[ecrea] Call for Papers: Interim Conference of the Political Communication Section of ECREA

CALL FOR PAPERS

2015 ECREA Political Communication Conference
27-28 August 2015 in Odense, Denmark

Hosted by the Centre for Journalism at the Dept. of Political Science, 
University of Southern Denmark

The theme of the upcoming conference is “Changing political 
communication, changing Europe?”. Currently, we are witnessing massive 
changes in media and political systems all over Europe. To mention a few 
of these changes, the number of communication channels, in particular 
social media continues to grow, making media diets more and more 
individualized. Media organizations around the Europe have been hit hard 
by the economic crisis, and newspapers struggle to reinvent their 
business model. These changes make journalists vulnerable to economic 
and political pressures. Politically, the global economic crisis and 
sociodemographic changes put pressure on governments for structural 
reforms. We see that trust in institutions and elites as well as social 
cohesion are under pressure, while EU scepticism and populism are on the 
rise. At the same time new social movements are emerging, transforming 
the dissatisfaction and ideals of citizens into new forms of political 
participation
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Technological developments have simultaneously given governments more 
means of surveillance of their citizens and made them more vulnerable to 
information leaks.

This conference will address these diverse changes. We will discuss how 
and under which conditions changes in the political and media systems 
reinforce, but also counteract each other. We will discuss the normative 
and empirical implications of these changes for the functioning of our 
democracies and their political communication practices as well as the 
implications for our scholarly research and teaching. We welcome new 
empirical studies as well papers presenting new theoretical approaches 
relating to the theme “Changing political communication, changing 
Europe?”, in the broadest sense.

Among the many possible approaches to the conference theme, some 
questions that submitters may want to address could be:
•    How do social media, media polarization and fragmentation of news 
use affect social cohesion and political participation?
•    Is media logic particularly suited for populist politicians and 
anti-EU messages?
•    How do new demands of transparency and surveillance techniques 
affect government communication?
•    What is the role of social and traditional media in new modes of 
citizenship and political activism?
•    How has the economic crisis affected the power balance between 
journalists and politicians?

Submission Details
•    You are asked to submit abstracts of no more than 300 words.
•    Submission will undergo scholarly peer-review.
•    When submitting, you will be asked to specify who will present the 
paper. Only one presentation per presenter will be accepted.
•    Deadline for submission is 1 April 2015.
•    Notifications of acceptance will be issued no later than 1 May 2015.

For more details see: https://ecreapoliticalcommunication2015.wordpress.com/

How to get to there:
Odense is in the middle of Denmark, about 1.5 hours from Copenhagen and 
2.5 hours from Hamburg. For international visitors it will usually be 
most convenient to fly to Copenhagen (Copenhagen-Kastrup, airport code 
CPH) and take the train to Odense. Trains leave from the basement of the 
airport and run every half hour to Odense main station. The trip takes 
somewhat under 2 hours. Check the Journey Planner of Danish Rail 
(http://www.dsb.dk) for time schedule and reservations.




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