European Communication Research and Education Association
Journal of Communication Management
Deadline: July 1, 2022
Communication scholars have an important role in counteracting social and environmental crises in developing and developed countries and provide knowledge that contributes to social transformation and sustainable development. This special issue in Journal of Communication Management seeks high quality research papers addressing the role of communication to meet the challenges of the transformation into a more sustainable society.
We favor a broad range of subjects in this special issue, and welcome research from all perspectives: critical, postmodern, interpretive and post-positivist. We urge researchers studying organizational communication, strategic communication, public relations, environmental communication, health communication, media and communication, journalism, and other disciplines to submit manuscripts to make a difference.
See the call for papers here:
https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/communication-sustainable-development-engaging-scholars-transforming-society
Deadline for submission of manuscripts: 1st July 2022
Guest Editors
Queries relating to the special issue should be directed to the Guest Editors:
Catrin Johansson (PhD in Media and Communication) is Professor of Organizational Communication in the Department of Media and Communication at Mid Sweden University: Catrin.Johansson@miun.se
Jody Jahn is Associate Professor in Communication at University of Colorado, Boulder (PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara): jody.jahn@colorado.edu
Wim J.L. Elving is Professor of Sustainable Communication at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences and member of the Centre of Expertise, EnTranCe: w.j.l.elving@pl.hanze.nl
Membrana
The deadlines for contribution proposals (150-word abstracts and/or visuals): April 28, 2022
1. Histories
Image of a photograph of a painting by Paul Klee, Angelus Novus, 1920.
Photography has proven to be a productive (even overproductive) subject and object of histories. Both the photographs themselves and the act of photographing anticipate the processes of storytelling, of constructing a connection between social groups and their understanding of time, of past, present and anticipated future. Consequently, examining the question of what kind of socio-historical connection photography offers – or, more precisely, attempts to offer – is of paramount importance.
Such critical enquiry can focus on the role of photography in our understanding of history/histories, question photography as a historical endeavour itself, or examine photography as a means of challenging existing histories or actively creating alternative histories. These issues are by no means new. The uncovering of alternative histories, marginal voices and peripheral visions is as important today as it was when they were being explored in the last decades of the 20th century. However, changing social and economic conditions call for a reformulation or expansion of the questions being asked in order to take into account the changing conditions of social communication (e.g. algorithmization), the changing nature of the media, the assertion of knowledge (e.g. “alternative” facts, post-truth), the resurgence of undemocratic forms of governance (e.g. illiberalism) and the restructuring of neoliberal capitalism (e.g. platformisation, techno-feudalism, etc.).
Membrana Vol. 7, No. 1, 2022 welcomes contributions addressing (but not limited to) the following topics:
– Questioning the evidential aspect of photography.
– Photography, factuality and evidence in the post-truth society
– Photography and the narration of alternative histories
– Alternative histories of photography
– Photography, history and power (of dominant institutions)
– Photographs between traces of history and traces of historians
– History as (re)creation (historiography and visuality)
– Photography and collective memory
– Vernacular visual archives and alternate histories
– Visual archives, social movements and counter-publics
– (Re)interpretations of visual archives
– Photography in the social sciences and humanities
– The colonial and postcolonial legacy of photography
– Historiography, visual culture and politics
– The construction of the “Other” in place and time
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2. Stories
Image from private collection, unknown author, n.d.
Throughout its history, photography has been used to deceive, to construct, to lie, to create fictitious worlds and to convince us of their indisputable truths – both with equal impact on our notion of reality – on our experience, on the notion of society and culture. As “incomplete utterances”, photographs are inseparable from and dependent on narrative and storytelling. Contrary to popular belief, photographs are not primarily means of communication, but objects of communication. It is not just that narrative anchors the meaning of photographs – photographs as objects anchor narrative.
