[ecrea] CfP - Prague Media Point Conference - media and technology: innovative journalism in a contested political space

Prague Media Point Conference, Nov 15-17, 2018, Prague, Czech Republic

MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY: INNOVATIVE JOURNALISM IN A CONTESTED POLITICAL SPACE

http://bit.ly/PMPconf2018

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Among the confirmed speakers are:

* Libby Liu, President, Radio Free Asia (USA)

* Gunn Enli, Professor of Media Studies, University of Oslo (Norway)

* Christian Hanke, Creative Director and Partner, Edenspiekermann (Germany)

* Matúš Kostolný, Editor-in-Chief, Denník N (Slovakia)

* Piotr Paczewicz, Editor-in-Chief, Oko.press (Poland)

* Gábor Kardocs, Editor-in-Chief, 444.hu (Hungary)

Download the abstract template here: http://bit.ly/AbstractTemplate2018

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

In an increasingly unstable world, independent media are facing 
unprecedented challenges. Journalism’s crucial role to represent the 
public interest is being actively undermined by declining audiences, 
upended business models, and the emergence of alternative sources of 
content. The net result is disturbingly low levels of trust among 
consumers who complain about political and business agendas, fake news, 
and low-quality media overall.

All these challenges are, in some form, connected to recent and rapid 
technological developments that have altered the way information is 
spread. Social media, in particular, has helped blur the lines between 
fact-based journalism, disinformation, and outright propaganda, as 
individuals sink deeper and deeper into their own echo-chambers.

Despite these challenges, digital technology still holds untapped 
potential and opportunities for the media. Across the world, media 
entrepreneurs are working on creative start-ups, innovative business 
models, and new ways of both reporting and delivering that content to 
their audiences.

What are the leading examples of sustainable media strategies 
successfully incorporating digital technology? Is a more innovative use 
of digital technology combined with editorial diversity the answer to 
bridging the polarization of society? How can digital tools be used to 
help build trust and champion the public interest in this contested 
political space? Has technology been a boon or bane to journalism 
overall, and where does the future lie?

In this latest addition of the Prague Media Point, we will look at those 
questions in one of the few international conferences that bring 
together scholars, media professionals, and press freedom activists to 
discuss and debate the pressing issues of the day.

Possible topics include but are by no means limited to:

*** Digitally aided journalism practices and all the trends that affect 
content production. Proposed papers in this area may cover new forms of 
data journalism, experiments in virtual reality/immersive story-telling, 
mobile reporting investigation, reporting, and visualization, such as 
automation, augmentation, and AI in the newsroom. This area also 
includes the use of digital tools in overcoming the lack of gender 
diversity, political polarization, and other problems.

*** Digitally aided entrepreneurial practices in media and audience 
engagement. This area will focus on innovative and disruptive business 
models and issues affecting revenue streams. This includes the role of 
big tech companies, membership/subscription strategies, and aggregation 
platforms. Additionally, this topic will explore, for example, the 
issues of personalized user experience, new ways of audience engagement 
and reaching neglected target groups, and tactics for overcoming the 
digital divide.

*** Policy and governance issues in media and technology. This area will 
center on regulations affecting the work of digital media outlets such 
as legal norms, censorship, net neutrality, and policy responses to the 
avalanche of fake news and disinformation. This area could also address 
the role of public service media.

We welcome proposals from scholars from any discipline, 
inter-discipline, or scholarly field.

*****Submit your 500-word abstracts and a short bio by May 31, 2018*****

to: (caspe /at/ keynote.cz)

Please follow instructions on the website: bit.ly/PMPconf2018

Contact person: Dagmar Caspe, (caspe /at/ keynote.cz)

Conference partners are: Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section 
(CISS) of the International Studies Association (ISA), Institute of 
Communication Studies and Journalism at Charles University, Endowment 
Fund for Independent Journalism, Embassy of the Federal Republic of 
Germany in Prague

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