[ecrea] CfP Cut the bullshit!

CfP Cut the bullshit! COMMUNICATION, POPULISM AND ELECTORAL CHOICE IN 
THE NEW MEDIA ENVIRONMENT, 20-22 JUNE 2018



The last decade was a remarkable, yet challenging time for established 
Western democracies. Ten years after a profound and unprecedented global 
economic crisis we experienced a number of political earthquakes. In 
recent years, several events—the 2014 Scottish separatist referendum, 
the 2016 referendum in the United Kingdom on exiting the European Union, 
the 2016 US Presidential election, a strong populist voice during the 
French Presidential Election (2017), Geert Wilders’ success in the 
Netherlands, the close race for presidency in Austria, the rise of the 
AfD political party in Germany,  the unexpected ballot in the United 
Kingdom (2017) that left the country without a majority, and the recent 
populist Catalonian separatist movement in Spain (2017)—have reshaped 
the political landscape in Western societies, both at the elite and 
citizen level. These controversial political movements elicit several 
discussions relevant to scholars of political communication: the 
importance of responsible and truthful campaigning (‘Brexit’ and 
‘Catalexit’), the role of civility and populist rhetoric in elections, 
the role that traditional media may (or may not) play in creating 
electoral positions, and returned attention to the potential of the 
direct communication tools. Yet, it is the social media that stay in the 
center of the public discussion. It is crucial to understand how the 
hybrid media environment may possibly alter the traditional and new 
campaign communication tools employed by the politicians, and how they 
may potentially influence voters’ choice. The short and long term 
consequences for democratic societies are also at stake.

This conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners 
interested in those three approaches: political communication proposed 
by the candidates and parties in the recent electoral contests, the 
reception and possible reaction from the citizens and voters, and third, 
the consequences that such communication and responses may have on the 
future of the democratic societies.

KEYNOTE

Bruce Bimber (University California Santa Barbara)

CALL FOR PAPERS

We encourage Authors to submit papers based on the proposed topics 
regardless of the geographical area. We are looking for either 
theoretical papers or papers based on sound methodological work. We 
welcome quantitative approaches from both traditional approaches 
(surveys, experiments, content analysis etc.) and more innovative 
methodologies (social media networks analysis, social scientific 
computational methods and/or trace data based research).

Authors should submit a short abstract (around 500 words without 
bibliography), providing information on the theoretical approach, 
methods used and possible preliminary results.

Source : 
http://faculte-recherche.audencia.com/en/cut-the-bullshit-communication-populism-and-electoral-choice-in-the-new-media-environment-20-22-june-2018/

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