[ecrea] cfp - BJR Special Issue: Journalism on BRICS

BJR Special Issue: Journalism on BRICS

The reconfiguration of international relations has led to the formation 
of BRICS, the block that join Brazil, Russia, India, China and South 
Africa. BRICS countries cover over 40 % of the world’s population and 
their growth rates higher than the international average.
BRICS countries have similarities and differences. Looking at them on a 
comparative basis can offer more promising prospects for a critical 
analysis than taking them separately. Reflections on the BRICS may also 
help illuminate different ways of understanding, doing and thinking 
about journalism in contemporary societies.
BRICS invites special attention to the relationship between journalism 
and democracy, the role of journalists in relation to national states 
and aspects which are not part of conventional Western scholarship.
The Brazilian Journalism Research invites researchers to contribute to 
the Special Issue "Journalism and BRICS" intending to systematize 
discussions and concepts of journalism in this context. BJR is 
interested in articles that include diversity of theoretical and 
epistemological approaches, methodological and empirical Journalism 
research, researches conducted in the countries members of the BRICS, 
comparative or not.

The guest editors of this edition are Kaarle Nordenstreng (University of 
Tampere, Finland), Raquel Paiva (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil) and Fernando Oliveira Paulino (Brazilia University, Brazil), who 
are part of a research project “Media Systems in the Flux: the Challenge 
of the BRICS Countries” (2012–2016). The edition also includes the 
participation of Sonia Virginia Moreira (Rio de Janeiro State 
University, Brazil) as executive editor.
Main issues to this edition are: texts that focus on the profile of 
journalists in these countries, the formation of a journalist, working 
conditions, the relationship with the government, analysis of media 
systems, interaction with new media and concepts such as politics, 
economy, society, cities – always in reference to journalism. Welcome 
are texts written by researchers from the BRICS countries, but also from 
other countries. Articles comparing two or more BRICS countries are 
particularly welcome.
Articles must be submitted by September 30, 2015, to be selected for 
editing 2016.1, Volume 13, to be published in March 2016.
The length of texts must be between 30 000 and 40 000 characters with 
spaces.
As the Brazilian Journalism Research publishes two versions of each 
number (Portuguese/ Spanish and English), the authors of accepted papers 
submitted in Portuguese or Spanish must provide a translation into 
English. Likewise, the articles submitted and accepted in English must 
provide a translation into Portuguese or Spanish.
Articles should be sent exclusively through the electronic system SEER / 
OJS, available from the journal website: http://bjr.sbpjor.org.br  If 
you have questions, send e-mail to (bjr /at/ gmail.com).
Guidelines for authors are available in the link: 
http://bjr.sbpjor.org.br/bjr/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

Deadlines

Submission of papers: until September 30, 2015

Results of selected texts: November 30, 2015

Delivery of final versions in English and Portuguese or Spanish and with 
revision and additional information suggested by the editors: January 
30, 2016

Launch: March 2016
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