Our narratives through or with photographs are always constructed or reconstructed in the face of the medium’s seductive promise of veracity and visual insight. Photography’s ability to conjure up new meanings and reinterpret past meanings while giving the appearance of documentary veracity is and has been used extensively in both art and politics. As a result, photography has become not only an effective means for constructing factual stories and creating facts (a factography), but also a powerful and persuasive instrument for the creative appropriation of facts. Whether as a tool or mere raw material for the production of creative fictional worlds, aesthetic pleasure, lies or political deception, photography supports these practises of reconstructing our sense of time and reality, producing alternative timelines, histories and stories.
Membrana Vol. 7, No. 2 explores the imaginative, re/constructive possibilities of photography, different creative strategies, its possibilities for ruptures, interruptions and counter-narratives through (but not limited to) following topics:
– Photography as a narrative tool (storytelling)
– Deconstruction of dominant narratives (art, history)
– Artistic appropriation of archives
– Illusion and photography
– Fictional documentary (docu-fiction / faux documentary)
– Alternative facts and alternative fiction
– Re-creation of the past with/via photographs
– Veracity as a creative strategy
– Computer-generated images, fictitious photographic worlds
– Fictional words, computer-generated illusions and deep-fakes
– Hoaxes, deceptions – past and present
– Exhibition and narrative
– Photography and myth
– Photography, narration and alternative temporalities
Stories in PDF
Stories on Membrana's page
Format of contributions
Essays, theoretical papers, overview articles, interviews (approx. 2,500–6,000 words), visuals encouraged
Short essays, columns (1,200–3,000 words), visuals encouraged
Photographic projects and artwork: proposals for non-commissioned work or samples of work
More information about the contributions can be found in our guidelines. The contributions will be published in the English edition – journal Membrana(ISSN 2463-8501; eISSN: 2712-4894) and/or in the Slovenian edition – magazine Fotografija(ISSN 1408-3566; eISSN: 1855-8941).
Proposals and deadlines
The deadline for contribution proposals (150-word abstracts and/or visuals) is April 28, 2022. The deadline for the finished contributions from accepted proposals is July 4, 2022.
Please send proposals via the online form or contact us directly at editors(at)membrana.org.
Find more about us at: http://www.membrana.org
Contact: Membrana, Maurerjeva 8, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
publishing(at)membrana.org
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Dear colleagues,
The Department of Politics and Communication at the Hadassah Academic College in Israel is seeking to partner up with an academic institution from Europe or the Middle East with the aim of offering students a joint course in the fields of politics, political science, diplomacy, and communication.
The touristic aspect of the course will be manifested in mutual visits to the relevant study sites according to the course's content.
The course will have a hybrid structure:
Examples for course topics:
The course could be based on an existing offering at your institution. We will work together to determine content and schedule that would fit both institutions.
I would appreciate it very much if you could forward this message to relevant colleagues.
Looking forward to your suggestions and referrals,
Please respond through my private email: iritshmuel1@gmail.com
Dr. Irit Shmuel
Dear Colleagues in fields related to communication,
I am writing to invite you to take part in a survey we are carrying out to identify training needs in the field of accessibility for university staff in university programmes related to communication. Your input will help us to understand the potential knowledge gaps on accessibility and how we can better support you through training materials on the subject.
Access the survey for university teaching and training staff (or click here https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/ADORESurveyStaff)
This survey is being carried out as part of the EU-funded ADORE project (or click here https://www.funka.com/en/projekt/adore/). ADORE aims to make accessibility a priority in higher education programmes related to communication by providing training to university staff on how to publish information on the internet in an accessible way and how to provide a more inclusive teaching experience for all students.
This initiative is coordinated by Tallinn University Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, in collaboration with Funka, INUK, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, University of Maribor.
Thanks in advance for your help on this!
