[Commlist] Call for conference papers: How to survive within the information flood around COVID-19

Call for conference papers
*How to survive within the information flood around COVID-19*
Date: 25 th May 2021
Platform: ZOOM

One of the major societal issues regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic 
is an
overwhelming, often contradictory, flow of information from both legacy 
and social media.
This information influences the attitudes of citizens all around the 
world especially regarding how they will respond towards taking the 
necessary measures to prevent the spread of the virus (e.g. wearing of 
face masks, social distancing, lockdowns, etc.) and vaccination. At the 
same time, as has been observed by many researchers during the last 
year, both regional and local media can play a very positive role in 
sharing helpful information within communities and increasing common 
resolve to survive these tough times. But many questions remain, such as 
how to fight the spreading of fake news, how to update editorial 
principles, and is AI somehow able to support these processes? And how 
can scientists from other disciplines effectively take part in them?

The online international conference “How to survive within the 
information flood around
COVID-19” organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles 
University in Prague (in collaboration with Masaryk University’s 
Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses and Newton Media company) on 25 
th May 2021, seeks papers sharing good editorial and journalistic 
practices on how to fight the described situation, sometimes called 
infodemia, as well as sharing knowledge about interdisciplinary 
cooperation. Contributions containing new technologies and AI 
involvement are especially welcomed. We encourage both scholars and 
journalists to take part in our conference. The abstract length should 
not be longer than 350 words and the abstracts should be delivered to 
The Center of Artificial Intelligence Journalism, Faculty of Social 
Sciences at Charles University in Prague at the email address 
(aijournalism /at/ fsv.cuni.cz) <mailto:(aijournalism /at/ fsv.cuni.cz)>no later than 
7 th April 2021. The acceptance or rejection notifications will be sent 
by 15 th April 2021.

There is no registration fee for this conference, supported by grant no. 
TL04000176 (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic).

Keynote speakers will be confirmed soon.


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