European Communication Research and Education Association
Media International Australia (MIA). SAGE.
Deadline (EXTENDED): March 1, 2024
Feature Topic Editor: David Ramírez Plascencia, Universidad de Guadalajara – Mexico (Editor)
davidrapla@gmail.com and davidram@udgvirtual.udg.mx
Recent edited publications. Imagining Latinidad: Digital Diasporas and Public Engagement Among Latin American Migrants (Brill, 2023), “Medios educativos como espacios subversivos en América Latina: potencialidades, inconvenientes y consideraciones en el contexto de la pandemia.” Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research (JILAR, Taylor and Francis, 2022), and The Politics of Technology in Latin America (Volume 1 and 2) (Routledge, 2020).
Brief
In Latin America during the health emergency in 2020, digitalization, despite digital infrastructure limitation, was essential not just because it allowed to continue studying and working at home and promoted the improvement of the exchange of goods and services networks using smartphones and mobile applications, but because it helped people to build solidary chains to support and provide relief in places where authorities were absent or negligent. Digitalization augmented even more the popularity of social platforms and mobile devices which have consolidated as the main places of socialization and entertainment among Latin Americans.
After three years since the outbreak, the Latin American landscape invites us to ponder, from a critical perspective, the digital economic activities that have flourished in this post-pandemic context. This special feature topic invites proposals that analyze, from an interdisciplinary and international perspective, the impact of the pandemic and digitalization in the Latin American labor market.
Prospective articles may include topics related with social media influencers (Youtubers, Tiktokers, instangramers and so on), fact-checkers, crypto miners and bitcoin traders, digital nomad workers, online gamers and videogame-items dealers, delivery-platform app workers, social media platforms sellers, among others. Propositions that address (i) the economic and cultural influence of theses economic activities in the regional and international content-consumption market, (ii) novel digital professions as a mechanism to surpass economic and social exclusion, and (iii) externalities, genre barriers and legal and ethical controversial issues, are particularly welcome.
Submission Instructions
Articles should be between 5,000-8,000 words in length (including notes, references, accompanying reference list, and all other inclusions). Papers should be submitted directly to the journal. More information in this link https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/MIA
You may send an extended abstract (500 words) to receive feedback from the Feature Topic editor, before you submit your article to the journal.
We are very much looking forward to your submissions!
April 16, 2024
Lisbon, Portugal
Deadline: February 2, 2024
Research on journalism extends across a range of subjects from historical to contemporary, from print to online, and across different regions of the world, addressing a myriad of challenges. This symposium aims to bring together researchers, academics, professional journalists, and media organizations and, at the same time, explore how this field of study can be applicable in the everyday lives of journalists.
Researchers in journalism studies at the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC) at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon therefore invite submissions of extended abstracts for a symposium on “Journalism Studies, Past and Present” to be held on April 16, 2024 at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
The Symposium is open to researchers who wish to present their current research on subjects such as journalism as an agent of memory, its role as a producer of historical documents, and the challenges of contemporary communication, such as disinformation, media literacy, and others.
Extended abstracts (up to 750 words, not including references) should be sent to journsymposium@gmail.com by February 2, 2024. Applicants will be notified of decisions by February 23, 2024.
Submitted abstracts can address a number of topics within journalism studies, including, but not limited to:
- Journalism as an agent of memory
- Misinformation, disinformation, junk news
- Contemporary news audiences
- Journalism studies and media literacy
- Journalism, peace and conflict
- News deserts and local news
- Metatheoretical background of journalism studies
- News sources and journalism
- Journalism and media systems
- What journalism studies can do for journalism
- Researching journalism in a world of artificial intelligence
- Journalism studies as an agent of change
June 13-14, 2024
Vannes – France
Deadline: February 23, 2024
Monuments are often emblematic of a territory for the local population. While their primary function is a tourist destination, monuments can act as markers of a territory's identity and memory, inviting individuals to connect them to a set of shared values (Riegl, 1984 [1903]). One value is our ability to be moved by the marks of the passage of time on the stones of monuments. Situated in their larger historical context by cultural and scientific projects, monuments are sometimes exploited for their attractive value and scientific projects, and are sometimes exploited for their capacity to attract and welcome heritage buildings. They remain spaces (Foucault, (2009 [1966]) that question their external environment, their territory and our relationship with the world.
