[Commlist] CFP: Untangling the knots between disinformation and inequalities

Untangling the knots between disinformation and inequalities

Call for papers for a bilingual special issue in Recherches en 
communication: 
https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/rec/announcement/view/1233 
<https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/rec/announcement/view/1233>

Special issue editors: Geoffroy Patriarche (UCLouvain Saint-Louis 
Bruxelles), Victor Wiard (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles), and Trisha 
Meyer (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

A whole area of media and communication research investigates how 
different inequalities shape, and are shaped by, the production, the 
circulation, the reception and the effects of news and other kinds of 
information. This bilingual (English and French) special issue in 
Recherches en communication aims to develop such lines of enquiry within 
the field of disinformation research.

We understand disinformation as deliberate and organized misinformation, 
usually with the aim of harming an individual, a group, an organization 
or a country. In turn, inequality is viewed as the situation in which 
certain social groups have less opportunities, resources and/or outcomes 
than others because of their gender, education, income, race, ethnicity, 
religion, living place, or any other structural or identity-based 
positions. In this special issue, we examine how disinformation shapes 
inequalities and vice versa.

Proposals are invited to address one or more of the following three 
research avenues: disinformation as a source of inequalities, 
disinformation as an outcome of inequalities, and inequalities in the 
mitigation of disinformation. Interested authors are invited to submit 
an abstract (in English) of 750 words all-inclusive by 6 April 2025.

No payment from the authors will be required.

This special issue is an initiative of EDMO BELUX 2.0, a 
multidisciplinary hub that brings together academics, fact-checkers, 
disinformation analysts, and media literacy organizations to monitor, 
analyze and contribute to the mitigation of disinformation in Belgium 
and Luxembourg (https://belux.edmo.eu <https://belux.edmo.eu>). EDMO 
BELUX 2.0 is one of the 14 national or regional hubs being coordinated 
by EDMO.eu, the European Digital Media Observatory (https://edmo.eu 
<https://edmo.eu>).

Link to the full text of the call: 
https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/rec/announcement/view/1233 
<https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/rec/announcement/view/1233>

Contact email address: (geoffroy.patriarche /at/ uclouvain.be) 
<mailto:(geoffroy.patriarche /at/ uclouvain.be)>

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