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  • 15.02.2024 17:23 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Bournemouth University

    Bournemouth University is delighted to announce 10 fully-funded PhD studentships. The Faculty of Media and Communication (FMC) is keen to encourage applications across all our research interests.  

    FMC is an amazing place to undertake a PhD. We are a world-leading centre for the study of media and communication. You will you be joining a vibrant, rich, and rapidly expanding research community. Ranked number one in the UK for Research Power in Media, Communication and Cultural Studies (UoA34, REF 2021), FMC been awarded around £3,000,000 in research grants in 2023-24. We have 10 research centres, including the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA), the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP), the Centre for Comparative Media and Politics Research, the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) and the Centre for Science, Health and Data Communication Research. All students are linked to a research centre.  

    The Faculty has a community of approaching 200 PhD students. We offer a vibrant PhD training program; a PhD Summer School in Digital Methods; and a host of research events, seminars and conferences – including the internationally-recognised Research Process Seminar Series. Students receive up to £3,000 to support their research.   

    You can find a searchable list of supervisors here, but it is worth also looking on the staff pages of our four departments: Communication and Journalism, Computer Animation, Humanities and Law, and Media Production.

    Please reach out to potential supervisors in the first instance.  

    Full details can be found here and in the Fully Funded Studentship Policy. Applicants will be asked to complete a bespoke application form and attach this to their online application.

  • 15.02.2024 17:22 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    May 23-24, 2024

    University of Bologna (Italy)

    Deadline: February 29, 2024

     5th Media Mutations Conference

    Organized by Paola Brembilla and Marco Cucco (Università di Bologna), Christopher Meir (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

    Confirmed Keynote Speaker: Courtney Brannon Donoghue (University of North Texas) 

    In an age defined by digital transformation and the global circulation of cultural products, intellectual property has assumed a central role in shaping the landscape of media industries.  From film and television to music, literature, and beyond, the management and governance of intellectual property are pivotal to the production, distribution, and reception of creative content.

    Intellectual property (as expressed and protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents, etc.) encompasses the intangible assets that form the foundation of creative and cultural expression in the media industries. IPs are the driving force behind the economic vitality of media sectors, influencing revenue streams, market dynamics, and business models. Politically, they are subject to complex legal frameworks, international agreements, and debates about access and regulation, making them a powerful instrument for shaping the global media landscape. Narratively, they are the building blocks of captivating stories, beloved characters, and transformative storytelling experiences. Culturally, they define the identity of societies, influence social norms, and play pivotal roles in fostering dialogue, reflecting diversity, and preserving heritage.

    The International Conference Media Mutations 15 – The Matter of Intellectual Property invites scholars, researchers, and practitioners to explore and engage with the multifaceted dimensions of intellectual property and specific intellectual properties in media industries. This conference aims to foster a comprehensive dialogue that analyzes both the economic and legal aspects of the concept but that also delves into the political and cultural dimensions of intellectual property management. 

    In our pursuit of a deeper understanding of intellectual property management in media industries, we encourage collaboration across diverse academic disciplines. Intellectual property is a multifaceted field, and its management touches upon economics, law, political science, cultural studies, and more. We seek to bring together scholars and researchers from these various disciplines to evaluate how different research methods can be brought together to generate new insights, approaches and collaborations. Through this interdisciplinary exchange, we can address the complex challenges and opportunities that intellectual properties present in media and work collectively toward holistic solutions to the problems found in the media industries.

    Acknowledging the global nature of media and cultural exchange, this conference also emphasizes the need to explore intellectual property management practices, policies, and challenges from diverse regions around the world, in order to shed light on the nuances and variations that exist in IP management on a global scale. For instance, we are interested in how global phenomena (such as that of the Korean Wave) exemplify how effective intellectual property management can lead to economic growth, cultural diplomacy, and a global presence for emerging economies. How does the strategic management of IPs contribute to the global recognition and commercial success of these emerging cultural forces?

    Media Mutations 15 encourages submissions that use diverse approaches and methodologies, such as:

    The Economy of Intellectual Properties:

    ·   IP management and business models.

