.

In recent years, the proliferation of digital media has infused novel complexity into the media-conflict dynamic. The rise of social media platforms, the ubiquity of smart devices, as well as the ease and instantaneous speed that content can be shared has fundamentally altered how conflicts are reported, perceived, and engaged with by both local and global audiences. Digital media has empowered grassroot movements, introduced novel forms of mis/disinformation, and altered the relationship between the public, the media, and state institutions. In a region where narratives are tightly controlled, digital media has disrupted traditional hierarchies while enabling new actors the capacity to reinforce or challenge established conflict narratives.

Issue 38 of Arab Media & Society aims to examine the role of media—both traditional and digital—through the lens of conflict in the Arab world. As such, we seek to explore the intersections of traditional and digital media with technology, ideology, and geopolitics by encouraging submissions that address how various forms of media (re)shape conflict narratives, media practices, and public engagement with war and conflict.

Media and Conflict in the Arab World

Media and conflict are inseparable in the Arab world. Traditional media outlets—television, radio, and newspapers—are longstanding tools used by state and non-state actors to shape public opinion and construct ideological narratives during times of conflict. While these remain potent means of producing and disseminating narratives, the advent of digital media has drastically altered this formerly entrenched media landscape. The proliferation of social media platforms, online news outlets, and digital forums allow for faster, more diverse, and often unfiltered dissemination of information. As a result, conflicts are no longer simply reported in this new media environment, they are experienced, shared, and amplified through digital networks in real-time.

The rapid proliferation of digital media has established new mechanisms—for both state and non-state actors—that exert tremendous influence upon conflict dynamics in the Arab world. Governments increasingly rely on digital media as a tool to disseminate propaganda, psychological warfare, and engender domestic and/or international support. Simultaneously, grassroots movements, citizen journalists, and alternative media outlets utilize digital platforms to challenge official narratives, document human rights abuses, and mobilize resistance to state violence.

The widespread availability of smartphones, in combination with the power of social media, has transformed previously voiceless citizens into potential content producers. These novel digital networks have precipitated an unprecedented level of public engagement with both war and conflict. Images and videos depicting violence, suffering, and resistance circulate online and (re)shape how conflicts are perceived within the Arab world and globally. However, these platforms also provide a fertile breeding ground for disinformation, deepfakes, and the manipulation of public opinion, which may exacerbate existing tensions and fuel conflict. Given these developments, it is imperative to critically examine the role of all media—traditional, broadcast, and digital—in the (re)construction of conflict narratives, the mobilization of actors, and the transformation of media practices in the Arab world.

This issue seeks contributions that engage both theoretical and/or empirical approaches to better understand how media is transforming conflict dynamics, media practices, and public perceptions in the region. We invite scholars to explore the complex and evolving relationship between media and conflict in the Arab world.

Themes and Topics of Interest

Submissions may address the following themes, which aims to provide a broad framework for investigating media and conflict in the Arab world. Please note, this list of suggestions is not exhaustive. Submissions may be qualitative or quantitative as we encourage interdisciplinary approaches and critical analyses.

• The role of media in (re)framing conflict narratives: How do different media platforms shape narratives involving war and conflict in the Arab world? What are the dominant frames and how do they influence public opinion and/or policy decisions?
  
• Propaganda and disinformation in the media: How are state and non-state actors exploiting media to disseminate disinformation, propaganda, and psychological warfare? What tools are employed to manipulate public opinion and fuel conflict through traditional and/or digital platforms?
  
• Citizen journalism and grassroots media in conflict zones: What role do citizen journalists and alternative media outlets play in documenting and reporting conflicts? How do they challenge or reinforce official narratives and what impact do they have on the public’s perception of conflict?
  
• Ethical and legal challenges of reporting conflict: What are the ethical considerations for journalists, activists, ordinary citizens, and media outlets when documenting conflict? How do legal frameworks in the Arab world impact the ability of media to report on conflicts freely and accurately?
  
• The visual economy of war: How do images of violence, suffering, and resistance circulate through various media platforms? What are their psychological, cultural, and political impacts on audiences? How does the visual representation of war differ between traditional and digital media?
  
• Social media and the mobilization of conflict actors: How are social media platforms used by conflict actors to mobilize support, recruit fighters, and spread ideological messages? What role do digital networks play in (re)shaping the strategies of both state and non-state actors in conflict zones?
  
• Media coverage of humanitarian crises in conflict: How do media platforms cover the humanitarian aspects of conflict, such as displacement, refugee crises, and human rights violations? How do these platforms contribute to or detract from international humanitarian interventions?
  
• Safety in conflict zones: How has the rise of digital media impacted the safety and security of journalists, citizens, activists, and media workers in conflict zones? What new risks do digital platforms pose and what strategies can be employed to mitigate these risks?
  
• Media, public trust, and conflict: How do media platforms influence public trust in media outlets during times of conflict? How do audiences navigate misinformation and disinformation? What strategies can be employed to restore trust in conflict reporting?
  
• Gender and conflict reporting through media: How is the gendered dimension of conflict represented in media? What challenges do female journalists and activists face in reporting on conflict? How is the impact of conflict on women and marginalized groups portrayed?
  

Suggested Areas of Research:

• The role of media in shaping narratives of war and conflict.
  
• The authority of official/alternative narratives in conflict reporting.
  
• The circulation of propaganda and disinformation via media during conflict.
  
• The role of citizen journalism and alternative media in conflict zones.
  