Best regards,
The ADORE project Team
October 19, 2022
Aarhus University (Denmark)
Deadline: June 1, 2022
ECREA pre-conference
Date and venue: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022, from 10.30-17.00, Constructive Institute at Aarhus University
Pre-conference highlights:
In recent years, many journalists and editors around the world have started experimenting with constructive journalism, and at the same time researchers have shown an increasing interest in the topic. Constructive journalism as a research field is rapidly expanding and it has resulted in conferences, seminars, and special issues in flagship journals within journalism studies. At this pre-conference – hosted at one of the major sites for the development of constructive journalism, namely the Constructive Institute – we want to explore new avenues for constructive journalism as a research field by bringing together researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and discuss the potential of and challenges for constructive journalism.
In the first part of the day researchers will present and discuss their work in progress. The presentations will provide a status on the state of current and coming research and will serve as a starting point for discussing future avenues for research on constructive journalism.
The second part of the day will start with a presentation of the development of constructive journalism in different newsrooms around the world, to provide insights on the challenges and the potential experienced in the newsrooms working with constructive journalism. Among the presenters will be Ulrik Haagerup, CEO and founder, Constructive Institute, as well as editors and journalists from newsrooms working with constructive journalism.
After the presentation, we will discuss how researchers and practitioners can work closer together in the future to develop the field from both sides.
We invite all researchers with an interest in the field two apply for the pre-conference. But due to the venue there is only room for a limited number of researchers, and preference will be given to those, who have submitted an extended abstract on a study within the research field (max. 500 words). Deadline for scholars who would like a seat at the table at the Constructive Institute is the 1st of June 2022, and abstracts should be sent to journalism@journalism.sdu.dk. Notice of acceptance will be given by the 15th of June. Lunch and various refreshments will be served during the day.
For more information about this pre-conference please contact Peter Bro (ppe@journalism.sdu.dk) or Morten Skovsgaard (skh@journalism.sdu.dk), both of whom are professors at the Centre for Journalism, University of Southern Denmark. For questions, comments etc. relating to the practical arrangement please contact CFOO Peter Damgaard (pd@constructiveinstitute.org) from Constructive Institute, directly.
Join us for this unique event and become part of an international network of scholars who study the growing field of constructive journalism. This pre-conference also offers you the opportunity to meet and perhaps partner up with some of the practicioners who apply constructive journalism techniques and thinking in their own work.
This pre-conference is organized and sponsored by:
22-23 September 2022
Loughborough University, UK
Deadline for abstracts: May 23, 2022
On 22-23 September 2022, the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture at Loughborough University will host the 8th annual conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics, focused on academic research on the relationship between media and political processes around the world.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 23 May 2022. Attendees will be notified of acceptance by 6 June 2022. Registration fees will be due 8 July 2022 and full papers based on accepted abstracts will be due 8 September 2022. A selection of the best full papers presented at the conference will be published in the journal after peer review. Previous journal special issues based on conference papers can be found here and here.
The conference brings together scholars conducting internationally oriented or comparative research on the intersection between news media and politics around the world. It aims to provide a forum for academics from a wide range of disciplines, countries, and methodological approaches to advance knowledge in this area.
Examples of relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the political implications of changes in media systems; the importance of different types of media for learning about and engaging with politics; the factors affecting the quality of political information and public discourse; media policy and regulation; the role of entertainment and popular culture in how people engage with current affairs; relations between political actors and journalists; the role of visuals and emotion in the production and processing of public information; the role of different kinds of media during conflicts and crises; and political communication during and beyond elections by government, political parties, interest groups, and social movements. The journal and the conference are particular interested in studies that adopt comparative approaches, represent substantial theoretical or methodological advances, or focus on parts of the world that are under-researched in the international English language academic literature.
Titles and abstracts for papers (maximum 300 words) are invited by 23 May 2022. The abstract should clearly describe the key question, the theoretical and methodological approach, the evidence presented, and the wider implications of the study for understanding the relationship between media and politics. Authors are encouraged to provide as much detail as possible about the spatial and temporal context of their study, the research design employed, the data collected, and the main results of the analyses.
Please send submissions via the online form available at https://bit.ly/IJPP2022.
