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[ecrea] call for paper Convegno Annuale Comunicazione Politica

Tue Jul 31 08:42:02 GMT 2012



*CONVEGNO ANNUALE DELL'ASSOCIAZIONE DI COMUNICAZIONE POLITICA*
Linguaggi pop e decisioni hard
La comunicazione politica in tempi di crisi
13-15 decembre 2012
Torino -- Luigi Einaudi Campus


*Call for papers*
In recent years, contemporary democracies have had to address increasingly complex challenges. At a time when those in power are forced to make hard and unpopular choices, public distrust of politics leads governments to use communication as a strategic tool to reach disaffected citizens and to propose compelling and winning narratives. The importance assumed by communication and the transformations involving the media have fostered the expansion of what is now known as pop politics. This is a phenomenon that involves politicians, journalists and citizens and redefines forms of mediation and mutual relationships. The 2012 annual conference of the Italian Association of Political Communication (Associazione Italiana di Comunicazione Politica) aims to explore the problematic nature of these new challenges. In particular, we encourage papers that - using different theoretical and methodological approaches - address the following issues:
*1. Italian style Popularization*
Featuring the presentation of the results of a national research project, this panel will discuss the concept of popularization and its empirical relevance, looking at the Italian
context in comparative perspective as much as possible.
*2. Communicate to win and to decide*
With an eye to 2013 Italian General Election Campaign, this panel will debate empirical findings and theoretical reflections concerning the relation between campaigning and governing. Particular attention will be paid to the problems of consensus-building while in office, electoral mobilization and the formation of informed public opinion about decision-making processes.* 3. Communication on the move: new actors and new flows between participating and protesting * This panel deals with the role that the Internet and online social networks have played (and play) in substantially innovating the forms of political communication. Particular attention will be devoted to the growing presence of unconventional political actors in public debate and to the rise of new forms of interaction between citizens and politics.

Abstracts (maximum 250 words), along with full contact information (title, name, affiliation, email) and a short biography (of between 50 and 100 words), should be
submitted to (convegno.asscom /at/ unito.it) by September 21, 2012.
Accepted papers will be announced in the first week of October 2012.
While the conference will be held primarily in Italian, papers in English are also welcomed.


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Marinella Belluati
Dipartimento Culture, Politica e Società
Via Giolitti, 33 - 10123 Torino Italy
tel. +390116704157 fax +390116704114


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