[Commlist] CFP- 5th conference - Media and Governance in Latin America

The Call for Papers to the 5th Conference Media and Governance in Latin 
America is now open. The deadline for submissions of abstracts is 
January 30, 2020.

The conference Media and Governance in Latin America promotes 
intellectual exchange on the way the media interact with social, 
political, symbolic and technological changes in Latin America. In 2020, 
with the theme “Communication in Contested Political Scenarios” the 
conference will discuss how media and communication play a role in 
contexts of political polarization, conflicts, increased threats to 
minority groups, and the growth of anti-democratic movements. We propose 
a broad understanding of politics, beyond parliamentary and 
party-politics, to include all aspects of collective life.

Keynote Speakers:
● Rossana Reguillo – Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, 
ITESO, Mexico
● Silvio Waisbord - George Washington University, United States.

The conference will take place on June 15-16, 2020 at the Institute of 
Latin America Studies, Stockholm University. The itinerant conference is 
held since 2014 in different European locations.

We are interested in presentations that address, but are not limited to, 
the following topics:

• Media Systems, Pluralism, and Good Governance: How are current media 
systems in the region fostering or hindering dialogue and tolerance? 
What is the relationship between media, governance and processes of 
political polarization? How are both legacy and new media interacting 
with the state, the private sector, civil society and the public for the 
promotion plural debates and tolerance, and the representation of 
minority groups? How do media technologies and platforms play a role in 
processes of political polarization? What is the role of the media in 
overcoming pervasive phenomena that hinder good governance, such as 
censorship, clientelism, populism, or the concentration of media ownership?

• Media and Political Representation: What journalistic practices and 
organizational dynamics favor dialogue, tolerance and diversity in Latin 
America? How are the news media addressing topics related to politics in 
the region, such as violence, inequality, or corruption? How are media 
representing and covering protest and social unrest? To what extent are 
digital communication platforms incorporating previously marginalized 
themes (such as racial, gender and class-based inequality) and actors 
(indigenous communities, women, LGBT minorities)? How are media dealing 
with the surfacing of extremist positions? How are media contributing to 
dialogue, diversity and tolerance?

• Communication for Social Change: What impact are having civil society 
groups in the media visibility of a range of voices and issues? What is 
the impact of digital technologies in contested political scenarios? How 
are digital media being appropriated by marginalized actors?

• Theories and Methods: To what extent can comparative studies 
reinvigorate academic debates beyond the region? How can scholars build 
stronger theoretical and methodological tools to address global 
audiences with local or regional data? What are the similarities and 
differences between the study of media and governance in Latin America 
and in the Global South? How can Latin American scholarship contribute 
to de-westernize media studies?

We welcome submissions that analyze such aspects both through 
theoretical reflections and/or empirical investigations.

Abstracts (350 words max) should be emailed to 
(conference.mediagovla /at/ gmail.com) by *January 30th*, 2020. Authors will be 
informed of
acceptance/rejection decisions no later than February 28th, 2020. Full 
papers of accepted abstracts that the author(s) wishes to be considered 
for publication should be submitted by 30th April, 2020 at: 
(conference.mediagovla /at/ gmail.com). Following the conference, selected papers
will be invited to contribute to a thematically arranged publication 
submitted to editorial peer-review.

Please direct questions on submissions or any aspect of the 
pre-conference to (conference.mediagovla /at/ gmail.com)

You can find more information and the CFP in English, Portuguese and 
Spanish here: 
https://www.lai.su.se/about-us/events/5th-conference-media-and-governance-in-latin-america-1.452400

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