[Commlist] Call for Participants: Media Capture in the Global South (Half-day Unconference & Book Launch)

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 13 APRIL

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Media Capture in the Global South: Power & Resistance - Half-Day 
Unconference & Book Launch, University of Glasgow

Date: Friday, 30 May 2025
Location: Online
Cost: Free

This dynamic half-day unconference combines the launch of the edited 
book Media Capture in Africa and Latin America: Power & Resistance 
(Palgrave, 2025) with a participant-led dialogue that brings together 
established scholars, early career scholars, journalists, and civil 
society organisations to explore the particularities of media capture – 
the covert instrumentalisation of the news media by various centres of 
power – in the Global South.
For decades, alarm bells have sounded over severe forms of media 
influence, and, in an era of deepening media control and shrinking press 
freedoms, the phenomenon of media capture has emerged as a defining 
challenge in the Global South. This encompasses direct ownership and 
regulatory pressures to the subtle forces of digital platform dominance, 
underpinned by the growing influence of Big Tech platforms and 
algorithm-driven influence that shapes public discourse and suppresses 
independent journalism. Yet, resistance persists. Independent 
journalists, alternative media, and civil society actors continue to 
challenge these forces, deploying innovative strategies to push back 
against censorship and distortion. However, much remains to be 
understood about the viability and scalability of such countermeasures.
We invite researchers working in this area to submit short topic 
proposals or discussion prompts that outline your topic and key 
questions for discussion while off ering empirical or theoretical 
insights. These may include (but are not limited to) the following:
•	Media capture as contested term in the Global South •	Exploring the 
distinctive forms and manifestations of media capture •	The increasingly 
sophisticated nature of media capture, focussing on Big 
Tech/AI/algorithms •	Distinctive forms of misinformation, disinformation 
and hate speech
•	The impact of media capture in the context of Sustainable Development 
Goals •	How transnational actors, media outlets/journalists and civil 
society are responding
Please submit your brief topic proposal (max 50 words) for a five minute 
presentation and a short bio (max 50 words) by Sunday 13th April 2025 
https://forms.office.com/e/mgQ3mSp1Xr
For questions, please contact the conference convenors Dr Hayes 
Mabweazara and Dr Beth Pearson (mediacapture-globalsouth /at/ glasgow.ac.uk)
Organised by members of Sociological & Cultural Studies and the Glasgow 
University Media Group at the University of Glasgow in partnership with 
the Glasgow Latin American Research Network.

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