[Commlist] Call for papers of Comunicação e Sociedade on "Public discourses on migrants, refugees and minorities"

For the next volume of /Comunicação e Sociedade/, we are challenging 
researchers to reflect on the different discursive-textual strategies 
used in political, press and social media discourses on migrants, 
refugees and minorities since the early 21st century.

Over the last decade, Europe has recorded the highest influx of refugees 
and migrants since World War II. In the American continent, migrant 
flows have also been subject to major political and media attention. The 
exodus has become more acute, creating a new social problem for states 
and obliging citizens to take a position on these matters. In the public 
space (in particular, media and social networks) there are conflicts 
between discourses that focus on national security concerns and those 
that highlight humanitarian concerns, wherein the latter propose 
effective reception of migrants, on the basis of ethical and 
civilisation values. The arguments between these different viewpoints 
revolve around fears, reactions to differences and cultural 
confrontations (including linguistic, religious, identity, ethnic-racial 
factors, etc.), and the constructed images of “us” and “the other”.

As with so many other aspects of our collective life, this volume is 
highly conditioned by the public discourses that we encounter. It is 
important to analyse them, deconstruct them, and provide citizens with 
tools and skills for conscious and informed interpretation.

The theoretical foundations and analytical instruments of discourse 
studies enable such an approach. This is the primary task underpinning 
this call for papers from researchers working in this field.

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*KEY DATES*

Full article submission deadline: *March 31, 2020*

Editor’s decision on full articles: *May 31, 2020*

Deadline for sending the full version and translated version: *July 15, 
2020*

Publication date: *December, 2020*

*LANGUAGE*

Articles can be submitted in English or Portuguese. After the peer 
review process, the authors of the selected articles should ensure 
translation of the respective article, and the editors shall have the 
final decision on publication of the article.

*EDITION AND SUBMISSION*

/Comunicação e Sociedade/ is a peer-reviewed journal that uses a double 
blind review process. After submission, each paper will be distributed 
to two reviewers, previously invited to evaluate it, in terms of its 
academic quality, originality and relevance to the objectives and scope 
of the theme chosen for the journal’s current issue.

Originals must be submitted via the journal’s website 
<https://revistacomsoc.pt/>. If you are accessing /Comunicação e 
Sociedade/ for the first time, you must register in order to submit your 
article (indications to register here 
<https://revistacomsoc.pt/user/register>).

The guidelines for authors can be consulted here 
<https://revistacomsoc.pt/about/submissions>.

For further information, please contact: 
(comunicacaoesociedade /at/ ics.uminho.pt) 
<mailto:(comunicacaoesociedade /at/ ics.uminho.pt)>

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