Monuments are thus the focus of a wide range of staged activities (Flon, 2012; Gellereau, 2005), designed to enhance their appeal to the public, such as interactive devices for visitors, live shows, historical re-enactments, digital mediation, video mapping (projected onto facades in summer or during public holidays), events, temporary exhibitions, immersive scenography (Ballarini and Delestage, 2023), etc. The staging of the monuments is designed to elicit particular emotions and experiences, which does not always avoid a form of heritage spectacularization.
Nevertheless, if this staging is based on cultural mediation devices, something that came to the fore in the 1980s (Davallon, 1999; Jacobi, 2012), that staging must interact with the logics of the conservation, the protection and the enhancement of these heritage sites (Davallon, 2006).
By seeking to bring monuments to life, heritage professionals seek to make visible and audible what is no longer there, and prolong the history of these places. Some of the staging is in continuity with the historical and thematic universe of the sites in question, while others are counter to their original purpose, or represent ruptures or even interferences with the past. In all these cases, these mediations affect the perception of the monument and update its cultural and social identity. So how do these staged events work? How do they bring heritage sites to life? Which methods are used to achieve this? How do they question the interwoven spaces? How do they affect, or could affect, the public's perception of monuments? From a scientific and socio-professional perspective, this symposium aims to understand how the relationship between heritage sites and their audiences is being redefined, and the social and political logic of culture at work in the mediation of monuments as built heritage.
Our aim is to explore what brings heritage monuments to life in/through their staging, their interior/exterior spaces, but also in their symbolic and imaginary spaces, and their audiences through their appropriations, representations, uses and practices of the monument or heritage site. This conference will provide an opportunity to renew and extend these questions along a number of different lines, which are not intended to be exhaustive, but to provide food for thought:
Area 1: Staging
What do monument staging consist of? This area will focus on the analysis of staging as a semiotic device with technical (audiovisual, digital, plastic), linguistic (circulation of knowledge) and symbolic (creation of values) dimensions (Jeanneret, 2005). More specifically, we might analyze the storytelling at work in the staging of the monument, combining historical and fictional frameworks. How is historical knowledge mobilized and selected in the staging, and what are their sources? How do they relate to the heritage object? Some case studies may focus on the contribution of digital technology to heritage staging (Deramond, Fraysse and de Bideran, 2022), the evaluation of immersive, participatory or experiential approaches to digital mediation devices, and their impact (Gentes and Jutant, 2012). It may also be a question of identifying the injunctions to innovate that are imperative for heritage institutions and their consequences (Appiotti and Sandri, 2020). The proposals could also focus on the design of the staging, and who are the actors who are responsible for them? Which collaborations are at work between the various players, who belong to the fields of digital technology, heritage (historians and curators), culture, tourism or the arts?
Area 2: Spaces
Monuments and heritage sites constitute unique and complex spaces with a strong symbolic charge, satisfying our need for secrets (Bachelard, 2010 [1957]). Most of the time, they have a distinct history and status, housing, for example, a history museum, a performing arts center, a contemporary art center or a performance venue. Physical traces of a bygone era, for most of them their use value has changed (Riegl, op.cit.). For historians, heritage objects, particularly when they are monuments, form part of a long history, and a history that is also that of its territory (urban or rural, industrial or agricultural, tourist or non-tourist), linked to local memories (Nora, 1997).
Our aim here is to understand how the staging of the monument questions the notion of space linked to the monument. How do the superimposed spaces of the monument cohabit: geo-historical, socio-cultural, tourist, built, imaginary? What are the spatial dimensions of the monument conjured up by these stagings: the context of the building, the architecture, the link with the surrounding landscape and/or the gardens (which in themselves stage natural heritage), the relationship between the interior and the exterior spaces, the place of the devices in the monument and the relationship to space proposed by the devices? More broadly, which specific issues have provoked debate?
