*CFP* "CIUDADANÍA COMUNICACIONAL EMERGENTE", NÚMERO 40, REVISTA CONTRATEXTO

El número 40 de Contratexto acoge la relación entre ciudadanía, comunicación y diversidad. El antecedente de la propuesta temática está en el concepto de “ciudadanía democrática" que enfatiza la justicia social y los derechos, pero con el tiempo y fruto de procesos políticos, innovaciones tecnológicas y del acceso a la educación aparecieron las denominaciones de “ciudadanía comunicacional” y “ciudadanía mediática”.

La ciudadanía comunicacional se construye a través diálogos e interacciones, interpela al poder y ayuda al surgimiento de nuevas vinculaciones que alientan al ciudadano como protagonista de la vida política (Uganda, 2015).

La ciudadanía comunicacional implica mecanismos que impiden la monopolización y la homogeneización de los múltiples sentidos culturales, contribuye a la igualdad de oportunidades (Ottaviano, 2013), supone la participación creativa de las personas porque no hay democracia política sin democracia comunicacional (Mutirão de comunicação, 2010).

*CFP* "MEDIA, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST", BOOK CHAPTER

We are seeking a limited number of contributions for a forthcoming interdisciplinary edited volume that examines the intersection between media, freedom of expression, political participation, and human rights in the Middle East. The book is currently under contract with Routledge and is due to be published during next year.

You are invited to submit a 250-word abstract and a short biography by June 10, 2021. We welcome theoretical, empirical, or professional contributions of the highest standard on the following topics related to the Middle East including:

• Media and political participation after the Arab Spring 
• Media and human rights in the MENA region
• Media and freedom of expression   
• Online civic engagement and democracy  
• Internet-based activism and political participation 
• Media and democratisation in the Middle East 
• Other topics related to the above are also welcome. 

*CFP* "FAKE NEWS AND AUTHENTICITY", INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERECE

Fake News and Authenticity - International Interdisciplinary Conference

Online Conference

2021-05-20 to 2021-05-21

 

Since the postmodern movements such as pop and hyperrealist art or literary genres? new journalism and creative non-fiction – questioned the status of the real and the imitated, the concept of authenticity has called for a constant reevaluation. Walter Benjamin’s 1935 assumption that “the presence of the original is the prerequisite to the concept of authenticity” has been called into question with the corporate and advertising practice continually rebranding the concept of authenticity to suit mass consumers’ needs. Why is it then that within the contemporary culture the notion of authenticity is still heavily linked with spiritual awakening and happiness? To what extent do authenticity and individuality function as mere commercial products and advertising slogans? Have they over time become shallow romantic ideals or do they still hold the substance to be discovered and implemented into one’s line of thinking and living? What makes authenticity creatively attractive to artists, thinkers and spiritual teachers? Can authenticity be defined, measured, conceptualized in the contemporary context of relativism? Is it at all possible to separate truth from untruth in the world of fake news?

*CFP* LLAMADA A PARTICIPACIÓN, I CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE PERIODISMO UFV

I Congreso Internacional de Periodismo UFV

19 y 20 de octubre de 2022

Universidad Francisco de Vitoria UFV, Madrid

 

El grado en Periodismo de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, desde su compromiso con la sociedad y la verdad, organiza el I Congreso Internacional de Periodismo UFV, que nace con la intención de reflexionar en torno al presente y futuro del periodismo y de la profesión y con el objetivo último de colaborar en la transformación de la sociedad y su crecimiento.

Hace más de 25 años que la carrera de periodismo empezó su andadura con la misión de formar a los futuros periodistas con una formación integral y adaptada a las nuevas tecnologías y al entorno cambiante en el que nos movemos. Actualmente, vivimos un momento en el que los medios de comunicación y los periodistas están cuestionados y la aparición de las redes sociales ha popularizado la profesión periodística. Por ello, es el momento de realizar una pausa y hacer una profunda reflexión para aclarar el panorama actual y futuro del periodismo.

*CFP* "MEDIA FREEDOM IN ASIA: CHALLENGES FROM BELOW", SPECIAL ISSUE, ASIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION

Advancing media freedom has been one of the megatrends in Asian communication over the past 30-40 years. Media space has been opened up by political revolutions and reform movements, television deregulation, the rollout of the internet, and demands for more choice and voice by hundreds of millions of better educated and more economically empowered citizens.

Over the past decade, however, this trend has slowed, stalled, or even reversed in several Asian societies. This is in line with a global pattern of “democratic recession” and “authoritarian resilience” observed by many analysts. The most obvious cause is the emergence of authoritarian leaders. However, top-down explanations do not capture fully the current dynamics. One striking feature of the state of media freedom in many Asian societies is the ambiguous role of the publics that are ostensibly the main beneficiaries of the right to freedom of expression.

In some settings, popular responses to state interventions range from indifference and apathy to active, partisan support for authoritarian leaders’ attacks on media. In other cases, the attacks come directly from popular movements. Religious and other identity-based groups may even be the main drivers of censorship and self-censorship, in societies where government control is less of an issue. Sometimes, in the absence of well-functioning independent media accountability systems, the public’s legitimate ethical concerns can result in interventions that obstruct the media.

*CFP* "EN LA CRISIS SANITARIA: LA LIBERTAD DE EXPRESIÓN Y EL DERECHO A LA COMUNICACIÓN FRENTE A LOS BULOS Y MANIPULACIONES", NÚMERO 14, RAE-IC: REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE LA ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LA COMUNICACIÓN

RAEIC, Revista Española de la Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación abre su llamada a propuestas para los artículos del monográfico sobre “En la crisis sanitaria: La libertad de expresión y el derecho a la comunicación frente a los bulos y manipulaciones”.

