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[ecrea] Call for papers - Inclusive journalism: How to shed light on voices traditionally left out in news coverage

Tue Feb 17 22:16:19 GMT 2015




Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies



SPECIAL ISSUE:

Inclusive journalism: How to shed light on voices traditionally left out in news coverage

Guest editor: Verica Rupar

CALL FOR PAPERS

“Can we live together, equal and different?” So asked Alain Touraine (1998) in an essay which challenged conventional, socio-centric approaches to inclusion and exclusion, equality and difference, diversity and multiculturalism. Using a concept of common good as a main criterion for evaluating human conduct, indeed, does not capture a structural context within which group competition reinforces ethnic, class, religious, gender boundaries. Neither does it shed light on the discrepancy between grand policy narratives – social inclusion, community cohesion, or big society, on the one hand, and the reality of social fabric breaking along these lines on the other.

The idea of the inclusive society – a society based on equality of opportunities and the equal capacity of all members regardless of differences of race, ethnicity, faith, religion, language, gender, social status, (dis)abilities or sexual orientation – fills policy documents, but does it work across the world? And how a ‘wider social interest’ manages and relates to social situations when ‘equal’ and ‘different’ collide?

When it comes to the media realm, how does the concept of the inclusive society operate, where does it go once it comes out of normative framework, how is it transported, reflected, negotiated and created in the media and by the media? Most importantly, in the world of news media, what is journalism’s contribution to these processes? If the operational definition of the inclusive society claims it is a society for all and of all, can we use the term ‘inclusive journalism’ to discuss journalism for all and of all?

The thematic issue of the Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies aims to engage in a critical dialogue both journalism and inclusive society. It invites contributions on the object, nature and mode of inquiry on inclusive journalism, its possible definitions, its varieties of forms, its context of operation, its understanding by audiences, and its interactions with the wider fields of power. The special issue poses the question of how the fast changing world of journalism relates to the old question of its ability to challenge hegemonic notions of inequality under the rubric of social diversity.

Papers that address theoretical and methodological issues in the study of journalism and the inclusive society might refer to but are not limited to the following topics:



    * Journalism and the inclusive global order;
    * Journalism and human rights/journalism as a human right;
    * Journalism and forms of social exclusion;
    * Journalistic discourse about inclusion;
    * Journalism and social inequality;
    * Reporting on multicultural policy;
    * News and the neoliberal rhetoric of diversity;
    * Journalism and the diversity of voices in public domain



Papers are expected to be conceptually relevant to the comparison of historical and political contexts, and to cultural and institutional settings.

 Contributions from both academics and practitioners are welcome.

Abstracts: Abstract should not exceed 250 words and should be sent to the guest editor Verica Rupar ((verica.rupar /at/ aut.ac.nz)) by end of April 2015

 Full papers: Full papers should be submitted by end of December 2015

 Publication date:  Spring Issue, 2017



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