Area 3: Audiences
Last but not least, staging shapes the way audiences appropriate the monument and their reception of heritage. Audiences for monuments indiscriminately referred to as "visitors" are in fact very diverse, and can include local tourists and/or foreigners. While it's easy to imagine that these audiences all express the fact that they all share a modern artistic desire that readily recognizes the beauty, and that beauty is superior to novelty (Riegl, op.cit.), reception studies demonstrate a diversity of appropriations, practices and even uses of certain mediation devices. Local people, "historical subjects concerned by their heritage" (Amirou, 2000), will not perceive the site and its staging in the same way as outsiders, raising crucial questions of heritage and space. The staging of heritage activates a "memory of connivance", in which the narrative of history is constructed by the imagination of the public (Chappé, 2010). What are audiences' lived experiences (successful and/or unsuccessful) (Vergopoulos, Jutant, forthcoming)? How do they absorb, avoid and/or adjust to the staging? How do audiences participate in the monument's patrimonialization on the basis of its staging? What representations do they create and transmit as a result of these experiences?
Key words: mediation, monument, heritage, public, staging
This symposium is part of the Dispositifs Expériences en Culture et Patrimoine in Culture and Heritage (DEXCUPAT), which brings together a multidisciplinary team that examines the mediation, devices and experiences of audiences in cultural and heritage institutions. It will take place at the Université Catholique de l'Ouest (Vannes) on June 13 and June 14, 2024.
How to submit
Proposals may come from one of the following disciplines: history/art history, information and communication sciences, sociology, computer science, art/design, geography (non-exhaustive, contributions from other disciplines will be accepted for evaluation on the basis of their relevance to the issues addressed). Papers from an international perspective are welcome.
Paper proposals are due by February 23, 2024. The paper should include: last name/first name, e-mail address, current status, institutional affiliations of the author, short biography (5 lines), title and keywords. The paper proposal should not exceed 2000 characters and should present the disciplinary and theoretical framework and be based on results linked to a field study and include as well a short indicative bibliography. Evaluation feedback will be sent no later than March 11, 2024, with, if appropriate, proposals for collaboration to be discussed.
A multi-disciplinary approach is sought, and depending on the papers selected, thematic journal issues are planned.
Proposals should be sent to: fairevivrelemonument@uco.fr
Registration fees: 60€ researchers / 30€ PhD students. These fees include access to all conference sessions, breaks and lunches.
Organizing committee:
Manuelle Aquilina (MCF Histoire, UCO-BS) Caroline Creton (MCF SIC, UCO Nantes)
Julie Pasquer-Jeanne (MCF SIC, UCO-BS)
Olivier Hû (MCF Informatique, Université d’Angers)
Scientific committee:
Sébastien Appiotti (MCF SIC, CELSA - Sorbonne Université) Mickaël Augeron (MCF Histoire Université de La Rochelle) Cristina Badulescu (MCF SIC, Université de Poitiers)
Marie Ballarini (MCF SIC, Université Paris Dauphine)
Laurent Bourdeau (PR Géographie Université Laval, Québec) Gaëlle Crenn, (MCF SIC Université Lorraine)
Jean Davallon (Professeur émérite SIC, Avignon Université) Philippe Duhamel (PU - Géographie - Université Angers)
Diane Dufort (MCF SIC, UCO Nantes)
Jessica De Bideran (MCF SIC, Université Bordeaux Montaigne Mica) Patrick Fraysse (PU – SIC - Université Toulouse III)
Viviana Gobbato (Docteure en muséologie et chercheuse associée au Cerlis - Université de Paris/Université Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Camille Jutant (Université Lyon II)
Patrick Kernevez (MCF Histoire, Université Bretagne Occidentale)
Jean-René Ladurée (MCF Histoire, UCO Laval)
Nicolas Navarro (MCF SIC Université de Liège, Belgique) Nicolas Meynen (MCF Histoire de l’art, Université Toulouse II) Benoist Pierre (PU Histoire, Université Tours, CNRS)
Lise Renaud (MCF SIC, Université Avignon)
Thomas Renard (MCF Histoire de l’art, Université de Nantes) Johan Vincent (MCF Histoire, Université d’Angers)
Bibliography
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Amirou Rachid (2000), Imaginaire du tourisme culturel, Paris, Presses universitaires de France.
Ballarini, Marie et Delestage Charles-Alexandre (à paraître), « Dissonance des objectifs dans la chaîne de production des œuvres patrimoniales en réalité virtuelle : trouver le compromis entre transmission des savoirs et expériences émotionnelles », Réseaux.
