[ecrea] CfP: Visual Online Communication in BRICS countries

Visual Online Communication in BRICS Countries

Call for Submissions

This special section of China Media Research invites scholars from a
broad range of disciplines to submit manuscripts on the theme of “Visual 
Online Communication in
the BRICS Countries”. Visual Online Content here refers to imagery, GIFs,
emoticons, pictures and other visual means that accompany text in an 
online environment, non inclusive
of the audiovisual content and moving images. Despite the increasing 
prominence of visual
online content on social media such as WeChat, Weibo, Facebook, Twitter, 
and Instagram, as
well as traditional mass media websites across the BRICS countries, 
comparative academic
studies focused on visual content are scarce. Recent discussions focused 
on plurality of
emoticons such as hijabs, or emoticons with different facial color. 
Despite discussions in the
public sphere, there is a lack of cross-cultural studies looking at the 
differences in imagery. This
call for submissions therefore hopes to fill this research desiderate.
Arguably, a lack of visual communication research in the BRICS countries
is attributed to the prevalent Western tradition in communication 
research. This special
section serves to overcome the dominance of Western approaches in visual 
communications research.
Following these considerations, scholars are invited to submit their 
original
manuscripts that address the following topics, among others:
- Comparative studies of visual online content from the BRICS countries,
including at least one BRICS country as comparative country;
- Content or discourse analysis of journalistic visual content,
advertisements, PR and political communication visual content and social 
web visual content in
the BRICS countries;
- Research on use of emoticons in the BRICS countries;
Both qualitative and quantitative approaches investigating visual online
content in the BRICS’ countries are welcome. Submissions must not have 
been previously
published nor be under consideration by another publication. An extended 
abstract (up to 1,000
words) or a complete paper at the first stage of the reviewing process 
will be accepted. All
the submissions must be received by May 26, 2017. If the extended 
abstract is accepted, the
complete manuscript must be received by August 13, 2017. Manuscripts 
should be prepared in
accordance with the APA publication manual (6th edition) and should not 
exceed 8,000 words
including tables and references. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed, 
and the authors will
be notified of the final acceptance/rejection decision. Please visit 
www.chinamediaresearch.net
for more information about the quarterly journal of China Media 
Research, which publishes
both print and online versions.
Please direct questions and submissions to the CMR special section guest 
editor Maria Faust at
(maria.faust /at/ uni-leipzig.de).

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