[Commlist] conference: Social Media, Fake News and Hate Speech

*NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA*

*FACULTY OF HUMANITIES*

*INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA IN AFRICA (ILMA) CONFERENCE*

*JULY 22 – 23, 2020*

*NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY, MAHIKENG CAMPUS, MMABATHO, SOUTH AFRICA*

*CALL FOR ABSTRACTS*

*This is a repeat Call. The conference ought to have taken place last 
year but was cancelled as a result of restrictions imposed due to the 
Covid-19 pandemic. This time, we want to go ahead with the conference in 
hybrid form i.e. both physical and virtual. Participants who can attend 
physically are welcome while those who cannot are equally welcome to 
join virtually. We will ensure observance of Covid-19 protocols, in 
accordance with South African government’s and North-West University’s 
guidelines. This is an opportunity for those who did not respond to the 
original Call to now do so. Those who already submitted abstracts and 
have received acceptance letters need not submit again. They will 
however receive new letters of acceptance.*

*Social Media, Fake News and Hate Speech*

The advent of social media (such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube 
etc.) has brought about democratisation of communication as the public 
that hitherto had been considered to be consumers of messages has now 
also become producers. The platform of social media is open to everyone 
who has a device, an account to use and data or access to the internet. 
Communication has never been better and interesting in the history of man.

However, as we celebrate this ‘power’ of communication given to the 
people through social media, we also need to ponder the other side of 
this communication. This advent of social media and with it more 
opportunities for free participation by citizens in debates has given 
impetus to insurgent politics and also brought on us the acceleration 
and strengthening of post-truth, fake news and hate speeches. Before the 
emergence of social media, there were fake news and hate speech carried 
by different media in the chronology of media and communication history. 
These phenomena have been there since the time of communication by mere 
words of mouth, and through the advent of print, radio and television 
media. It has however become more obtrusive with the emergence of social 
media. This has had some deleterious impact on human relationships and 
the society at large. It has created crisis and fueled it to monstrous 
proportions.

These are some of the issues we intend to focus on in this conference. 
Submissions can touch on any of the following points:

·Theorisation around social media, fake news and hate speech

·Social media, infodemic and Covid-19

·Social media, Fake news, hate speech and the economy

·Social media, Fake news, hate speech and politics

·Social media, Fake news, hate speech and nationality

·Social media, Fake news, hate speech and race

·Social media, Fake news, hate speech and human relations

·Social media, fake news and hate speech in organisations

·Social media, fake news, hate speech and religion

·Social media, language use, fake news and hate speech

·Social media, indigenous language, ethnicity and hate speech

·Social media, indigenous culture, fake news and hate speech

·Social media, citizen education, fake news and hate speech

·Social media, fake news, hate speech and xenophobia

·Strengths and weaknesses of various social media for fake news and hate 
speech

·Social media regulation, fake news and hate speech

The list is by no means exhaustive.

Kindly submit abstracts of between 300 and 500 words to Dr. Francis 
Amenaghawon at (olaiyagba /at/ yahoo.com) <mailto:(olaiyagba /at/ yahoo.com)>

Papers presented at the conference, after peer-review process, will be 
published in Habari: ILMA Book Series. /Habari/is the Swahili word for 
News. The book series editors are Professor Abiodun Salawu and Prof. 
Itumeleng Mekoa.

*Important Dates:*

1.Abstract Submission – April 2, 2021

2.Acceptance/Rejection Notice – April 16, 2021

3.Conference Registration Opens – April 19, 2021

4.Conference – July 22 – 23, 2021

*Registration Fees:*

*Type of Participant*

	

*Physical Participation*

	

*Virtual Participation*

Academic/Practitioner

	

R2500.00

	

R1500.00

Student

	

R1000.00

	

R1000.00

International

	

USD180.00

	

USD150.00



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