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Davallon Jean, (2006), Le don du patrimoine. Une approche communicationnelle de la patrimonialisation, Éditions Lavoisier, Paris.
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Media & Jornalismo (Vol. 24 N.º 45, 2024)
Deadline: March 15, 2024
Editors:
Maria José Brites - Universidade Lusófona, CICANT; maria.jose.brites@ulusofona.pt
Teresa Sofia Castro - Universidade Lusófona, CICANT; teresa.sofia.castro@ulusofona.pt
Paloma Contreras-Pulido - Universidade Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR); paloma.contreras@unir.net
Topics:
Subtopics:
In this special issue, we aim to capture theoretical and empirical reflections that shed light on how, why, and where young people follow, understand and express what is currently happening in the world in the context of digital citizenship and information disorders (Wardle & Derakhshan, 2017). The COVID-19 pandemic and recent wars accelerated a torrent of fake news and other information disorders (Galan et al., 2019, Frau-Meigs et al, 2017), in which social media platforms revealed underlying ambivalences. This is why it is so pressing to consider diverse approaches in the investigation that identifies what, how and where young people from diverse contexts and geographies propose their views and expressions of what is happening in the world. By anticipating normative and/or decolonised definitions of news, we aim to apprehend research that assesses themes related with youth voices and views of the world, their (dis)connection with news and contexts of digital citizenship.
The research continually points to a shift from the traditional journalism environments to new opportunities for consumption and production (Clark and Marchi, 2017), fostering participative processes. By proposing the concept of “connective journalism”, Clark and Marchi (2017) highlight the need for sharing, having a self-view of the news stories, and considering making their stories. They also note a disruption between young audiences' needs and news outlets.
What are the social environments where these processes are grounded? Even if the peer group influence has an impact, family, and in particular parents, are at the centre of the socialisation process for seeking news and different views of the world (Brites et al., 2017; Edgerly et al, 2018a; Lemish, 2007; Silveira, 2019), including contexts for operating digital devices (Edgerly et al, 2018a). Self-socialization is found in other studies regarding youth information consumption: incidental and leisure (Boczkowski et al, 2018) and news avoidance and resistance (Brites e Ponte, 2018; Edgerly et al, 2018b).
These sociocultural environments pose additional challenges to news brands and the production of stories that fit young people’s interests and expectations. It is thus imperative to reflect on these timely issues, namely considering how young people regard and deal with algorithms (Swart, 2021), algorithmic literacy, and what are the implications for information selection and consumption processes in their everyday lives, and even to observe how in some cases this content is used for participatory, prosocial and citizen purposes, shaping initiatives that promote social change.
This special issue [under the project Youth, News and Digital Citizenship - YouNDigital (PTDC/COM-OUT/0243/2021); https://youndigital.com] invites articles that theoretically and/or empirically tackle these and other dimensions, considering youth layers in terms of social, educational, gender, and cultural diversity, which demands to be studied and analysed within their relationship with digital media, news, platforms, and digital citizenship.
IMPORTANT DATES
Authors must indicate the special issue to which they are submitting the article.
Revista Media & Jornalismo (RMJ) is an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal that operates in a double-blind review process and is indexed in Scopus. Each submitted work will be distributed to two reviewers previously invited to evaluate it, according to academic quality, originality, and relevance to the objectives and scope of the theme of this edition of the journal.
Articles can be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's website (https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/mj). When accessing RMJ for the first time, you must register to be able to submit your article and accompany it throughout the editorial process. Consult the Instructions for Authors and Conditions for Submission.
