[ecrea] Call for papers: Special Issue on: ‘Stereotypes, Media Ethics and the Limits of Free Speech’

*_Call for Papers_*

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*Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research *

http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-journal,id=148/

_Published in the UK by Intellect, the /Journal of Arab & Muslim Media/
/Research/ is the first international academic refereed journal
specialized in the Arab and Middle Eastern media._

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*Special Issue on: ‘Stereotypes, Media Ethics and the Limits of Free
Speech’.*

The characterization of scores of western media along a continuum
reveals a problematic relationship with Islam and the Muslim world.**A
considerable body of data as well as academic research demonstrates
during the last few decades an unremitting and sometimes systematic
negative portrayal of Islam and Muslims. Starting with the Rushdie
affair in the 1980s, to September 11, 2001 attacks in US and the 2005
London Bombings and what has been known as the ‘War on Terror’ reveal
and unrelenting reproduction of stereotypical images which tend to
demonise the ‘other’. The publication of the Danish cartoons in 2005-06
defaming Prophet Mohammed and the murder of eleven journalists from the
French newspaper Charlie Hebdo in January 2015, in addition to the
representation of such wars as the War on Iraq, the War on Afghanistan,
the Palestinian-Israeli conflict among others further opened the door
for the blanket stigmatization of Arabs and Muslims and appear in its
representation restricted to certain frames related to terrorism,
radicalization and disorder.

Banking on Edward Said’s ‘ideology of difference’ and Pierre Bourdieu’s
‘post-modernism’, labelling can be understood as not merely a neutral
process of classification that the media perform, but rather an act of
power, often politically connoted, in relation to the studied ‘others’.
In that process, the media tend to be powerful in reproducing and
disseminating representation about minority groups. They often
categorise, classify and evaluate individuals and communities in a way
which leads to producing new meanings and control in society.

This special issue of the /Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research/
aims to address the above theoretical issues and welcomes contributions
based on original empirical studies regarding (and not necessarily
limited to) the following areas of enquiry:

-              Representation of Islam and Muslims in the media

-              Media framing of Muslim youth

-              Media reproduction of stereotypes

-              Serious journalism VS sensational reporting

-              Media ethics between theory and practice

-              Cross-country comparative approaches to media ethics

-              Media coverage of the ‘War on Terror’

-              Media and islamophobia

-              Journalism and social responsibility

-              Media coverage of the aftermath of Charlie Hebdo attacks

-              Media portrayal of Islam and Muslims

-              Hate speech and the limits to freedom of expression

*_Submissions_*_:_

Manuscripts to be considered for publication should be submitted via
e-mail to Noureddine Miladi (Editor) on: (noureddine.miladi /at/ qu.edu.qa)
<mailto:(noureddine.miladi /at/ qu.edu.qa)>. Each manuscript should be between
7000 and 8500 words in main text and 150 words in abstract. All
submissions will be blind-refereed.

Please refer to the Contributor Guidelines for the Journal of Arab and
Muslim Media Research
(http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.php?issn=17519411) before you
formally submitting your paper.

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*_Deadlines for submission:_*

-Abstracts of no more than 250 words and author’s bio (100 words) along
the author’s full contact details:  by 20^th April 2015

-Full papers: by 25^th August 2015

-Referees’ feedback: by 30^th September 2015

-Expected publication of the special issue: December 2015 (Volume 8,
Issue #3)

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Dr Noureddine Miladi

*Associate Professor in Mass Communication*

*Department of Mass Communication*

*College of Arts and Science*

*Qatar University*

*PO Box: 2713*

*DOHA, QATAR*

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