[Commlist] CFP: Communication and Culture Review - Special Issue on Democracy in Motion: Electoral Practices Worldwide

  *Call for Papers | Communication and Culture Review | **Special Issue
  on Democracy in Motion: Electoral Practices Worldwide*


  Communication and Culture Review |  ISSN: 2582-2829 | Open access journal

  Full manuscripts due: Dec 31, 2026

  Full call:
 https://communicationandculturereview.in/index.php/communication_culture_review/announcement/view/8
 <https://communicationandculturereview.in/index.php/communication_culture_review/announcement/view/8>

  Elections are the lifeblood of democratic societies, shaping political
  leadership, civic engagement, national discourse, and public
  perception. Over time, they have evolved into intricate communication
  phenomena. From televised debates and political advertisements to
  meme-driven discourses and disinformation campaigns, communication
  technologies and mediated narratives play a critical role in
  influencing electoral outcomes.

  Recent scholarship underscores the performative and mediated nature of
  elections worldwide. The construction of politically conscious
  identities, the strategic deployment of mainstream rhetoric, and the
  algorithmic amplification of content are some of the key ways in which
  communication shapes electoral outcomes. However, electoral
  communication is far from uniform across regions. While Western
  democracies contend with deepening political polarization and
  disinformation (Bennett & Livingston, 2018), countries in the Global
  South grapple with challenges such as media capture, electoral
  violence, and censorship (Manor, 2019). These regional specificities
  call for a closer examination of how global media forces intersect
  with local cultural contexts to shape the contours of election
  communication. This special issue of Communication and Culture Review
  (CCR) invites scholarly contributions that critically examine the
  intersections of elections, communication practices, and cultural
  contexts across the world. We seek comparative, interdisciplinary, and
  global perspectives that explore how political communication is shaped
  by media systems, cultural identities, technological affordances, and
  historical legacies.

  CCR invites empirical, theoretical, and methodological papers on, but
  not limited to, the following themes:

  ●Media Reportage of Elections

  ●Social Media and Electoral Battles

  ●Elections and Popular Ethos

  ●Political Advertising and Communication Policies

  ●Electoral Surveillance and /Datafication/

  ●Civic Engagement and Media Literacy

  ●Electoral Violence and Communication Blackouts (such as Internet
  shutdowns)

  ●Indigenous, Local, and Marginalized Voices

  ●Election Commissions in the Democratic Societies

  The journal welcomes research articles (6000–8000 words), theoretical
  essays, and short commentaries or case studies. All submissions should
  adhere to the journal’s formatting and citation guidelines (APA 7th
  Edition). Submissions should be original and not under consideration
  elsewhere. No article processing charges (APCs) or publication fees
  are applicable.

  *Few Dates to remember:***

  Full paper submission: Dec 31, 2026 (Thursday)

  Notification of acceptance: Jan 15, 2027 (Friday)

  Expected publication date: April 15, 2027 (Thursday)

  Informal enquiries about fit and scope are welcome in advance of
  submission. Please write to the editors at
  (communicationandculturereview /at/ gmail.com)
  <mailto:(communicationandculturereview /at/ gmail.com)>


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