For more information, contact: patriciacontreiras@fcsh.unl.pt
Journalism Practice
Deadline: January 5, 2025
Guest Editors:
Department of Media Studies, University of Botswana
Department of Communication and Media, University of Johannesburg
Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam
Digital Media and Society Observatory (DMSO), Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp)
Deadlines:
Abstract Submission: January 5th , 2024
Paper Submission: June 30th, 2024
Expected Publication Date: Q4 2024 – Q1/2025
In recent years, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in journalism and media production has sparked a global transformation in the way information is gathered, produced, and disseminated (de-Lima-Santos & Ceron, 2021). The term AI broadly refers to a field of computer science methods “dedicated to replicating human intelligence" (Broussard et al., 2019, p. 673). These technologies offer new possibilities for enhancing news gathering, content generation, audience engagement, and data analysis. Furthermore, they possess immense capabilities and offer incredible promises of transformation to media and journalism. Moreover, the AI-driven journalism landscape has witnessed a remarkable boom in the development and utilization of generative AI technologies, such as ChatGPT and DALL-E (Gondwe, 2023). The surge of generative AI has had a profound impact on news production, where AI algorithms can generate articles, summaries, and even assist in investigative reporting. These technologies have provided easy to use tools for media organizations in creating content at scale, automating repetitive tasks, and enhancing data analysis. While AI-driven journalism has garnered substantial attention and analysis in different media landscapes, there is a growing recognition of the unique implications, challenges, and opportunities posed by AI in the news industry worldwide (Broussard et al., 2019). This special issue aims to fill this knowledge gap by exploring the appropriation of AI technologies in news production across different media contexts.
The application of AI in different regions brings with it a set of complexities that necessitate in-depth investigation. For example, previous research has indicated that media professionals’ inclination toward AI skepticism in Africa is influenced by concerns about potential job cuts, the expenses associated with such deployment, inadequate training, ethical dilemmas surrounding these emerging technologies, and doubts regarding its effectiveness in the democratic process (Munoriyarwa et al., 2021). Conversely, Latin American practitioners hold mixed feelings, with both optimistic and pessimistic views about the application of AI in journalism. However, they mostly perceive such tools as an opportunity rather than as a threat (Soto-Sanfiel et al., 2022). Within this rich tapestry, media and journalism play vital roles in shaping societies, enabling civic engagement, and reflecting the voices of marginalized communities across the world. The significant influence of AI deployment, as shaped by the dynamics among platforms, governments, and media, is also noteworthy worldwide. This power dynamics could lead to more influential actors gaining control over media production and information dissemination, consequently impacting the media ecosystem (de-Lima-Santos et al., 2023; Kuai et al., 2022).
Understanding the nuanced landscape of AI-enabled journalism requires considering a range of crucial factors. These include the vast linguistic diversity, with hundreds of languages spoken, making language processing and content personalization a unique challenge (Gondwe, 2023). Cultural sensitivity is paramount, as news and information production must respect the values and norms of diverse societies, often vastly different across the world (Kothari & Cruikshank, 2022). Furthermore, each region faces specific challenges related to media sustainability, including economic constraints, political pressures, and issues of representation. While AI has the potential to address some of these challenges, its application is far from uniform (de-Lima-Santos et al., 2021). Local news ecosystems, for instance, play a vital role in their communities, and understanding how AI can strengthen local journalism while maintaining cultural relevance is of utmost importance.
This special issue seeks to shed light on these intricacies, explore the impact of AI on journalism and media moving beyond “North” and “South” dichotomy, and delve into the challenges and opportunities that arise of AI in news context. While countries in the Global North can actively experiment with AI solutions in their newsrooms (Jones & Jones, 2021; Pashevich, 2018; Stray 2021;), those in the Global South are often either playing catch-up or simply acting as recipients of the experiments conducted by these Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) nations. Thus, this special issue also aims to address the pressing concern of the “AI divide” across these regions, discussing the unequal access to AI technologies and knowledge, which can exacerbate existing (news production) inequalities within countries and across geographies. This can impose additional constraints on the global expansion of emerging technologies within the news media (Jamil, 2020). Understanding and mitigating this divide is a central concern, and this special issue will be a platform for scholarly inquiry and debates into these critical areas from a global perspective.
With an eye on bridging gaps, promoting inclusivity, and narrowing the AI divide, this special issue seeks to gather research and insights that can inform the future of AI-enabled journalism within the “North” or the “South” in socioeconomic and political terms. We invite contributions that address but are not limited to the following themes in the context of the AI and journalism:
We look forward to receiving your contributions and exploring the dynamic intersection of artificial intelligence and journalism.
Follow the link here for more details: https://bit.ly/GenerativeAIAgeJournalism.
Please feel free to reach out in case of any questions.
