[ecrea] Call for papers: Icons and power. Politics of images in the digital era

*Call for papers: Icons and power. Politics of images in the digital era*

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*Call for papers: Icons and power. Politics of images in the digital era*

Edited by

Fausto Colombo, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 
(fausto.colombo /at/ unicatt.it)

Maria Francesca Murru, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 
(maria.murru /at/ unicatt.it)


In recent times, the social perception of many relevant events has been 
deeply affected by the wide circulation of pictures. Social media, as 
devices for visibility and places that host both disengaged sociability 
and the establishment of new identities, are likely to attribute new 
functions and new social roles to images by shaping the ways in which we 
question and receive them within our perceptual horizon. From this 
perspective, the political impact of image can thus be interpreted as an 
incremental acquisition of civic, cultural and ethical meanings through 
the crossing of different communicative contexts.

The issue 1/2018 of /Problemi dell’Informazione/ proposes to deeply 
explore these issues through the discussion of empirical research and 
theoretical analyses. Among the topics that can be examined, here is a 
list of areas of interest that can guide potential contributors:

  * the production of iconic images in the political communication and
    their circulation across legacy and online media;
  * the iconic production as a strategy for global terrorism;
  * the multiplication of images which show the suffering of distant
    people with a great emotional impact;
  * the manipulation of iconic images (in the form of artistic
    reinterpretation, parodies, fakes, /détournement/ and culture jamming).

*Submission of proposals*

Deadline for abstract submission is April 30, 2017.

Abstract: 250 words maximum (references not included).

Full papers will be due September 15, 2017 and will undergo a 
double-blind peer review procedure.

Papers length between 8000 words maximum (including notes and references).

Papers in English and Italian are accepted.

Submissions should be sent to: (probleminformazione /at/ mulino.it) 
<mailto:(probleminformazione /at/ mulino.it)>

Read the call. 
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_u5dIU6WJwZa1BiWHlsTmIxWE0/view?usp=sharing>


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