[Commlist] Call for Papers: Division of Environment, Science and Risk Communication at NordMedia 2021

The Division of Environment, Science and Risk Communication at NordMedia 
2021 conference in Reykjavik, Iceland on August 18-20, 2021 calls for 
contributions!

We welcome full papers, extended abstracts, panel presentations and 
workshops on the division's theme from a wide range of methodological 
and theoretical perspectives.

Send in your 500-word abstract by February 19, 2021 through the 
conference website: 
https://nordmedianetwork.org/nordmedia-conference-2021/divisions-and-twgs/division-2-environment-science-and-risk-communication/

The division highlights how topics related to the environment, science 
and risks are debated, represented and contested in the contemporary 
media environment.

This year's conference theme, risk and resilience, resonates strongly 
with the division's general themes. As current events around climate 
change and global infectious diseases poignantly illustrate, the actors 
involved in the media environment, and the scientific and environmental 
topics discussed in the media are becoming increasingly complex and 
interdependent. This places significant pressure on the establishments 
of media, science and medicine to produce fast and reliable information. 
This demand also renders the established forms of scientific information 
vulnerable to skepticism and criticism from various actors. Ongoing 
political polarization further complicates this development. Additional 
challenges are posed by increasing numbers of citizen engagement in the 
scientific and environmental debate, that raise legitimate concerns 
about issues related to science, environment and technology, but can 
simultaneously spread mistrust and harmful disinformation.

The division welcomes contributions that present research on how media 
represent, frame or construct scientific and environmental issues, and 
studies on communicative practices amongst and between stakeholders, 
political actors and media actors/institutions about topics related to 
the environment, science and risk. We also welcome contributions with a 
focus on citizen engagements, democracy and power in environmental and 
scientific communication, as well as studies of public perceptions of 
science, risk and environment-related topics.

Interdisciplinary contributions are welcome, as well as contributions 
from a wide range of methodological and theoretical perspectives. We 
especially welcome contributions that address the theme of the 
conference and discuss present challenges to or challenge key ideas from 
the fields of environment, science and risk communication.

The deadline for the 500-word abstracts is February 19, 2021. For 
further instructions on abstracts and submission guidelines, see the 
call for abstracts: 
https://nordmedianetwork.org/latest/call-for-papers/crisis-and-resilience-nordic-media-research-on-the-frontline/

To submit your abstract, please visit the division website at: 
https://nordmedianetwork.org/nordmedia-conference-2021/divisions-and-twgs/division-2-environment-science-and-risk-communication/

For more information on the conference, please see the conference 
website: https://nordmedianetwork.org/nordmedia-conference-2021/

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