    ·   Monetization strategies, royalties, and revenue distribution.

    ·   The role of intellectual property in investment and financing.

    ·   Corporate strategies and ownership.

    ·   Market trends, consumer behavior, and the economics of content creation.

    The Politics of Intellectual Property:

    ·   Copyright law, trademark, and patent regulation in the media sector.

    ·   Policy-making, international agreements, and their implications.

    ·   Intellectual property enforcement.

    ·   Ethical considerations in IP governance.

    ·   The politics of open access, open source, and public domain.

    The Cultural Aspects of Specific Intellectual Properties:

    ·  Cultural impact, diversity, and representation in IP management.

    · Opportunities and problems of IPs in preserving and promoting cultural heritage.

    ·  The relationship between IPs and creative freedom.

    ·  Fan cultures, remix culture, and participatory media in the digital age.

    ·  Franchise storytelling and IPs in the convergence era.

    The official language of the conference is English. Abstracts (300-500 words for 20-minute talks) should be sent to submissions@mediamutations.org by February 29th, 2024. Please attach a short biography (maximum 150 words) and an optional selected bibliography (up to five titles) relevant to the conference theme. The conference will be in person, with no option for remote presentation. Notification of acceptance will be sent by March 18th, 2024. A registration fee will be requested after notification of paper acceptance (€80 for speakers and professional attendants).

    This Conference is promoted by the Media Mutations Association and financially supported by DAMSLab, Dipartimento delle Arti, Università di Bologna, the Master in Management del Cinema e dell’Audiovisivo (Università di Bologna), and The Academy of Korean Studies, in collaboration with Centro Dipartimentale La Soffitta.

    The Conference is sponsored by the Film Studies Section and the Television Studies Section of ECREA. 

  • 15.02.2024 17:18 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

     University of Fribourg 

    The Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) offers two fully funded PhD positions for graduates with advanced skills in French.

    PhD at the Chair in Communication and Media Studies (Prof. Dr. Thilo von Pape)

    • qualitative or quantitative methods of social research,
    • uses, effects, and social issues of media innovations: equal access, everyday appropriation, well-being, privacy, sustainability…
    • digital communication: social networks, smartphones, artificial intelligence..
    • Complete job ad: https://www.unifr.ch/dcm/de/assets/public/files/jobs/2402-DiplomassistenzCommMedia.pdf

    PhD at the Chair in Political Communication and Media (Prof. Dr. Alexandrea Feddersen)

    • political communication,
    • the functioning of the media and media selection mechanisms,
    • social media and democratic challenges
    • Complete job ad: https://www.unifr.ch/dcm/de/assets/public/files/jobs/2402-DiplomassistenzCommPol.pdf

    Percentage of employment: 100%

    Application deadline: March 15

    Start of employment: April 15 or later.

  • 09.02.2024 10:43 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    July 17-18, 2023

    Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici e del Patrimonio Culturale, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy

