[Commlist] CFP Conference: Disrupted or disruptive audiences? From reception to participation in a post-truth era

Call for Conference Proposals
Disrupted or disruptive audiences? From reception to participation in a 
post-truth era

The ECREA Audience and Reception Studies Section, in cooperation with 
SOPCOM Portugal, Lusófona University/CICANT and NOVA University/ICNOVA, 
is inviting you to the conference in Porto (Lusófona University), 12-14 
September 2023.

_Conference call_
Unpredicted events have profoundly affected the lives of citizens around 
the world. The pandemic disrupted everyday routines and brought about 
rapid mediatization of numerous practices, from education and 
theatre-going, to therapy and fitness to name a few. After the first 
period of heightened orientation towards official information audiences 
developed different strategies and tactics for navigating the social and 
media environment – reaching personal networks, looking for alternative 
sources of news, creating their own content, campaigning or 
disconnecting from news flows. As we struggled to understand these 
varied responses to the pandemic, new crises entered the lives of 
citizens – war in Ukraine, energy and financial crisis, climate crisis, 
and political upheaval. These created different imagery, sources and 
relations to be woven into audience practices.
Such global occurrences pose unprecedented challenges and unforeseen 
human proximity to digital environments in an increasingly datafied, 
algorithmic world. As such, audiences are in a state between conformed 
and disruptive forms of thinking and acting, presenting themselves in 
between receptionist dynamics and (new) digital participatory habits. 
The conference intends to discuss these challenges in the context of our 
digitally saturated times

We therefore invite submissions that focus on audiences and touch on any 
of the following points:
• Online hate speech
• Online (dis and mis)information disorders
• Privacy and surveillance
• Trust in (datafied) media
• Digital literacy
• Audiences in a post-truth era
• Digital disconnection
• News consumption and participation
• Ethic contexts on audience research

_Application process_
Proposals for papers can be submitted in the form of 300 words abstract 
through the online form available here 
-https://forms.gle/zw9x4dcBVqF72Mb78 <https://forms.gle/zw9x4dcBVqF72Mb78>

The deadline for the submission is 25th February 2023.

Submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the panel of reviewers 
consisting of Conference Scientific Committee, ARS and SOPCOM members.

Notification of acceptance will be sent to participants by 7th April 2023.

Authors of accepted abstracts are expected to attend the conference in 
person.
Participation fee (including coffee break and lunch) is 60 EUR for all 
participants. Each participant should cover their travel and 
accommodation costs.

_More information_
For further information do not hesitate to contact conference organizers:

  * Jelena Kleut, University of Novi Sad, Chair of Audience and
    Reception Studies Section ECREA  ((jelena.kleut /at/ ff.uns.ac.rs)
    <mailto:(jelena.kleut /at/ ff.uns.ac.rs)>)
  * Vivi Theodoropoulou, Vice-Chair of Audience and Reception Studies
    Section ECREA ((vivitheodoropoulou /at/ gmail.com)
    <mailto:(vivitheodoropoulou /at/ gmail.com)>)
  * Maria José Brites, Lusófona University, CICANT, Vice-Chair of
    Audience and Reception Studies Section ECREA, and Chair of SOPCOM WG
    Publics and Audiences ((maria.jose.brites /at/ ulusofona.pt)
    <mailto:(maria.jose.brites /at/ ulusofona.pt)>)
  * Marisa Torres da Silva, NOVA University, ICNOVA, Vice-Chair of
    SOPCOM WG Publics and Audiences ((marisatorresilva /at/ fcsh.unl.pt)
    <mailto:(marisatorresilva /at/ fcsh.unl.pt)>)


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