[ecrea] CfP CICOM 33 Political Communication in Uncertain Times: Digital Technologies, Citizen...

*Political Communication in Uncertain Times:**
*Digital Technologies, Citizen Participation and Open Governance**

/7th and 8th September 2017/

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*Source : http://www.unav.edu/web/facultad-de-comunicacion/cicom33*

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the forthcoming 
International Conference of Political Communication organised jointly by 
the Research Committees for Political Communication (RC22) and 
Electronic Democracy (RC10) of the International Political Science 
Association (IPSA) with the CICOM 33rd, International Communication 
Conference, a yearly event organized by the School of Communication of 
the University of Navarra (Spain), under the title of “Political 
Communication in Uncertain Times: Digital Technologies, Citizen 
Participation and Open Governance”. The conference will be hosted by the 
University of Navarra in the city of Pamplona, Spain.

The unexpected British exit from the European Union, the migration 
crisis, the rise of Isis, conflicts in countries as Syria, the emergence 
of populism and unpredicted citizens’ reactions (such us the rejection 
of Colombia Peace Plan or the election of President Trump) are only some 
of the events that are taking place nowadays; they all have in common 
the uncertainty that brings with them and that characterize the current era.

The purpose of this conference is to consider the state of media and 
communications research in a political period marked by a variety of 
events that take place within an uncertain context. The conference theme 
focuses on the intersection between the role of political communication 
and digital technologies, both understood as potential pillars that may 
enhance democracy in a communication context characterised by continuous 
crises and their transnational consequences.

Papers should make a contribution to the development of theoretical or 
empirical studies regarding digital political communication conducted by 
diverse actors that range from governments, political parties, media 
organisations, to non-governmental actors, citizens and social 
movements. Scholars, researchers and professionals are encouraged to 
submit paper proposals that either broadly or specifically deal with the 
aforementioned issues, be it by addressing national or comparative 
studies, theoretical or empirical ones.

We welcome submissions that cover one or more of the following questions:

·New challenges for journalism and communication in a digital society: 
What changes have journalists and the media in general gone through? Do 
digital technologies change traditional concepts of media power? Do 
media and communication technologies support the formation of community?

·Media coverage and journalist behaviour during moments of political 
turmoil: What role can media play at times of crisis? Which frames 
appeared repeatedly while media reported about an event? Is there any 
danger regarding the empowerment of certain voices while others are ignored?

·Digital technology in election campaigns: How have election campaigns 
changed in styles, strategies, tools and with what impacts on voter 
engagement? What factors are shaping election outcomes in the digital 
age, and to what extent?

·Relationship between representatives and citizens: How do governments 
and institutions deal with the opportunity and challenges introduced by 
digital technologies? Do they help to promote a real conversation 
between both sides? To what extent do they reduce the gap between them?

·New parties in the political scene: Are new technologies promoting the 
emergence of populist parties? To what extent communication from a new 
party is different to those from traditional parties? Is there any 
visible pattern shared by new political actors?

·Political actors and new technologies: To what extent are new 
technologies shaping political parties? Can we distinguish different 
practices and uses depending on the countries? Are those different 
practices somehow driven by any ideological perspective?

·Digital Technology in public diplomacy: How digital media are shaping 
international political communication? How should international 
political actors adapt communication to the new digital audiences? Do 
digital media allow dialogue and interaction with international publics?

·New voices, a multiplicity of agents in the public sphere: Can digital 
technologies transform the characteristics of the traditional public 
sphere? Is it possible to have an online public sphere? Will an online 
public sphere enhance democracy? Do media technologies constitute a new 
public sphere?

·Mobilization and participation: Are digital technologies really able to 
empower citizens' political participation? Do they empower specific 
voices in detriment of others? To what extent social media play a 
relevant role on social movements? Can we talk about social media echo 
chambers in some results of recent political events?

*DEADLINES AND SUBMISSION PROCESS*

Monday 30th January 2017    Proposal submission deadline

Monday 13th March 2017       Notification of acceptance and registration 
opening

Monday 31st July 2017   Registration and full paper submission deadline

*PROPOSALS*

The submission of abstracts should contain the following requirements:

·Title

·Author, position and institution affiliation

·Email address

·Abstracts should include aspects as core theoretical premise, 
methodology and relevant information on data collection and key findings

·Four key words

·Abstracts should not exceed 350 words

Full panel submissions are welcome. We will require information on the 
individual papers and also a brief explanation on the topic of the 
panel. Please note that individual abstracts must be accepted and the 
topic has to be related to the general theme of the conference. 
Additionally, all proposed panels must have a minimum of three papers 
and a maximum of five.

Abstracts should be in English and emailed to (ipsacicom /at/ unav.es) 
<mailto:(ipsacicom /at/ unav.es)>. The deadline for their submission is 30th 
January. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 13th March 2017.

*FULL PAPER*

The full paper will be sent in Pdf format and using APA quoting format 
(maximum length: 8000 words)


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