    Deadline (EXTENDED): February 14, 2024

    Scholarship addressing actors and actresses has traditionally focused on theories and issues of stardom. The centrality of the star as a prominent signifier in film texts, as well as a major asset in the production and commercialisation of film products, has been variously and fruitfully investigated by star and celebrity studies. Stars’ performances and personas have been analysed as the epitome of their actual or perceived national identities, as the expression of their coeval cultural and political context, as well as marketing mainstays for their respective national film industries (e.g., Gundle 1995; Leahy 2003; Reich 2004; Spicer 2022). Less explored has instead been the labour of and around acting. This conference, which originates from the research project funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research titled F-ACTOR. Forms of Contemporary Media Professional Acting. Training, Recruitment and Management, Social Discourses in Italy (2000-2020), therefore wishes to study labour issues in connection not just to stardom, but to screen acting in Europe. In the Old Continent, the ‘fluidity of identities’ (Bergfelder 2005: 329) that characterises the region from a cultural and geo-political standpoint is echoed in the transnationality of many film actors, such as the French Juliette Binoche (Vincendeau 2015), the Italian Ksenia Rappoport (Faleschini Lerner 2012), or the Spanish Daniel Brühl (Vidal 2016). Transnationality is regarded as one the distinctive features of Europe’s predominant mode of film production (Jäckel 2003), as it relies to a great extent on international co-productions, funded through bi- and multi-lateral agreements, supranational schemes like Creative Europe and Eurimages, as well as dedicated film festivals’ initiatives (Iordanova 2015). How does the relationship between film actors, (trans)national identity, policy framework, and production system play out in labour practices and individual decision-making within Europe? If, as Richard Dyer (1986) observes quoting Marx, the star image is an example of ‘“congealed labour”, something that is used with further labour (scripting, acting, directing, managing, filming, editing) to produce another commodity, a film, what are the material and symbolic conditions in which such labour is performed, and by whom? How is the labour of and around screen acting performed within the framework of European cinema produced over the last two decades? How are digital technologies impacting on acting and acting-related practices and labour within Europe? What part, if any, does transnationality play in shaping the values and practices of actors and non-acting professionals in European film industries? 

    This conference aims to explore the multiple forms of labour that constitute, inform, and surround contemporary screen acting. In this sense, we are not only interested in the labour of contemporary European screen actors, and how it intersects with individual traits such as gender and age. We also wish to examine the varied forms of labour that prepare, accompany, manage, circulate, manipulate, consume, and evaluate the screen actor’s performance against the backdrop of an increasingly globalized and corporatized European film industry. 

    The conference invites proposals for presentations that explore symbolic, social, organizational, economic and/or juridical dimensions of labour performed by and around screen actors in the context of contemporary European film industries (ca 2000-present time). The list of possible topics includes, but is not limited to:

    • The labour of acting across national and trans-national production cultures;
    • Intersectional approaches to screen acting;
    • Actors and promotional labour: (self-)branding, transmedia persona, digital intimacy;
    • Actors and the law: labour rights, welfare, contracts;
    • Labour organizations, unions, and industry associations;
    • The labour around acting: coaches, casting directors, talent agents, PR professionals;
    • Training actors: schools and institutions, professions, methods; 
    • Making up actors: make-up and hairstyling artists, fashion stylists, image consultants;
    • Voice acting: dubbing professions, cultures and practices across Europe;
    • Acting and digital technologies;
    • Acting and film criticism;
    • Actors and the economy of prestige: Festivals, awards, accolades; 
    • Actors and fandom.

    We invite proposals for individual papers and pre-constituted panels. All proposals should be written in English. Abstracts for 20-minutes individual papers should be of 300 words (max). Panel proposals should include a 300-word (max) description of the panel, including a title, plus a 200-word (max) description of each individual paper (min 3, max 4 papers of 20 minutes each per panel). All proposals should include also a 100-word bio of the presenter(s), 5 keywords descriptive of the proposal, and 3 to 5 key bibliographic references.

    The conference will be held in-person. 

    Participation in the conference is free, no fee required.

    Further details about the conference programme and keynote speakers will follow.

    For more information and resources about F-ACTOR. Forms of Contemporary Media Professional Acting. Training, Recruitment and Management, Social Discourses in Italy (2000-2020), please visit https://italianperformers.it/en/

    Proposals should be submitted to workandplayuniud@gmail.com no later than 11:59PM (CET) on February 14 , 2024 (EXTENDED).

    Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by March 31st, 2024.

    For any questions, do not hesitate to contact the conference organizing committee: workandplayuniud@gmail.com 

  • 08.02.2024 20:28 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Edited by: Pedro Jerónimo  

    “Local journalism, global challenges: news deserts, infodemic and the vastness in between” is the result of a dialogue which started around these topics at the ECREA 2022 Post Conference “The State of Local Media”, held online, on October 24th of the same year. It continues in this book and in what will come after and from it.