Communication & Society (Special Issue)
Deadline: January/March/July
Guest Editors Sandra L. Borden (Western Michigan University) Lluís Codina (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) María José Ufarte (Universidad Castilla-La Mancha)
Ethics is an area of increasing interest as the field of communication confronts new challenges brought on by the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is ushering in a new era of transformation for journalism and media content (Pavlik, 2023), while algorithms are increasingly determining editorial decisions (Porlezza, 2023), and content selection (Trattner, Jannach, Motta, et al., 2022). For this reason, Communication & Society will devote an annual special issue throughout 2024 to examine the implications from a dual perspective. First, AI has major ethical challenges. On the other hand, the potential impact of AI on production processes and practices in the field has yet to be fully explored.
Beyond the examination of particular AI tools and applications, this call for papers endeavors to make a contribution to the continuous discussion on essential and overarching concerns that could impact communication firms, clients, groups and audiences. In essence, it is about understanding the potential ethical and deontological challenges and issues that could have an effect on a diverse array of practices, production procedures, workflows and regulations for media journalists, audio-visual creatives, and marketing professionals. We are also interested in studies on the reception of AI news and contents by audiences.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Ethical foundations for the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the communication sector.
- Ethics, generative AI, and bias.
- Ethical implications for regulation, policy, and the use of AI in communication.
- Algorithmic literacy for communication studies.
- Generative AI and intellectual property / copyright issues.
- Audience habits and reception Studies: audience engagement and AI.
- AI in persuasive communication: advertising, PR, and marketing.
- Implications of AI for credibility in public communication and election campaigns.
- AI implications for public opinion and political communication.
- Creativity and AI: scriptwriting, photojournalism, art direction, cinematography,
graphics, post-production, soundtrack...
- Fake news and deepfakes: social media, truth and AI.
- Using AI for fact-checking.
- Professional challenges for communication professionals and AI: new products,
recruitment profiles and routines.
- Sustainability as a factor for ethical communication and AI.
- The impact of artificial intelligence on media policy.
- Quality vs. quantity in platform catalogs: AI, personalization and sustainable policies
in audiovisual content production. - Uses of AI in media management.
Paper submission deadline
Submissions will be accepted throughout the year. AI-related papers will be published in three consecutive issues: April, June and October. Articles should be submitted at least three months in advance of each issue to allow for the full peer review process. Authors should indicate in the “Author's Comments” section that the article is intended for this annual monograph in 2024.
Proposed articles must adhere to the journal’s style standards, which can be found at the following link: https://revistas.unav.edu/index.php/communication-and-society/about/submissions
Edited by: Lisa Parks, Julia Velkova, and Sander de Ridder
Media backends--the electronics, labor, and operations behind our screens--significantly influence our understanding of the sociotechnical relations, economies, and operations of media. Lisa Parks, Julia Velkova, and Sander De Ridder assemble essays that delve into the evolving politics of the media infrastructural landscape. Throughout, the contributors draw on feminist, queer, and intersectional criticisms to engage with infrastructural and industrial issues. This focus reflects a concern about the systemic inequalities that emerge when tech companies and designers fail to address workplace discrimination and algorithmic violence and exclusions. Moving from smart phones to smart dust, the essayists examine topics like artificial intelligence, human-machine communication, and links between digital infrastructures and public service media alongside investigations into the algorithmic backends at Netflix and Spotify, Google’s hyperscale data centers, and video-on-demand services in India.
A fascinating foray into an expanding landscape of media studies, Media Backends illuminates the behind-the-screen processes influencing our digital lives.
Contributors: Mark Andrejevic, Philippe Bouquillion, Jonathan Cohn, Faithe J. Day, Sander De Ridder, Fatima Gaw, Christine Ithurbide, Anne Kaun, Amanda Lagerkvist, Alexis Logsdon, Stine Lomborg, Tim Markham, Vicki Mayer, Rahul Mukherjee, Kaarina Nikunen, Lisa Parks, Vibodh Parthasarathi, Philipp Seuferling, Ranjit Singh, Jacek Smolicki, Fredrik Stiernstedt, Matilda Tudor, Julia Velkova, and Zala Volcic
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p087462
Edited by: Stephen Coleman and Lone Sorensen
This thoroughly revised second edition Handbook examines the latest knowledge and perspectives on digital politics. Through new content on digital populism, filter bubbles, algorithmic power, AI, non-Western digital politics, election communication regulation and right-wing alternative news media, contributors challenge the binary of cyber-optimism and cyber-pessimism and argue for a more nuanced understanding of political change.
