"Political Communication in the Ecosystem of Digital Media"
Milan (Italy), 12-14 December 2019
Where do we stand with political communication research in the digital
age? What are the challenges of the Web to the democratic system and to its
actors? To what extent political participation patterns are affected by digital
media? We have entered a fourth phase of political communication (Blumler 2016)
in which politics, leaders, parties, movements, news media and voters face
every day a new communication environment that follows logics and displays
dynamics very different from the traditional ones. Today’s ecosystem is marked
by virality of communications, by homophily of social media interactions, by
polarization and ‘balkanization’ of public sphere, by obscure algorithms of
platforms. It is also a “hybrid” system (Chadwick 2013), in which mainstream media,
while welcoming digital media, are still decisive. This hybridity is systemic in nature, a
source of complexity, is often disregarded by political actors, and it
represents an environment that political communication research should hold as
a firm departing point. Beside generating a new meaningful frame, hybridity
raises important questions regarding research methodology, both on digital
methods and through big data.
While the central theme of the Conference is “Political communication in
the ecosystem of digital media”, the Italian Association of Political Communication’s policy is inclusive, and open to consider papers on any aspects
of the relations between media and politics. PhD candidates and junior
researchers are encouraged to submit their works. All submissions are
peer-reviewed. Suggestions how to write a successful abstract can be found here.
The paper proposals should include: Title, Name of author(s),
affiliation, email, Abstract of no less than 400 words, 3 keywords, and should
be sent to: convegno@compol.it
Deadline: 15 September
Notification of acceptance: 30 October
Full papers must be submitted by 30 November 2019
Further information or write to convegno@compol.it
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