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[ecrea] Call for papers for International Conference "Pathologies and dysfunctions of democracy in the media context"

Mon Mar 13 15:42:28 GMT 2017




*/_ Call for papers for International Conference "Pathologies and dysfunctions of democracy in the media context"_/*

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/Organiser: Labcom.IFP, University of Beira Interior/

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/Date of the Conference. October 26 -27/

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/Location: University of Beira Interior (UBI), Covilhã/

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/The Labcom.IFP, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, invites all interested researchers to submit proposals for texts to be presented at the International Conference Pathologies and Dysfunctions of Democracy in Media Context, which will be held on 26 and 27 October in University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal/

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/The purpose of this conference is to join together researchers from Communication Sciences and related areas (Political Science, Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Political Sociology and others), with particular emphasis on those interested in political communication around a unifying common axis: the pathologies and dysfunctions of democracy, in media contexts, in different aspects of their involvement with the media such as: the media representation of these pathologies and dysfunctions; the contribution or, on the other hand, the damage of the media to the functioning of democratic institutions; the interference of political agents in journalistic information; the relationship between media and political institutions in the processes of public opinion building, etc./

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/The international conferences will be focused on three issues that will be addressed in three plenary sessions and in three sets of parallel sessions:/

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/- Communication and silences: concealment, alternative facts and “fake news” - assessing phenomena of visibility/invisibility, silencing and concealment in deliberation and political decision processes./

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/- The challenges of political participation in the "post-truth" era - how political participation and deliberation takes place in the face of the proliferation of strategically manipulated information./

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/- Pathologies and dysfunctions of democracy: scandal, corruption and negative campaign - To analyze the impact of phenomena generally designated as pathological, dysfunctional and deviant in the democratic process, as well as their media representation./

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/Emphasis is placed on empirical and theoretical works involving relatively recent political debates, such as the creation of the "left majority" (or "geringonça") in Portugal; the Brexit; the Brazilian impeachment; the American elections, the formation of the Trump administration; the multiple judicial processes and economic and political scandals and its media coverage./

/Empirical and case-study and case-based approaches as well as, theoretical approaches complemented by examples will be welcome. In terms of the applicable paradigms, deliberative, critical, participatory, functionalist approaches and the approaches influenced by agenda-setting theory, framing theory or the spiral of silence effect, among other possible theoretical frameworks could be accepted. /

/Papers can be focused on communicative processes occurred in the online or in the offline environment./

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/The conference will select 45 papers that will be presented in three sets of parallel sessions. The texts will be published in two proceeding books./

/Organizers of the Proceeding Books: Anabela Gradim, António Bento, João Carlos Correia, Helder Prior (UBI, Portugal)./

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*/_Deadlines and Dates._/*

/The deadlines for submitting proposals are the following:/

/Submission of Abstracts - Until April 30th./

/Communication of results - June 30/

/Registration – August 15/

/Submission of the final text for publication - 26 and 27 October, date of the Conference. /

*/The proposals will be submitted by informatic platform and it will be chosen in a peer-review process./*

*/Briefly, a platform will be launched for the submission of abstracts, registration and papers/*/./

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/Expanded Abstract - 600 words with identification of the theme, methodology and relevance to the pannel in which it will be delivered./

/The final texts should have 14 pages, and the text should be written in Times New Roman, body 12 TMN about 6000 words.APA/

/Works will be accepted in Portuguese (in any of the spellings practised in the countries that speak the language), English and Spanish./

/Questions can be sent to the following emails:/

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/(jcorreia /at/ ubi.pt) <mailto:(jcorreia /at/ ubi.pt)>;/

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/(jcfcorreia /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(jcfcorreia /at/ gmail.com)>;/

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/(agradim /at/ ubi.pt) <mailto:(agradim /at/ ubi.pt)>/

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/(agradim /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(agradim /at/ gmail.com)>/

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/(helder.prior /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(helder.prior /at/ gmail.com)>/

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*/Registration Fee:/*

/Teachers and Researchers holding PhD - 80 euros/

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/Bachelor, Master and PhD students - 40 Euros/

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/Researchers, Professors and Students of the University of Beira Interior will not pay for registration./

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/The registered researchers will have the righ to receive a certificate of participation , support materials and to tickets for lunches during the days of the Conference. The papers presented by registered participantes will be published in proceeding books./

/Date of the Conference. October 26 -27/

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*/_Provisional Program:_/*

/October 26th/

/9.30 Opening Session/

/10 am - Opening session: Media and Populism/

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/11. 00 - 12.45. - Plenary Session 1) Communication and silences: alternative facts, fake news - Evaluate phenomena of visibility /invisibility, silencing and concealment in the processes of deliberation and political decision./

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/13.00 - Lunch/

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/14.30 - 15.45 Plenary Session 2 - The Challenges of Political Participation in the "Post-Truth" age - How political participation and deliberation takes place in the face of the proliferation of strategically manipulated information/

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/16.00 - Coffee Break/

/16. 15-18.15 Parallel sessions

Parallel session 1: Communication and Silences: Concealment, alternative facts, fake news.

Parallel session 2
The Challenges of Participation in the Post-Truth Age

Parallel session 3
Pathologies and dysfunctions of democracy: scandal, corruption and negative campaign,


October 27

9.30 - Plenary Meeting 3

Pathologies and dysfunctions of democracy: scandal and corruption - Analysing the impact of phenomena generally identified as pathological, dysfunctional and deviant in the democratic process, as well as their media representation.

11.30 - Coffe Break

11, 45 -13 - Parallel Sessions


Parallel Session 1
Communication and Silences: concealment, alternative facts and "fake news"

Parallel Session 2
The Challenges of Participation in the Post-Truth Age,

Parallel session 3
Pathologies and dysfunctions of democracy: scandal, corruption and negative campaign.

13, 15 - lunch

14.15 - 16.00

Parallel session 1
Communication and Silences:
Concealment, alternative facts, "false news";

Parallel Session 2
The Challenges of Participation in the Post-Truth Age

Parallel Session 3
Pathologies and dysfunctions of democracy: scandal, corruption and negative campaign


16, 15 - Closing Session - Paulo Serra (Coordinator of Labcom, IFP and President of SOPCOM).

Duration 2 days

The speakers of the plenary sessions and the Scientific, Organizing and Executive Committees will be known soon./

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/The organisers team /

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/João Carlos Correia (//(jcorreia /at/ ubi.pt))/ <mailto:(jcorreia /at/ ubi.pt))>//

/Anabela Gradim (//(agradim /at/ ubi.pt))/ <mailto:(agradim /at/ ubi.pt))>//

/Helder Prior (//(helder.prior /at/ gmail.com))/ <mailto:(helder.prior /at/ gmail.com))>//

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