[Commlist] CFP: Media Manipulation, Fake News, and Misinformation in the Asia-Pacific Region

*Call for Papers*

Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia (JCEA), Vol. 18, No 2 - Winter 2019

Special Issue: Media Manipulation, Fake News, and Misinformation in the 
Asia-Pacific Region

Invited editor: Tim Dwyer, University of Sydney 
((timothy.dwyer /at/ sydney.edu.au) <mailto:(timothy.dwyer /at/ sydney.edu.au)>)

In recent times there has been a noticeable shift in thinking about the 
possibilities for regulating social media platforms. A steady stream of 
scandals in relation to Facebook and Google sharing personal data with 
third parties, the growing evidence of Russian hacking of the 2016 US 
Presidential elections, and the role of the boutique data analytics 
firm, Cambridge Analytica contributed to this shift. The turn to 
regulatory solutions was prompted by both US Congressional and European 
Commission investigatory hearings. At the same time, there is a growing 
understanding that these media-tech platforms in the West and Eastern 
Asia use less than transparent algorithms to amass personal data for 
achieving various objectives. We are seeing ongoing investigations and 
new models of regulation are just around the corner. A pervading sense 
that the ‘Tech Giants’ have betrayed our trust arising from their role 
in spreading misinformation and the manipulation of breaking news calls 
out for more detailed theoretical and empirical analysis. For this 
special issue of the Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asiawe welcome any 
topics that deal with media manipulation, fake news, misinformation 
anddisinformation. The topics that we are particularly interested in 
include, but are not limited to:

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    · Algorithmic news and manipulation

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    · Media pluralism and algorithmic news provision

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    · News recommender algorithms such as YouTube’s ‘Up Next’ recommender

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    · Sellers of fake followers or ‘likes’ on social media platforms

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    · Elections and strategies for online news manipulation/disinformation

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    · Regulatory responses, including responses to news manipulation by
    the platforms

Please submit your abstract in English to (timothy.dwyer /at/ sydney.edu.au) 
<mailto:(timothy.dwyer /at/ sydney.edu.au)> by 30 March (please include “JCEA 
Special Issue” in the title).
The maximum word limit for the abstract is 500 words.

Deadlines

Abstract Submission Deadline 30 March
Notification on Submitted Abstracts 15 April
Article Submission Deadline 1 August
Notification of Article Acceptance/Rejection 20 September

Deadline for the final submission of revised papers 30 October

For more information about the journal, please refer to 
https://jceasia.org/
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