The registration fee for the conference will be GBP 250, to be paid by 8 July 2022. The fee covers lunches and coffee breaks on 22 and 23 September, two conference dinners on 21 and 22 September, and farewell drinks on 23 September. A limited number of registration fee waivers will be available for early career scholars and scholars from countries that appear in Tiers B and C of the classification adopted by the International Communication Association. Applications must be made by 23 May 2022 via the abstract online submission form available at https://bit.ly/IJPP2022.
All attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend the conference and respect the UK Government and Loughborough University policies to protect themselves and the population against COVID-19. Attendees visiting Loughborough from abroad must commit to follow the UK Government’s regulations to travel to England.
The conference is organized by Cristian Vaccari (Editor-in-Chief of IJPPand Director of CRCC). Please contact Professor Vaccari with questions at c.vaccari@lboro.ac.uk.
More about the journal, the University, and the Centre.
The International Journal of Press/Politics is an interdisciplinary journal for the analysis and discussion of the role of the media and politics in a globalized world. The journal publishes theoretical and empirical research which analyzes the linkages between the news media and political processes and actors around the world, emphasizes international and comparative work, and links research in the fields of political communication and journalism studies, and the disciplines of political science and media and communication. The journal is published by SAGE Publications and is ranked 7th in Communication and 9th in Political Science by Journal Citation Reports.
Based on a 440-acre, single-site campus at the heart of the UK, Loughborough University is ranked top 10 in every British university league table. Voted University of the Year (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019) and awarded Gold in the National Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), Loughborough provides a unique student experience. Loughborough University has excellent transport links to the rest of the UK. It is a short distance away from Loughborough Train station, a 15-minute drive from East Midlands Airport (near Nottingham), an hour drive from Birmingham Airport, and an hour and 15 minutes from London via train.
Since its establishment in 1991, the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture has developed into the largest research center of its kind in the UK. The Centre is proudly interdisciplinary, combining social science and humanities approaches for the rigorous exploration of the production and consumption of different forms of communication and creative texts. CRCC’s research draws on and contributes to theories and methods in cultural and media studies, sociology, politics, psychology, history and memory studies, textual, visual and computational analysis, and geography. The Centre promotes research that explores how media and cultural texts are produced, how they construct meanings, how they shape societies, and how they fit within an ever-growing creative economy.
May 26, 2022
Paris, France
The ICA 2022 preconference "Scholars in Exile/Scholarship on the Edges," on the place of critical race studies in media, comm, and political culture, is now open for registration!
More information about the preconference:
https://www.icahdq.org/page/ICA22PrePostconf
Registration:
https://www.icahdq.org/event/ScholarEdge
Lunch will be included for all registered participants.
It takes place on Thursday, May 26, 9:00am-3:30pm (rooms Regency 5 + 6, at the Hyatt Paris Ètoile, Porte Maillot, Paris, France, which is the main ICA conference hotel). Following the conclusion of the preconference, there is an optional "James Baldwin in Paris" walking tour, 4:30-6:30pm, open and free to pre-conference registrants on a first-come first-serve basis (space is limited; please contact Khadijah Costley White at klw147@comminfo.rutgers.edu).
Keynote speakers
Karim Hammou (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique / French National Centre for Scientific Research)
Chelsea Watego (Queensland University of Technology)
Other confirmed speakers
Ben Carrington, Sarah J. Jackson, Ralina Joseph, Sarita Malik, Samira Musleh, Clive Nwonka, Srivi Ramasubramanian, Simon Ridley, Raka Shome, Kim-Marie Spence, Anjali Vats, Ana-Nzinga Weiß, Ferruh Yimlaz
Please see https://www.icahdq.org/page/ICA22PrePostconf for more information.
