[Commlist] Call for Abstracts: Edited Volume “China, Media and International Conflicts”

*Call for Abstracts: Edited Volume “China, Media and International 
Conflicts”*

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Title: *China, Media and International Conflicts* (eds.)

Editors:

Dr. Shixin Ivy Zhang, Associate Professor in Journalism Studies 
(University of Nottingham Ningbo China)

Dr. Altman Yuzhu Peng, Lecturer in PR & Global Communications (Newcastle 
University, UK)

*Please send your abstracts (max. 300 words) by 1 February 2021 to 
Shixin Zhang (Shixin.zhang (at) nottingham.edu.cn) and Altman Peng 
(altman.peng (at) ncl.ac.uk).*

This edited volume aims to contribute to the studies of complex, fluid 
and dynamic media-conflict relationship through the lens of China. 
Studies of mediatized conflict in the digital age is still very much a 
Eurocentric research area, which requires to be de-Westernized. As 
McQuail (2006) claims, ‘Western “communication science” does not offer 
any clear framework for collecting and interpreting observations and 
information about contemporary war situations’ and has ‘largely 
neglected were the colonial wars of post-Second World War and the many 
bitter conflicts that did not directly impinge on western interests or 
responsibilities’. In a sense, McQuail’s statement still stands today. 
The existing researches in media and conflict are mostly confined to the 
Western democracies and interests.

With China showing growing and controversial power and influence on the 
world’s stage, on the one hand, the East Asian power faces its own 
security issues due to crises in the Asia-Pacific region that have 
escalated and intensified such as Sino-Indian border crisis, South China 
Sea disputes, North Korea nuclear crisis and the Senkaku/Diaoyu-islands 
disputes.On the other hand, China as one of the five permanent members 
in the UN Security Council has more and more involvement and interests 
in the seemingly isolated international conflicts such as Afghanistan 
war, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Libyan and Syrian crisis.

The media and conflict studies are multi-leveled and multi-faceted. 
Thus, we invite scholars to explore and study media-conflict 
relationship either from the view of China or conduct comparative 
analysis between China and other nation-states.Here media can be mass 
media (TV, films, newspapers, magazines, posters, etc.), digital and/or 
social media at local, national, regional or global levels. 
International conflicts include but not limited to Sino-Indian border 
crisis, South China Sea disputes, North Korea nuclear crisis, the 
Senkaku-Diaoyu islands disputes, Afghanistan war, Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict, Libyan and Syrian crisis.

The proposed chapters can be either theoretical, empirical or 
comparative work. Authors are welcome to explore and address the 
following questions and go beyond.

 1. What roles do media (both traditional and new media) play in the
    conflicts that directly or indirectly involve China?
 2. What is the media-conflict relationship in China and in the
    Asia-Pacific region more broadly?
 3. How is China represented in the media and what is the image and the
    role of China in the international conflicts?
 4. What are the changes and continuity of media representation of China
    in the international conflicts?
 5. Do Chinese media practice peace or war journalism? How?
 6. How are international conflicts mediated in China within its
    particular historical and cultural contexts?
 7. How do the local, national and global audience receive and perceive
    China’s role in international conflicts?
 8. What are the impacts of information and communication technology
    (ICT) on the media-conflict relationship in China?

Please send your abstracts (max. 300 words) by 1 February 2021 to Shixin 
Zhang (Shixin.zhang (at) nottingham.edu.cn) and Altman Peng (altman.peng 
(at) ncl.ac.uk).

References

McQuail D (2006) On the mediatization of war. /The International 
Communication Gazette/ 68(2): 107–118.


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