    Introduction - Pedro Jerónimo

    Part I – Making the local news

    Mapping the terrain of journalism: the state of local news in Romania - Carmen Neamţu

    Can automated news help local journalism? An exploratory study in Portugal - Adriana Gonçalves & Ricardo Morais

    Restoring trust in local media through journalistic collaboration: European Union level iniciatives focused on investigative journalism - David Parra Valcarce, Elvira García de Torres, Pedro Jerónimo & Giovanni Ramos

    Lupa NH Project: experimental strategy to combat the scarcity of local coverage in Brazil - Walter Teixeira Lima Junior, Alan Milhomem da Silva, Jéssica de Souza Carneiro & Tiago Eduardo

    Part II – Local news in Asian at times of pandemic

    Do media attributes determine news production? A comparative study of local and central newsrooms after the easing of pandemic restrictions in China - Carl Zhou, Linyi Gao, Jinao Li, Ranjun Hua

    The changing socialized role of Chinese local media in the infodemic: a case study of the Shanghai 2022 pandemic rumours - Hongxu Zhu & Mengyao

    The impact of local media on social psychology in an “infodemic” context: take Wenzhou Daily Newspaper Group as an example - Lin Shike & Chuchu Zhao

    “The Power of the Civilian Hero”: effective strategies for local media coverage in response to information epidemics - Chuchu Zhao & Rongyi Chen

    Available at https://labcomca.ubi.pt/local-journalism-global-challenges-news-deserts-infodemic-and-the-vastness-in-between/

  • 08.02.2024 20:24 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    The Media & Internet Governance Division (Prof. Dr. Natascha Just) of the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich invites applications for an open position of Senior Research and Teaching Associate/Postdoc (80%). Start of employment: at the earliest possible / upon agreement.

    The Media & Internet Governance Division studies media policy and media economics in the convergent communications sector. Alongside research on traditional mass media, the division focuses on Internet Governance and Platform Studies. The successful applicant will work on dedicated topics that align with the division's research program. 

    Further information and application details: https://jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/senior-research-and-teaching-associate-postdoc-position-media-internet-governance-division-ikmz/21f37d67-c170-4b92-ad39-72eae07c6f58

    Review of applications starts immediately, but the position will remain open until a qualified candidate is found.

    Please contact Alena Birrer, MA (a.birrer@ikmz.uzh.ch) if you have any further questions.

  • 08.02.2024 20:18 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    NECSUS (Special section)

    Deadline: March 5, 2024

    https://necsus-ejms.org/cfp-autumn-2024_enough/ 

    How much is enough? Who has enough and who is deprived of it? What is the use of limits – and of pushing past them? For this special section of NECSUS, we encourage more reflection about the notion and meaning of #enough and invite media scholars to problematize the notion from aesthetic, industrial, environmental, historical, economic and (socio)political perspectives.

    Like other industries, the media sector runs on overproduction. Whether in news journalism, the music industry, or print magazines, media companies often put out large volumes of content or copies to maintain a competitive presence in the market. At the same time, these new releases are programmed to become obsolete in short seasonal cycles, requiring more production and faster consumption. Content libraries are constantly expanding and require bigger, more efficient data centres, pushing at the limits of storing, archiving, and accessing media. Between an increasing library of media content and an awareness of the environmental cost of hosting digital content, thinking about #Enough also connects the material and immaterial dimensions of media consumption. Is there ever enough content? The critique of growth-based economic models and the emergence of perspectives such as degrowth (cf. Hickel; Coyle), circular, or ‘doughnut’ economics has started to resonate in cultural policy and media sustainability discussions. How can these ideas transform media studies and industry research in particular? Are regulations like, for instance, carbon budgets for media productions viable ways to determine how much is enough? What could be the specific contributions of media, and of media studies, to broader discussions about limits and sufficiency? #Enough is necessarily also a question about justice. Global inequality extends to media representations and industries, where minoritised voices and experimental approaches struggle to break through the volume of repetitive content. This question also connects to practices of remaking, rebooting, and reusing existing narrative and formats, something Martine Beugnet has referred to as Hollywood’s ‘potential exhaustion of its own form’ (2017). In a more frugal media landscape, what spaces would open – or close – for new visions and underrepresented voices?