Inmersos en plena crisis de la covid-19, su impacto no solo alcanza el ámbito sanitario, social o económico, sino también el comunicativo. En esta situación de crisis sanitaria, los ciudadanos necesitan información para poder adaptarse y comprender lo que está pasando. Para reducir la incertidumbre y el miedo. La humanidad ha pasado por crisis semejantes, incluso peores. Sin embargo, hay tres aspectos que hacen diferente la emergencia de la Covid-19 de otras: la globalización, la aceleración y la sobreabundancia informativa, aquejada a menudo por noticias falsas. 

*CFP* “NEW DIGITAL CHALLENGES OR OLD PRESSURES?” SYMPOSIUM ON POLITICAL JOURNALISM AND THE IMPACT OF THE NEW MARKET

New Digital Challenges or Old Pressures?
11-12 de Junio de 2020

Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen, Netherlands

This symposium aims to examine the effects of the /market /on political journalism in democratic societies in Europe, covering various national contexts with different political and financial circumstances. The measures of austerity that have been imposed either directly or indirectly on various economies in Europe and subsequently on political journalism are at the very core of what the symposium seeks to explore, as it aims to examine the effect of these policies on key areas, such as media business models, working conditions, new regulations, and perceptions of journalistic identity.

The symposium poses the question of whether the current challenges are a result of the digitization and the inclusion of a variety of platforms in the media ecology, that directly affected the economic media models across Europe, or whether these challenges reflect established market mechanisms.

*CFP* "FREEDOM", ISSUE IV, NUART JOURNAL

Following the successful international launch of Issues I, II and III of Nuart Journal, we are now calling for submissions for Issue IV.

The theme for our next issue is Freedom. In Europe and internationally, we are witnessing an historical moment where our collective rights are under threat. We are calling for submissions dealing with ideas related to freedom, democracy, and our rights to public space – freedom of artistic expression, freedom of movement, freedom from harassment, violence, and arrest.

Street art is a radically democratic art form with the capacity to stimulate conversations about freedom and democracy – and to bring together artists, academics and photographers working creatively with these themes. Street art is arguably the world’s most democratic art form and a barometer of communities’ hopes and dreams. Artists working in public space tend to respond immediately to political issues, and the art on our cities’ streets powerfully reflects both our communities’ anxieties about, and aspirations for, our collective future.

*CFP* “RESISTANCE AND ACTIVISM”, INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MEDIA & THE MIDDLE EAST 2020

Resistance and Activism

International Symposium on Media & The Middle East

6-7 de Marzo de 2020

University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

University of East Anglia invites proposals for An International Symposium on Media and the Middle East. The symposium aims to bring together scholars, and filmmakers from around the world interested in exploring ideas of Resistance and Activism in the Middle East in relation to a range of media including film, television, radio, video, and digital media. Papers may be historical or contemporary in scope.

The event will begin with a film screening of For Sama (Waad Al-Kateab, 2019) at Cinema City Norwich on Friday March 6, 2020. A symposium filled with panel discussions, short film screenings and a keynote by Dr Saeed Talajooy (University of St Andrews) will follow the next day on Saturday March 7, 2020. 

*CFP* "HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKEY: A FADING SHADOW OF DEMOCRACY", CHAPTER BOOK

Over the last several decades, Turkey has been confronted with the anti-democratic practices of its government. The country has been unable to resolve critical issues regarding and affecting the rights of the nation’s various minority ethnic groups, those who hold beliefs and ideologies different from the mainstream and the sanctioned or deal with issues of gender, which are main concerns of human rights defenders (Langley, 2002). Even though in the early 2000s, Turkey took several critical steps in the name of democratization as a result of its desire to join the European Union, this progress was not sustained. The country advertised its goals as increasing democratic values, integrating laws with European standards, increasing the prosperity of her citizens, and showing concern for the general welfare of Turkish society. During this period, Turkey achieved considerable progress and became recognized as one of the most successful countries in the world in decreasing human right violations and promoting democratic values (Abramowitz, 2018). Such progress ended as the politicians could not find their way to unite the country’s differing interests into a politically cohesive whole. Under the current government, in fact, Turkish society has become more polarized than ever before under an autocratic regime that has brought a halt to the democratic transformation.

*CFP* “PRACTICES, POLICIES AND REGULATION IN AFRICAN JOURNALISM”, AFRICAN JOURNALISM STUDIES, SPECIAL ISSUE

Guest Editors:

Idil Osman, SOAS University of London, UK

Susana Sampaio-Dias, University of Portsmouth, UK

Judith Townend, University of Sussex, UK

Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, University of Glasgow, UK

This special issue seeks to provide an update on research about contemporary journalism practices and the evolving nature of journalism and media regulation in Africa. There has been a growing interest in studying journalism and media on the continent and the varying political landscapes in democratic and non-democratic or conflict-torn African countries highlight the need to critically analyse how the processes of media regulation and media policies are evolving in each particular context.

*CFP* “LOS DISCURSOS DEL ODIO”, REVISTA RAEIC

La Revista Española de la Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación abre su convocatoria de propuestas para los artículos del monográfico sobre “Los Discursos del Odio”, coordinada por Francisco Seoane Pérez (Profesor de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), Óscar Pérez de la Fuente (Profesor de la Univerisdad Carlos III de Madrid) y Katharine Sarikakis (Profesora de la Universidad de Viena).

Los llamados “discursos del odio” han cobrado una inusitada importancia social en tiempos recientes. El ascenso en Europa y Estados Unidos de movimientos considerados populistas, caracterizados en ocasiones por un lenguaje rayano en lo ofensivo, así como el anonimato que brindan las redes sociales para propagar insultos y comentarios despectivos a personas y minorías étnicas, sexuales o religiosas con casi total impunidad, han contribuido a un renovado interés académico por los límites a la libertad de expresión.