[Commlist] CfP ECREA 2022 Pre-conference: “Digital Election Campaigning Worldwide”

Call for Papers (deadline for submission: 1 May 2022)
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Aarhus (Denmark)
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The ECREA pre-conference is organized by DigiWorld 
(https://digidemo.ifkw.lmu.de/digiworld/ 
<https://digidemo.ifkw.lmu.de/digiworld/>), a scientific collaboration 
network of scholars that aims at international comparisons of election 
campaign strategies in digital communication channels, which currently 
is bringing together researchers from 17 countries. The long-term goals 
of DigiWorld include building a continuous research network dealing with 
digital campaigning, user engagement, and factors influencing it. The 
pre-conference, however, is open to researchers both from and beyond the 
DigiWorld network.
The health of digital democracy has become under attack from political 
actors who actively use social media to spread disinformation and hate 
speech. To what extent are these (digital) propaganda techniques used in 
democracies during election times? How do they affect democratic 
processes and participation? We want to answer these questions by 
revealing and comparing the online communication of parties and 
politicians across the political spectrum on social media during 
national elections in various democracies.
To discuss the use of communication strategies of party and candidate 
accounts on social media platforms during national elections, we are 
particularly interested in bringing together scholars who explore the 
use of such platforms in the local and international arena from both the 
global north and the global south. It especially welcomes contributions 
that explore this phenomenon from a comparative perspective between 
social and cultural groups.
The pre-conference welcomes contributions on, but is not limited to:

  * Digital propaganda, campaigning, and democracy
  * Social media and disinformation in election campaigns
  * Elections and online hate speech
  * Methodological issues in research of elections and social network sites
  * Ethical dilemmas in research of elections and social network sites
  * Comparative approaches for studying digital propaganda, campaigning,
    and online hate speech

  Abstracts of 300 words excluding references must be sent to Yossi 
David ((ydavid /at/ uni-mainz.de) <mailto:(ydavid /at/ uni-mainz.de)>) and Uta 
Russmann ((uta.russmann /at/ uibk.ac.at) <mailto:(uta.russmann /at/ uibk.ac.at)>) no 
later than May 1^st , 2022.
The pre-conference will take place in person in Aarhus (Denmark) on 
October 19^th , 9 to 15 (CEST).
Timeline:
Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 1^st , 2022
Notification of acceptance: June 1^st , 2022
Deadline for registrations: September 1^st , 2022
Pre-conference: October 19^th , 2022, 9-15 (CEST)


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