    On the other side of overproduction, concerns about overconsumption underpin common anxieties about media and wellbeing. Digital technologies and social media have been held responsible for widespread mental health issues, prompting several European countries to attempt to curb media use, for instance by banning smartphones in schools. In doing so, the notion of enough traverses the line discourses of excessive media consumption and the construction of a sufficient – healthy – ‘media diet’. Can a notion of enough help media scholars articulate critical stances towards these developments? Questions of excess trouble the border between morality and aesthetics, in representation and form. From Triangle of Sadness to White Lotus, The Menu to Succession, critically acclaimed and highly successful films and television series of the past years have highlighted themes of excessive wealth and luxury, while also centering characters that do not – but aspire to – belong to these worlds of privilege. In doing so, these media examples also challenge their own industrial conditions of possibility, in turn resonating with larger political discussions about taxation and the (re)distribution of wealth. Can enough become too much? Contrasting this mediated excess, the idea of a more ‘minimalist’ way of living resonates through diverse media examples. From television shows like Tidying Up with Marie Kondo to highly popular YouTube channels like Clutterbug, the mediation of decluttering and (re)organising constructs the idea that ‘less’ might be more than enough. At the same time, the suggestion to ‘own’ less is looped back into cycles of consumption and commodification through products, services, and media promoted as crucial in achieving a minimalist lifestyle. 

    Approaching enough from a labour perspective – beyond but entangled with questions of industrial production and consumption – also points to emerging strategies and structures of feeling that question the drive for endless self-optimisation and productivity. Individual interventions like the ‘Email Charter’ by Chris Anderson and Jane Wulf and public guidelines like France’s ‘Right to Disconnect’ move the discursive framing of work between expectation and exhaustion. Widely reported social media trends such as ‘quiet quitting’ and ‘lazy girl jobs’ are pitched against the ‘hustle’ or ‘grindset’ as forms of individualised resistance  to unrealistic expectations and absent structures of support. Rejecting (over)work opens up discussions about current economic practices and fits into broader reflections on the political value of refusal, recently affirmed by feminist scholar Bonnie Honig. At what point have we worked enough? Enough – with an exclamation point – can also be a resounding political statement, drawing a line against the perpetuation of systems of violence, exploitation, dispossession, and extraction. It can draw attention to historical injustice and start to imagine a different future beyond it. How have social movements and activist media understood this call? At the same time, the notion of #enough has also become entangled with the populist call for more (national) control of economies and borders. 

    For this special section of NECSUS we welcome contributions that engage with the theme #enough in varying media forms. As an interdisciplinary journal, we are interested in critical discussions on film, television, (audio)visual art, digital and social media, and other media, approached from different theoretical, academic, and methodological perspectives. Potential topics include but are not limited to:

    • (Over)Production in the media industry
    • Aesthetics of enough, for instance minimalism, reused/found footage, re-/upcycle aesthetics, repair culture, small-file media
    • Practices of excessive data collection and storage
    • Excess and restraint as aesthetic modes
    • Media and consumer culture (e.g. advertising)
    • Representations of excess and luxury in different media forms
    • (Over)consumption and its connection to mental health, for instance through information overload, choice fatigue, fear of missing out, and shortened attention spans
    • Alternative economic models, economies of enough
    • Degrowth and (un)sustainability in cultural sectors
    • Labour and exhaustion, for instance through discourses on overwork and ‘quiet quitting’ or the ‘right to disconnect’, downshifting
    • Politics of refusal, civil disobedience, protest

    We also invite submissions on the intersection between academic research and artistic practice – especially ones drawing excess and scarcity conceptually or methodologically. We look forward to receiving abstracts of 300 words, 3-5 bibliographic references, and a short biography of 100 words by 5 March 2024 via this online form. On the basis of selected abstracts, authors will be invited to submit full manuscripts by 15 July 2024 (5,000-8,000 words) which will subsequently go through a blind peer review process before final acceptance for publication. Please check the guidelines at: https://necsus-ejms.org/guidelines-for-submission/   

    NECSUS also accepts proposals throughout the year for festival, exhibition, and book reviews, as well as data papers and proposals for guest edited audiovisual essay sections. Please note that we do not accept full manuscripts for consideration without an invitation. 

