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[ecrea] Call for papers: Digital Disruption to Journalism and Mass Communication Theory

Tue Jan 28 16:25:26 GMT 2014


Digital Disruption to Journalism and Mass Communication Theory


A research conference to be held 3-4 Oct. 2014 in Brussels, Belgium


This conference will explore how theories of journalism and mass communication are being challenged in the face of news and advertising digitization, device proliferation, human and organizational mobilization, and media market restructuring.


. How are research traditions, such as framing, gatekeeping, spiral of silence and agenda setting, being challenged -- and perhaps even reformulated or reinvented -- in light of the technological and economic changes brought about by digital media?

. How is theorizing in fields such as media economics and political communication being challenged in the face of these digital media changes?

. How might key concepts in journalism and mass communication, such as audience, public sphere, or even mass communication itself, be re-articulated in the era of digital media?

. How is normative theorizing about the press, including notions of press freedom, challenged by the emerging dominance of digital media?

. What might be learned about digital disruption through comparative research?


The conference will welcome English-language submissions of theoretical essays and empirical studies. A 400 to 500 word abstract should be submitted to (brussels2014 /at/ missouri.edu) by April 4, 2014. Notice of acceptance will be provided by May 15, 2014. Full papers of no more than 25 double-spaced pages, not including notes or appendices, will be due by September 15.


For more information, contact Tim P. Vos, Coordinator for Global Research Initiatives at the University of Missouri: (brussels2014 /at/ missouri.edu).




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