[Commlist] cfp: Prague Media Point - What’s Working: Sustainable Media System for a Viable Democracy

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*CALL FOR ACADEMIC ABSTRACTS AND SESSION PROPOSALS*

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PRAGUE MEDIA POINT

DECEMBER 1, 2023

PRAGUE, CZECHIA

www.praguemediapoint.com <http://www.praguemediapoint.com>

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*Submission deadline is May 1, 2023*

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*What’s Working: Sustainable Media System for a Viable Democracy***

Prague Media Point conference is coming back in person after a covid 
break. Our world is facing an unprecedentedly complex set of 
intertwined, mutually reinforcing challenges - a /polycrisis/, as some 
define it. Many find it hard to navigate such circumstances and lose 
faith in the public space they inhabit. The role of journalism thus 
becomes even more crucial for the maintenance and quality of the liberal 
democratic system. However, current media landscapes suffer from the 
plight of declining audience base, dwindling profits, increasing 
competition from alternative sources of content and seemingly blurred 
lines between facts and propaganda. This results in disturbingly low 
levels of trust among citizens. Today’s media need to regain that trust 
and contribute to building an open-minded public sphere. This also 
requires them to cultivate a system where journalists can operate freely 
and safely, content can remain independent from outside influence and 
output can effectively reach the target audience.

As in the previous years, Prague Media Point 2023 will continue to apply 
the lens of “What’s Working”, now with the focus on “Sustainable Media 
System for a Viable Democracy”. Not to dwell solely on the pitfalls and 
obstacles, we wish to discuss and share examples of good solutions and 
successful collaborations, innovative methods of reporting and 
delivering, and other emerging projects that can help make the changing 
media landscape viable and sustainable, so that it can be the democratic 
pillar it is meant to be.

Once again, we are encouraging submissions of abstracts and 
sessions that focus on examples in the media that are working and 
generating impact in the following areas, though this list is not 
exhaustive:

  * Boundaries of censorship, content moderation institutions/models
  * Online and other harms, protection of journalists and their content
  * Lessons of the Twitter affair
  * Credibility and transparency of media resources and ownership

  * Preserving independence from the subscribers
  * Effective ways of fighting disinformation
  * Innovative engaging with the audience
  * Good practice of technological advances
  * Media resources across generations

  * Social media at the forefront of news delivery
  * Media cooperation across borders
  * Public service and social media co-existence
  * Media platformization

*Please submit your 500-word abstracts/session proposals and a short bio 
to: (precek /at/ keynote.cz) <mailto:(precek /at/ keynote.cz)>*

*Download our abstract or session template at: http://bit.ly/2GUiqz1 
<http://bit.ly/2GUiqz1> ***

*Deadlines:*

Abstract submission deadline: May 1, 2023

Session proposal deadline: August 28, 2023

Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2023

Early bird payment deadline: July 31, 2023

Regular payment deadline: October 31, 2023

Presentation submission: November 5, 2023

*Conference fees for presenting participants:*

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-Presenting participants: Regular - € 260, Early-bird - € 230

-Presenting participants ECREA members: Regular - € 230, Early-bird - € 200

-Students (PhD candidates) - Regular - € 120, Early-bird - € 100

Registration fee <https://www.praguemediapoint.com/tickets> includes: 
all conference sessions, coffee breaks and lunch, conference documents, 
and a certificate of attendance if required.

*To register for the conference, please follow the link: 
**https://bit.ly/3RXz4Av* <https://bit.ly/3RXz4Av>****

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*Contact:*Marek Přeček, Project Coordinator, (precek /at/ keynote.cz) 
<mailto:(precek /at/ keynote.cz)>





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