Organizers
Anamik Saha, Department of Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, a.saha@gold.ac.uk
Khadijah Costley White, Department of Journalism and Media Studies, School of Communication and Information - Rutgers University, USA, klw147@comminfo.rutgers.edu
Eve Ng, School of Media Arts and Studies, WGSS Program, Ohio University, USA, evecng@hotmail.com
Simon Dawes, l’Institut d’études culturelles et internationales (IECI), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, simondawes0@gmail.com
Maxime Cervulle, UFR Culture et communication, Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis, France, maxime.cervulle@univ-paris8.fr
Co-Sponsors
ICA IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) Committee
ICA Ethnicity and Race in Communication division
Rutgers University-New Brunswick, School of Communication and Information (SCI)
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis
April 28, 2022
Hybrid event (Veranstaltungscentrum C3 Vienna & online)
Click here for registration until the 25th of April (necessary for participation online and in person)!
This conference addresses the issue of evidence-based communication within the media and higher education institutions and the role of these institutions when it comes to media and information literacy in contemporary societies.
The event is organised within the framework of the Erasmus+ project ERUM - Enhancing Research Understanding Through Media and will explore how the media and academia can collaborate, which skills students have to learn and which policy reforms should be developed to increase the quality of information and tackle the issue of the rising spread of mis/disinformation today.
https://lehrerinnenbildung.univie.ac.at/en/fields-of-work/didactics-of-civic-and-citizenship-education/news-events/conference-facts-figures-evidence-based-information-in-contemporary-societies-the-role-of-academia-and-the-media/
October 19-22, 2022
Online workshop
Deadline: June 15, 2022
ECREA pre-conference workshop
War streaming on Instagram, propaganda in press photography, refugee activism on TikTok? - Recent European crises have shown images and videos as essential tools of communication in politics and protest, a trend mirrored in the increasing use of visuals in research methodologies. Visual data can capture practices of visual, performative or non-verbal communication, text-image relationships, the development of visual formats, notions of aesthetics, as well as underlying meanings of symbols and codes. Extant research has since captured different elements of visual politics and protest, including: social history (e.g. protest photography), political commentary or alignment (e.g. through memes or overlays), social cues in political communication (e.g. GIFs, filters, or emoji), visual activism practices (e.g. culture-jamming, sousveillance video coverage, flesh-witnessing), and visual forms of information documentation and distribution (e.g. infographics).
Even so, new creative practices have at times challenged research practices, for example with regards to image authenticity and appropriation in mis- and disinformation campaigns (e.g. deepfakes), platform affordances in new visual formats and spaces (e.g. short videos on TikTok), (mis)interpretation and visual (il)literacy in communications, trust in image data as factual evidence, and opaqueness in the production of visual materials. These critical debates have been particularly contentious in the arena of politics and protest, where visuals have been seen to shape political opinion and discourse, electoral campaigns, war coverage, and Covid-19 data visualisations.
In response to these trends, the ECREA Visual Cultures section is inviting submissions to the online pre-conference on “Visual Politics & Protest” with a focus on epistemological and methodological challenges, taking place on 6th and 7th October 2022 (= 2 weeks prior to ECREA 2022). The pre-conference workshop will include a keynote by Dr. Jing Zeng (University of Zurich), a series of lightning talks, a panel discussion (including speakers Dr. Stefania Vicari, Dr. Shana MacDonald, & Dr. Jing Zeng), and hands-on discussion rounds with a specific focus on epistemological challenges in research on visual politics and protest.
Topics of interest
We are looking for lightning talks on challenges encountered in research on visual politics and/or protest, which will be allocated to thematic panels. Towards encouraging lively discussions, we are not looking for entire paper proposals, but focussed submissions that outline the challenge along with examples (in written, visual, or other creative forms).
On a broad level this may include (but is not limited to):
Submissions should ideally either discuss new challenges, present in-depth illustrations/ examples of specific challenges, or introduce new approaches or nuances.