  • 08.02.2024 20:16 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Edited volume  for Palgrave Macmillan's Global Ethics Series

    Deadline March 31, 2024

    David Ramírez Plascencia (Universidad de Guadalajara, México) and Rosa María Alonzo González (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México) invite abstracts for the edited collection “Ethical and Legal Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence in Latin America”, which will be submitted to Palgrave Macmillan. The editorial has already expressed great interest in the project.

    In 2024, due to the global popularization of applications such as ChatGPT, there has been a renewed interest about Artificial Intelligence on considering its potentials, not only for commercial and entertainment activities, but in the financial, scientific, and belligerent sectors. ChatGPT’s capacities have reinvigorated the excitement for developing AI systems and apps that are able to emulate the human capacity of acquiring and applying knowledge. However, along with the enthusiasm, there are worries and deliberations: the use of AI to cheat at school, ethical dilemmas regarding the employment of automatized weapons at battlefields, privacy and security threats related with the companies that develop digital media apps, and the potential risks leaving the financing and defense systems under control AI systems.

    The main goal of this volume is to analyze, from a critical and comparative approach, the potential benefits of using artificial intelligence to surpass traditional social and economic problems in Latin America, but to understand, at the same time, the perils and potential barriers derived from the adoption of this technology. Such as the lack of proper legal frameworks and the latent ethical conflicts of using these applications, particularly considering the protection of users from the mistreatment of private data or the use of deep fake to promote misinformation. In addition, the challenges of introducing this app in a region such as Latin America with deep economic and technological disparities, not just at local, but at regional level and global level among the North and the South. Would the adoption of AI reduce this gap, or on the contrary, will the eruption of this novel technology bring more disparity. 

    We look for contributions on relevant cases that analyze the ethical and legal dilemmas of incorporating Artificial Intelligence in diverse socio-economic fields in Latin America. Topics associated with inclusion of AI in the production of news (fake news, deepfake, labor precarization), algorithms and genre disparity, the inclusion of AI in education, the prospective impact of AI developments in climate change, the incorporation of AI to combat criminality or in internal and regional conflicts, the development of AI to solve social problems such as pollution and traffic in large metropoles like Mexico City or Sao Paulo, and to promote public transparency and accountability. But at the same time, analyzing the challenges of using this disruptive technology: the potential threats to the regional economy, the invasion of privacy and the misuse of citizen’s data, among other key issues.

    You are warmly invited to send us your proposal (maximum three authors per chapter), please include a brief bio for every author (no more than 250 words with titles, affiliations, and contacts) and an abstract (500 words without references). Please send the proposal to the following addresses: davidram@udgvirtual.udg.mx (mailto:davidram@udgvirtual.udg.mx) and rosa.alonzo@uabc.edu.mx (mailto:rosa.alonzo@uabc.edu.mx)

    Please feel free to contact us with any of your questions.

  • 08.02.2024 11:41 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    May 15-17, 2024

    Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication, Universitat de València. València, Spain

    Deadline: February 29, 2024

    We invite researchers, scholars, and students to submit their papers to the sixth edition of the International Conference “Media and Governance in Latin America”. This year, the conference will be jointly organized with the R&D project “News puzzlement: Precarised quality, over(dis)information and polarization”.

    This academic conference provides a platform for in-depth discussions and analysis of the challenges faced by quality journalism in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. The thematic sessions explore various aspects of media, governance, and journalism, shedding light on the impact of precariousness, the informational disorder, and technological advancements on the profession. By bringing together renowned researchers and experts, the congress aims to foster dialogue and generate insights that can contribute to the advancement of quality journalism in the regions.

    We welcome submissions that cover a wide range of topics related to the following thematic areas:

    1) Media Systems, Pluralism, and Good Governance: This session seeks to examine how the traditional and new media interact with political and economic elites, and how such relationship influences censorship, clientelism, populism, and media ownership concentration. By addressing these issues, we seek to understand the importance of media systems that promote pluralism and good governance for a healthy democratic society.

