[ecrea] cfp_Media and Nationalism

*Media and Nationalism in the Network Society*

According to the network society theory eloquently elaborated by Van 
Dijk and Castells, in an age of hyper-connectivity and blurred cultural 
boundaries, those who are not part of the network society are becoming 
unemployable and thus turn to national as opposed to global and cast 
so-called protest votes. Thus, the past decade has witnessed an upsurge 
of nationalism in the West, with the rise of the Far Right movement. 
This eventually resulted with victories of nationalist parties, national 
sovereign governance as opposed to transnational collaborations, 
seclusion as opposed to connectivity and inclusion, demise of equality 
and diversity policies, demise of identity politics, criticism of 
women’s rights and feminism, etc.

While many see events in the UK and the US (Brexit vote and the Donald 
Trump’s victory) as new and problematic victories of the Far Right and 
the upsurge of nationalism masked under the term patriotism or 
conservativism, this movement started much before with Far Right winning 
national elections in many European countries not all of Western origin 
and culture. For example, in Austria Jorg Heider won elections and 
joined the Austrian Government as a coalition partner in 2000. In 
post-Communist Europe, nationalist parties gained power after the fall 
of Communism and in that they advocated return to the tradition and 
enforced nationalist policies.

While there has been lots of work published on media and nationalism, 
new events deserve a new consideration. The question is no longer 
whether the media push an agenda because agenda studies have 
demonstrated so for decades. The question is how nationalism is 
conceptualised and how nationalist policies and ideas are being 
promoted? How traditional media promote these particular policies and 
what this means for current media landscape? What is the role of social 
media in promoting nationalism and nationalist candidates? How 
candidates reach out to potential voters and which media are driving 
these new nationalist movements? Is there a strong generational divide 
and how different generations respond to different policies? Have 
traditional media embraced a stakeholder orientation and started to 
produce content that their readers want to read? If so, what does this 
mean for the future of journalism? How have editorial policies changed 
over time and how editorial policies affect political divides? If social 
media activism is influencing the publics, what is the role of 
traditional media, to join in and continue producing content for SEO 
enhancement or insist on their traditional role to report the truth and 
be impartial? What is the role of SEO in current media landscape and has 
SEO influenced changed in current journalism?

The questions this book aims to tackle are therefore,

Which platforms do nationalists use and how they promote their work, and 
achieve popular support?

What is the role of traditional media in promoting nationalistic policies?

Have media turned towards stakeholder orientation (advocated 
predominantly by the Left) and started to produce content that their 
readers want to read, which helped the Far Right agenda? If so, how this 
happened, i.e. is it because of changed nature of journalism and the 
need to follow user-generated content such as comments, blogs, vlogs, 
SEO strategy, etc.?

How is it possible that two diametrically opposite political candidates 
use social media to promote their policies (Obama vs Trump) in a very 
similar way?

What media Diaspora reads, and what is their role in national elections?

Is there a generational divide when it comes to nationalism, and if so, 
how is this negotiated in network society? Who is networking and in 
which way? Which platforms people use and for which purposes?

How is SEO changing journalism?

Changes in editorial policies and their influence on political divides

Abstract should be sent to both editors at following email addresses,

(M.Topic /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk) <mailto:(M.Topic /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk)>

(niamh.kirk4 /at/ mail.dcu.ie) <mailto:(niamh.kirk4 /at/ mail.dcu.ie)>

_Important dates:_

Abstract due: 1 March

Acceptance notices: 15 April

Full papers due: 1 September

Chapter length: 7000 words including references

Abstracts should not be longer than 500 words, and the completed 
chapters should be no more than 7000 words. Extensive theoretical 
introductions are not necessary in chapters because an introductory 
study will provide an overview of existing work and debates surrounding 
the position of women in the media. Case study context should be 
explained in each chapter.

We will look for a publisher once we receive all manuscripts. We aim to 
publish the book in the UK or the US, with one of mainstream academic 
publishers.




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