Arranged around key themes, this Handbook investigates the meaning of digital politics and analyses the impact of new technologies and platforms on politics. Chapters consider the digital reconfiguration of civic practices, political institutions and journalism. Leading scholars provide original, incisive and provocative insights into cutting-edge issues, exploring how the expansion of digital technologies, channels and styles shapes political dynamics.
Providing a broad and in-depth overview of digital politics, this Handbook will be an invaluable resource for researchers, educators and students of politics, media and communication studies, journalism, technology and governance. It will also be essential reading for political practitioners, policy-makers and strategists seeking to better understand the digital world.
Link: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-digital-politics-9781800377578.html
June 30-July 4, 2024
Christchurch, New Zealand
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) is pleased to announce the opening of the submission platform for its 2024 conference, to be held from 30 June to 4 July in Christchurch, New Zealand. Hosted by the University of Canterbury, the conference welcomes submissions in the fields of media and communication research from now until 7 February 2024. The central theme for 2024 is "Whiria te tāngata / Weaving people together: Communicative projects of decolonising, engaging, and listening," inspired by a Māori proverb about strength through common purpose.
IAMCR invites abstracts for its various thematic sections and working groups, as well as for two special segments: Flow34 and Pitopito kōrero. Flow34 focuses on academic audio/visual work, such as podcasts and videos that creatively integrate academic and aesthetic dimensions. Meanwhile, Pitopito kōrero is a special strand for short videos on the conference theme. While most of the conference will be in-person only, Flow34 and Pitopito kōrero are open for members who cannot attend the event in Christchurch.
The abstract submission system is now open, with a deadline set for 7 February 2024, at 23:59 UTC. Abstracts should be between 300 and 500 words, with a maximum of two submissions per author. The Flow34 proposals consist of an academic description and a basic script of the audio/visual work, with a maximum length of 750 words. Pitopito kōrero has a different procedure for submissions
The University of Canterbury, hosting the event, is renowned for its Media and Communication program, including Māori strategic communication. Christchurch, the host city, is noted for its blend of colonial heritage and modern architecture, rebuilt following earthquakes a decade ago. The event will take place at Te Pae, a new conference centre on the banks of the Avon river.
For more details and to submit your abstract, please visit the IAMCR 2024 conference website at https://christchurch2024.iamcr.org
April 17-18, 2024
Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
Deadline: March 1, 2024
The Faculty of European Studies – Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, the Centre for Academic Succes – BBU, The Centre for African Studies – BBU, The State University of New York at Cortland and The University of Johannesburg, have the pleasure of announcing the organization of the 4th edition of the international conference Crisis Communication and Conflict Resolution, which will be held on April 17th-18th, 2024.
In crisis situations, effective communication and conflict resolution strategies are important aspects that cannot be disregarded. In order to address these challenges, this international conference aims to support academics, researchers, PhD and postgraduate students by offering them an opportunity to present their latest research results in the fields of:
The 2024 edition will be held in a hybrid format, both on-site and via virtual. Accepted papers will be published in a post-conference volume (e-book with ISBN).
Supporting journals: Synergies Roumanie
Studia Europaea UBB
Conference languages: English and French (Appel à communications)
Venue: Faculty of European Studies (1 Em. de Martonne St., Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Participation fees:
Important deadlines:
All paper proposal forms (LINK) should be submitted to both e-mail addresses below:
delia.flanja@ubbcluj.ro & laura.herta@ubbcluj.ro
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Delia Pop-Flanja – BBU
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Laura-Maria Herța – BBU
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adrian-Gabriel Corpădean – BBU
Prof. Dr. Bhaso Ndzendze – UJ
Prof. Dr. Alexandru Balaș – SUNY Cortland
Prof. Dr. Sergiu Mișcoiu – BBU
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paula Mureșan – BBU
Lect. Dr. Elena Grad-Rusu – BBU
Lect. Dr. Roxana-Maria Nistor – BBU
Assist. Dr. Ramona Alexandra Neagoș – BBU
Dr. Andreea-Bianca Urs – BBU
Dr. Gianina Joldescu-Stan – BBU
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