[Commlist] Rethinking the press in the digital ecosystem

International Congress

Rethinking the press in the digital ecosystem

Braga, July 3 to 5, 2019

Catholic University of Portugal

Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences

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/Call for papers/

After confronting the competition of radio and television, the written 
press has been debating the challenges of the digital paradigm since the 
end of the 20th century.

Due to the emergence of a new media ecosystem, the traditional model of 
production, diffusion and reception of printed journalism is currently 
undergoing a complex reconfiguration. This is still framed by blurry 
boundaries, from a professional, sociopolitical, cultural, economic, 
technical, ethical and legal point of view.

On the occasion of the centennial of the /Diário do Minho/ regional 
newspaper, the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences and the Center 
for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies (UCP-Braga) invite the academic 
community and professionals of the sector to (re)think the role of print 
media in this digital ecosystem within the scope of an international 
congress.

We welcome research from (though not exclusively) the following topics:

1) Theory and culture of journalism: transformations / continuity, 
news-values, etc.

2) Digital convergence: multimedia, printed / online, TV / Radio / 
Press, etc.

3) Change of status and professional practices: relationship with 
sources, multitasking, precariousness, etc.

4) Ethical and legal issues: copyright, plagiarism, fake news, concealed 
advertising, etc.

5) Transformations of the economic model: publicity, gratuity / 
signatures, concentration of media and pluralism, traineeships use, etc.

6) (Re)creation of content: information, knowledge, advertising, 
services and entertainment;

7) Infomedia competition: access providers, search engines, online 
sharing platforms, social networks, etc.

8) New writings: multimedia storytelling, 3D, immersive reports, 
photojournalism, transmedia journalism, etc.

9) New partnerships: collaborative investigative journalism, etc.

10) Specialized press: regional and proximity, confessional, sport, 
economic, women, etc.

11) Audiences in the digital age: reception, media education, 
audimetrics (click and views, prosumers, disintermediation, algorithms 
and datification.

12) Other thematic lines.

/Abstract submission/

·Deadline for abstract submission: march 15

·Acceptance notification: april 23

·Accepted languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish

·Abstracts (title, keywords, theme, research goals, methodology, 
findings, conclusions and references: 400 to 500 words) must be 
submitted (pdf) at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rpde2019

·Format: Times New Roman,12, ln spaced 1,5, justified, straight 
paragraph, one single paragraph;

·Please elicit authors names and affiliation from your abstract;

·Authors are limited to 3 texts (one or two as author and one or two as 
co-author)

·Abstracts will be reviewed by 3 double-blind reviewers.

/Information/

·Presentations are limited to 25 min (including Q&A period)

·Publication of one volume about digital journalism consisting in some 
selected presented texts;

·Further information at http://braga.ucp.pt/rpde2019/

·Organizing Committee contact:(presscongress2019 /at/ braga.ucp.pt)


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