    2) Media and Political Representation: This session focuses on journalistic practices and organizational dynamics that promote dialogue, tolerance, and diversity. It explores how the media address issues related to unequal power relations, violence, inequality, corruption, and the representation of protest and social unrest. Additionally, it examines the extent to which digital communication platforms incorporate previously marginalized topics and actors, such as racial, gender, and class inequality, as well as indigenous communities, women, and LGBT+ minorities.

    3) Precariousness and Safety Risks: This session analyses the effects of various crises on the journalism profession. It explores the impact of precariousness, work overload, violence, pressure, threats, and harassment on the health and practices of journalists. The session aims to promote reflection on the threats to professional autonomy and well-being posed by job insecurity and external pressures.

    4) Quality Journalism: This session focuses on media companies’ funding and business models and their impact on journalists’ working conditions and the quality of information. The session welcomes theoretical research on the definition and evaluation of journalistic quality, as well as empirical studies on social responsibility, deontology, ethical codes, and the hybridization of informative and promotional content.

    5) Communication for Social Change: This session analyses the impact of various agents of change, such as civil society groups and the independent media, on the public visibility of diverse voices and controversial issues. It explores the impact of digital technologies on citizens’ and civic organizations’ reappropriation of the digital media for advancing their voices.

    Keynote Speakers:

    • Silvio Waisbord, Director and Professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University (USA) and President of the International Communication Association (ICA).
    • Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, Professor at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.

    Submission Guidelines:

    Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished work. Abstracts should be around 500 words and include: title, name and affiliation, contact information, keywords, brief theoretical framework and main (provisional) findings. All submissions will undergo a peer-review process, carried out by an international panel of experts.

    The official languages of the conference are English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and we welcome both abstracts and presentations in these three languages.

    The conference will take place mainly face-to-face, but we will reserve some panels for online presentations from scholars based at the global south. 

    Important Dates:

    - Abstract Submission Deadline: 29 February 2024

    - Notification to Authors: 10 March 2024

    - Conference Dates: 15, 16 and 17 May 2024

    Publication Opportunities:

    High-quality papers will be selected for publication in an international peer-review journal or edited volume, subject to a separate review process.

    Registration Fees:

    (The fee includes coffee breaks and lunch)

    General Fee: 100 €

    Online presenters: 60 €

    Students: 40 €  

    If you have any queries, please don't hesitate to contact us at mediagovernancevalencia@gmail.com

    We look forward to your submissions and seeing you in Valencia!

    Sincerely, the organising team:

    Dolors Palau (Universitat de València, Spain)

    Sara García Santamaría (University of Bristol, UK)

    Guillermo López (Universitat de València, Spain)

    Ximena Orchard (Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile)

    Jairo Lugo-Ocando (University of Sharjah, U.A.E)

    Paola Sartoretto (Jönköping University, Sweden)

  • 08.02.2024 11:37 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    February 15, 2024

    Brussels (Belgium)

    It is invitation to the conference ‘Monitoring Mediascapes for Democratic Communication in Europe’, in Brussels on 15 February 2024. 

    With the conference we are marking the end of the 3-year project Mediadelcom - the most comprehensive study of its kind done in Europe identifying the risks and opportunities for deliberative communication in today's polarized Europe. With more than 60 major elections scheduled worldwide in 2024, including within the European Union, and arguments that democracy itself could be at stake, now is an apt moment to focus on deliberative communication – a prerequisite of deliberative democracy.

    The event includes:

    • A keynote speech by Marius Dragomir, Director, Media and Journalism Research Center,  The future of European media: the need for change. Media capture and disinformation in Eastern Europe in a major election year
    • And panel discussions: 
      • Media for Democracy: Crossing the East/West Divide
      • Freedom of expression and freedom of information – who are the agents under pressure and which agents have too much power?

    You can see more details about the event in the attached documents. If you want to attend in person, please register via this link. If you want to watch online no registration is needed. You can watch online here.

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