• The ethical dilemmas in reporting conflict.
  
• The visual representation of war and violence across media platforms.
  
• The use of media for the mobilization of conflict actors.
  
• Humanitarian crises and the coverage of atrocities by media.
  
• The impact of digital media on journalistic safety in conflict zones.
  
• Public relations and crisis/conflict news management.
  
• The public trust/distrust in media during times of conflict.
  
• Gendered reporting of conflict across media.
  
• Censorship and media freedom in Arab conflict zones.
  
• The role of media in post-conflict peacebuilding efforts.
  
• The use of dehumanizing language or demonizing adversaries via media.
  
• The role of media as it pertains to inciting conflict and fostering peace and reconciliation.
  
• The role of diaspora and exile communities in shaping media narratives.
  
• The rise of disinformation and its impact on conflict resolution.
  
• Comparative analysis of traditional versus digital media in covering Arab conflicts.
  
• The intersection of media, ethics, and law in conflict reporting.
  

The above list is a non-exhaustive set for suggested areas of research. We welcome contributions that explore other dimensions related to media and conflict in the Arab region.

Deadline for Submissions

Authors interested in submitting their research for peer-review consideration must submit manuscripts by January 15, 2025.

Other submissions, including book and conference reviews, shorter (non-peer reviewed) research papers, and columns, should be submitted by January 31, 2025.

Submission Guidelines

All submissions must be in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx), adhere to the Chicago Manual of Style, and have a maximum length of 10,000 words (including footnotes and citations).

Please include the author's name (as it should be published), their affiliation, and a brief abstract of no more than 150 words.

Please email all submissions to: editor@arabmediasociety.com

For further information regarding our publishing policies, kindly visit: www.arabmediasociety.com/publishing-policies/

Contact Information

For any inquiries regarding the call for papers, please contact: editor@arabmediasociety.com.

Thank you for your interest and support of Arab Media & Society. We look forward to your contributions to this timely and important issue.

January 22, 2025

Deadline: January 20, 2025

Webinar on Democracy and Media, IAMCR Webinar Series 

https://iamcr.org/webinars/democracy-media 

In this webinar, four communication and media studies scholars will  reflect on the intersection of democracy and media in India, Indonesia, Turkey and Brazil, using the recently published book "Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach"(*), authored by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer, as a source of inspiration. This discussion will serve as an opportunity to reflect also on how the scholarly work on democracy and media that has a Western (European) conceptual reference point, may (or may not) be relevant in other parts of the world. 

(*) https://bit.ly/DemoMediaEurope 

When: Wednesday 22 January, 2025 @12h00 UTC / 07h00 New York / 12h00 

London / 13h00 Paris / 15h00 Nairobi / 17h30 Kolkata / 20h00 Beijing / 22h00 Brisbane. The event will last 2 hours. 

Organised by: IAMCR's Communication, Social Justice and Democracy (CSD) Working Group (https://iamcr.org/s-wg/working-group/csd) 

Chair: Vaia Doudaki, co-chair of the Communication, Social Justice and Democracy Working Group, Charles University, Czech Republic 

Speakers 

-Usha Raman, University of Hyderabad, India 

-Masduki, Universitas Islam Indonesia 

-Derya Yüksek, Charles University, Czech Republic 

-Fernando Oliveira Paulino, University of Brasilia, Brazil 

Concluding remarks by Nico Carpentier, Charles University, Czech Republic 

Registration 

Pre-registration is required by 20 January, 2025. Register here: https://iamcr.org/webinars/register-democracy-media 

Location: The meeting will take place on Zoom. Pre-registered participants will receive personal invitations 24 hours before the webinar begins. 

Who can participate: The webinar is open to all IAMCR members but space is restricted. A limited number of guest invitations for non-members may be available. Fill out this form to request being added to the guest list: https://forms.gle/bVVp5K2saFCnkhVm9 

Not sure if you're a member? Check the membership directory: https://iamcr.org/member-directory 

If you are not a member of IAMCR, you can join here:  https://iamcr.org/join/individual 

Edited By: Dariusz Brzeziński, Kamil Filipek, Kuba Piwowar, Malgorzata Winiarska-Brodowska

This volume brings together eminent scholars from various parts of the world, representing different fields of knowledge in order to explore the social, cultural, political and economic effects of the development of new technologies.

On the one hand, the book contextualises the discussion of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) within the broader framework of the digital revolution, on the other it also examines individual experiences and practices. Moreover, in light of the speed at which algorithms and AI are being incorporated into various aspects of life, contributors also question the ethical implications of their development. The widespread development of AI and algorithmic solutions is one of the most important contemporary phenomena. It has an overwhelming impact on the social and cultural life of the 21st century. In this context, one can point to both exciting examples of the application of algorithms and AI in business and popular culture, as well as the challenges of widening social inequality or the expanding scope of surveillance.

The scope of the impact of algorithms and AI makes the formation of new theoretical frameworks vital. This is the aim of this book, which will be of interest to academics within the humanities and social sciences with an interest in technology and the impact of algorithms and AI on society and culture.

https://www.routledge.com/Algorithms-Artificial-Intelligence-and-Beyond-Theorising-Society-and-Culture-of-the-21st-Century/Brzezinski-Filipek-Piwowar-Winiarska-Brodowska/p/book/9781032646916?srsltid=AfmBOopOWA2yVJe5xKXgHVDKmGTUeo-70scmGRzDsLNNI9PjaEI96XrD