Persuasion, prejudice and progress – media in the marketplace of ideas
University Dublin, October 27–28, 2020
Scholarship on the use of social platforms has added in recent years to
longstanding debates about media’s capacity to reinforce or challenge
discriminatory practices, to set or upset political agendas – and, this year,
to disseminate or undermine public-health advice. In the midst of a global
Covid-19 crisis that has highlighted the persuasive role of old and new media,
and that has seen misinformation and bigotry spread almost as ubiquitously as
handwashing advice, the Centre for Critical Media Literacy is seeking proposals
for papers and panels at its fourth annual interdisciplinary conference.
Within a broad and inclusive theme of ‘persuasion, prejudice and
progress’, there will also be a more specific conference strand. We are seeking
research that addresses how people with disabilities, as well as their
educators and families, have used media to advocate for equality – and how
those efforts have been mediated in digital and traditional public spheres.
What is the interplay of authority and algorithm in understanding how
today’s media persuade and deceive? This conference will take an
interdisciplinary approach that puts equality, inclusion and social change
firmly at the centre of the discussion. The conference will employ and
encourage universal design, for maximum participation from communities often
excluded from academic events.
The conference is scheduled to take place on TU Dublin’s new city-centre
campus and to immediately precede the international conference of the
Association of Internet Researchers on the same
campus. While it is hoped that travel and gathering restrictions will be
relaxed for most people by that time so that the event may proceed, we will
seek to use technology to include people whose circumstances prevent them from
attending.
Abstracts and panel proposals of no more than 250 words in length should
be sent to harry.browne@tudublin.ie by June 20th, 2019.
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