[Commlist] cfp: Disinformation studies: perspectives to an emerging research field

*ECREA 2020 pre-conference*

*“Disinformation studies: perspectives to an emerging research field”*


Place: University of Minho, Braga (Portugal)

Dat: October 2, 2020


Call for papers deadline: April 30, 2020

Notificiation: June, 2020

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

The aim proposed for this ECREA 2020 pre-conference is to promote 
research that helps to define policies and strategies contributing to 
combat and effectively minimize the phenomena of disinformation and 
manipulation in the journalistic field. Thus, we intend to join together 
researchers who are interested in the topic, to develop this field of 
disinformation studies .

CALL FOR PAPERS

The main goal of the event is to develop a set of studies and policies 
that allow us to identify and contribute to combat and effectively 
minimize the phenomena of misinformation and manipulation in the 
journalistic field.

In addition to Fake news, the study of disinformation in the 
journalistic field includes theoretical paradigms and empirical 
approaches that go beyond those: bias, concealment of facts, agenda 
building, strategic use of sources, mobilization of emotion, empathic 
media and omission of data are studied in other contexts of journalism 
studies helping to clarify this new phenomenon.

There is a vast experience in the media effects theory, whose 
researchers studied, in due course, a set of phenomena of information 
and manipulation that today, with the necessary adaptations, constitute 
a corpus of examples and inspiration for new researches in different 
contexts.

Finally, new research trends began to emerge which constitute a valuable 
theoretical and experimental corpus for the contemporary and present 
times: empathic media, recognition of patterns of reading, 
identification of behavior and consumption patterns with far-reaching 
consequences around on social, cultural and political life and 
considerable impact on democratic, electoral and civic participation 
practices.

The contributions to the event should focus (among others) the following 
topics:

- Identifying through case studies,  examples of media whether revealing 
weaknesses or, instead, using strategies particularly directed to fight 
the phenomenon;

- Discussing new manipulation and disinformation strategies, considering 
in those the study of the audience from the perspective of their 
manipulation through the mobilization of emotions;

- Discussing a theoretical and systematic framework for the analysis of 
disinformation and manipulation phenomena;

- Identifying the use of devices and tools that help to combat the 
phenomenon of disinformation;

- Identifying professional practices and professional routines that help 
to combat the disinformation phenomena;

- Identifying and proposing public policies to decision-makers that 
helps to minimize and fighting disinformation phenomena;

- Discussing the relevance  of a subfield called Disinformation studies.

Abstracts of 400 words with 3 -5 keywords (excluding tables, figures, 
and references) must be written in English and should outline the 
research topic as well as the theoretical and methodological approach. 
Pictures/tables/charts are allowed within the abstract but do not count 
against the word count. All abstracts will be subject to a double-blind 
peer review.

Submit your abstract as an e-mail attachment with no references to the 
author(s). Author(s) details (name, affiliation and contact details) 
must be included in the e-mail message. Submit to (jcorreia /at/ ubi.pt) 
<mailto:(jcorreia /at/ ubi.pt)>, (pj /at/ ubi.pt) <mailto:(pj /at/ ubi.pt)> and 
(ines.amaral /at/ uc.pt) <mailto:(ines.amaral /at/ uc.pt)>.

SPECIAL ISSUES IN JOURNAL

The organization of this pre-conference has established contacts with 
some academic journals, in order to consider special issues that include 
articles that may be submitted to us. In this sense, we inform:

1). The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review will consider 
a special issue (date to be designated). It is a jornal that admits 
small papers (1500-3000 words), eminently empirical and including a 
“fast review” process (one month). More information can be obtained on 
the journal’s website <https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/>;

2). We expect to update this section soon, with the announcement of 
special issues in other journals (preferably with high impact).

More information: 
https://www.ecrea2020braga.eu/disinformation-studies-perspectives-to-an-emerging-research-field/


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