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

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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