[ecrea] CfP: Online Reporting of Elections - Journalism Practice Special Issue

>ONLINE REPORTING OF ELECTIONS
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>JOURNALISM PRACTICE - SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS
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>Guest editor: Einar Thorsen
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>Elections represent a great spectacle of journalism and are therefore ideal=
>ly suited to reflect upon the current and future state of journalism practi=
>ce in relation to online political news and communication.
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>Online news reporting in its various guises is now an essential part of onl=
>ine political journalism. Recent examples range from political blogging and=
>  Youtube debates during the 2008 US presidential election, through the use =
>of Twitter to report and mobilise civic uprising in the aftermath of the 20=
>09 Iranian and Moldovan elections, to the normalising of online news during=
>  the 2010 UK general election.
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>Newspapers and broadcasters now invest heavily in election micro-websites. =
>Journalists increasingly use Twitter and Facebook for breaking news or unco=
>nfirmed rumours, and also as a valuable source of =91public sentiment=92 an=
>d insight into the political process. Ordinary citizens, for their part, us=
>e social media to hold politicians and mainstream media to account.
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>This special edition of Journalism Practice will be an opportunity to discu=
>ss the role of online news reporting during national elections and referend=
>ums. It will provide a forum for both practitioners and academics to discus=
>s emerging and established forms and practices of online journalism.
>Comparative research is of particular interest to this special edition =96 =
>either different national contexts, or different news practices within the =
>same national context.
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>Suggested areas of focus include, but are not limited to:
>=95       How does online election reporting compare across different natio=
>nal contexts?
>=95       Has online journalism lived up to expectations during elections?
>=95       How has the Internet changed the working practices of political j=
>ournalists?
>=95       How does online reporting of elections compare to print and broad=
>casting?
>=95       What role have citizen journalists had in the media landscape dur=
>ing elections?
>=95       How have Twitter and Facebook influenced the way journalists conn=
>ect with audiences?
>=95       How do journalists use social media, blogs and UGC as election ne=
>ws sources?
>=95       What are the strengths and limitations of live blogging?
>=95       How have the features of online news impacted on election campaig=
>ns?
>=95       How have news organisations facilitated online public debates and=
>  comment?
>=95       How has online journalism helped inform electorates?
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>Prospective authors should email abstracts of 500 words to Einar Thorsen (e=
>(thorsen /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)). Papers will then be invited and subject to peer=
>  review.
>=95       Deadline for submission of abstracts: 10 September 2010
>=95       Deadline for submission of articles for review: 1 December 2010
>=95       Final revised papers due: 31 March 2011 (following peer review)
>=95       Publication: end of 2011/early 2012
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>If you have any questions or want to discuss an idea for the special issue,=
>  please do not hesitate to get in touch.
>
>PDF version of CfP available on Routledge website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/j=
>ournals/cfp/rjopcfp1.pdf
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>Dr. Einar Thorsen | Lecturer in Journalism and Communication
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>E-mail: (ethorsen /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)
>Twitter: http://twitter.com/einarthorsen
>Phone: +44 (0)1202 965749
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>Editor of Three-D, official newsletter of MeCCSA: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/=
>newsletter
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>Co-Editor (with Stuart Allan) of Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives: h=
>ttp://citizenjournalism.me/
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>Personal blog and list of publications: http://multimediajournalism.info/
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>Centre for Journalism and Communication Research: http://www.bournemouth.ac=
>.uk/imcr/cjcr/
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>Address: The Media School, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Poole, BH=
>12 5BB, UK
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>

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