[Commlist] GMD CFP | Media, Culture and Society in Africa and Asia

*CFP | 2020. No. 2 | **Media, Culture and Society in Africa and Asia***

The /Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies 
<https://galacticamedia.com/index.php/gmd/afrasia>/ is accepting and 
processing full papers for its Special Issue dedicated to the problems 
of media, culture and society in Africa and Asia. Scholars are invited 
to submit research papers – welcoming both theoretical/conceptual work 
as well as empirical analyses – on a variety of aspects. This thematic 
issue of /Galactica Media: //Journal of Media Studies/will present fresh 
discussions on the current situation and challenges encountered in media 
studies, culture and society in the ever changing landscape in Africa 
and Asia as well as reflections on how democratic developments have 
impacted the society in both continents in order to identify and explore 
a range of important questions regarding its significance for the 
changing nature of media, culture and society in the digital age.

Contributions are expected to critically analyze current theoretical 
developments in communication, culture and society; reexamine and 
enlarge epistemology of the subjects under review; to assess media 
perspectives about the global South; theoretical and epistemological 
approaches for comparative research across both continents; provide 
discourse on the relevance of theories and models across different 
societies and media systems; and explore efforts and discussions on the 
theoretical cross-pollination within different continental and regional 
media.

*Aim & Scope: *This Special Issue aims to bring together pioneering, 
groundbreaking contributions from media and communication studies and 
related disciplines such as sociology, psychology and political science.

Possible topics to be examined in this Special Issue may include but not 
limited to:-

-The core questions that need to be addressed in the current globalized 
and digital ecosystem with regard to media, culture and society in 
Africa and Asia.

-How media and cultural conceptual frameworks communicate and address 
changing institutional, professional, and audience cultures and 
practices across the two continents.

-Theories and concepts that explain the gap between normative theories 
and professional practices across different media systems, cultures and 
societies in both continents.

-Concepts and theories needed to understand changes in media 
institutions in global and digital times across cultures and societies 
in Africa and Asia.

-the impact of journalism, citizen journalism, and user generated 
content in journalism and media studies in established news 
organisations across both continents

-Reporting crises across societies in Africa and Asia.

-Dealing with the online journalism and “fake news” spreading through 
social media, challenges and solutions

-The social media reporter; how social media impacts the culture and 
practice of journalism in Africa and Asia


The call invites high-quality conceptual and theoretical papers that 
address the topics under consideration. Manuscripts must be submitted by 
31 May, 2020, via Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studiesonline 
submission system. Authors must indicate that they wish to have their 
manuscript considered for the Special Issue. Accepted articles are 
expected to be published on the Galactica Media’s online platform in the 
end of July 2020. Those interested in submitting a paper can raise 
preliminary questions with the Editor: Ben-Collins Ndinojuo of 
University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria ((ben.ndinojuo /at/ uniport.edu.ng) 
<mailto:(ben.ndinojuo /at/ uniport.edu.ng)>).

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