Submission
Please submit a 200 word description of your challenge in researching visual cultures or materials, along with your contact details on this Google Form link (200 is the maximum incl. references). Proposals can be submitted until 1st June 2022 at 23.59 CEST. Descriptions should be written in English and contain a summary of the challenge that will be presented, as well as a notion of the reflections or approaches that are taken or recommended. The description may follow a conventional abstract structure, but is not bound to it. We encourage creative, unconventional, and work-in-progress submissions, particularly from early-career scholars. The addition of supplementary visual data such as a poster or data excerpt is optional. The submissions should represent a specific issue or challenge encountered in the participant’s visual research.
We are aware that not everyone will be able to use Google services due to regional restrictions or privacy concerns. In those cases we invite participants to submit directly by email vppecrea@gmail.com. The email should contain following information: paper title, participant first and last name, country of affiliation, affiliation, career stage, email contact, names of co-authors, a 200-word description of the challenge, 1-2 visual materials (PDF, Word, or jpg) if applicable (this is optional), and indicate if you would like to be considered for the special issue.
During the workshop, these challenges should be presented as short presentations (7-10 minutes) in panel groups with an adjoining discussion. These presentations do not need to follow conventional presentation formats (creative and purely visual presentations are encouraged). Please note that multi-author submissions are very much welcome, but due to the short nature of lightning talks we ask that only one person (i.e. the submitting author) presents.
Details on the presentation format and full programme will be released in due time.
Workshop follow-up
Post-workshop, a summary (e.g. in the form of a co-authored “living syllabus on visual politics and protest research'') will be created and circulated amongst the participants and the wider public.
Participants will also be invited to join an informal follow-up meeting at ECREA in Aarhus: “visual politics & protest coffee hour”.
Participants will have the opportunity to submit their full papers to a special issue in Journal of Digital Social Research (https://www.jdsr.io/). Extended abstracts of 500 words are due 1st December 2022. Interest in submitting to the special issue should be indicated in the submission form. More information on the special issue will follow in due course.
Further details
The pre-conference workshop is organised by the ECREA Visual Cultures section (see https://visualculturesecrea.wordpress.com/) and will take place online.
Links
Pre-conference website: https://cutt.ly/visual-politics-ecrea
Email contact: vppecrea@gmail.com
Link to profile of keynote speaker: https://www.ikmz.uzh.ch/en/research/divisions/science-crisis-and-risk-communication/team/jing-zeng.html
Key dates 2022
Pre-conference team
Maria Schreiber, University of Salzburg
Suay Melisa Özkula, University of Trento
Tom Divon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Danka Ninković Slavnić, University of Belgrade
Doron Altaratz, The Hadassah Academic College
Hadas Schlussel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The International Journal of Public Relations (Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas), Vol. XII, No. 23
Deadline: April 30, 2022
We announce the Call for Papers for Issue No 23 of The International Journal of Public Relations (Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas). This new issue will focus on Public Relations in general (non-monographic issue).
The deadline for papers is open until April 30, 2022. We would like to remind authors that the proposals (articles and book reviews) should be submitted via the Journal’s application system with the following link: http://revistarelacionespublicas.uma.es/index.php/revrrpp/user/register.
In order to have the paper for a revision it is necessary to follow the editors’ guidelines and norms of the journal that can be consulted under the following link:
http://revistarelacionespublicas.uma.es/index.php/revrrpp/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions
The papers can be submitted in any of the following languages: Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.
We provide a template that authors can use to prepare articles and reviews. The aim is to facilitate the preparation and editing of the journal. The template is available in the following link http://revistarelacionespublicas.uma.es/index.php/revrrpp/article/view/219.
In order for articles to be more widely distributed, all articles must include an extended abstract (between 500 and 700 words).
The International Journal of Public Relations has been included in the Emerging Source Citation Index -JCR-, Latindex Catalogue, DICE, RESH, CIRC, ISOC, Dialnet, ULRICH, EBSCO, DOAJ, REBIU, MIAR. In Dialnet Metrics, the journal is in Q1. This fact brings an extra value to all authors interested since the published paper may be recognized by the corresponding authorities for further career development.
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