[ecrea] Call for papers: 7th Graduate Spring School on Comparative Media Systems: Challenges to journalism in the digital age

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Call for papers: 7^th Graduate Spring School on *Comparative Media 
Systems: Challenges to journalism in the digital age, **(IUC-CMS 2018)*, 
Inter University Center www.iuc.hr <http://www.iuc.hr>,  Dubrovnik, 
15-20 April 2018

/Course directors:/

Carmen Ciller, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Steffen Lepa, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Paolo Mancini, Università di Perugia, Italy

Snježana Milivojević, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Zrinjka Peruško, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Slavko Splichal, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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/Course Description: /

Is journalism in crisis? Some in the industry & practice fear for the 
future of the profession in the digital media environment – cf. the 
podcast by Katharine Viner, editor in chief of the Guardian 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/16/a-mission-for-journalism-in-a-time-of-crisis. 
The digital environment presents one of the challenges for journalism as 
a profession and practice, but also as an institution which had a key 
role for the development of modern society and liberal democracy. The 
loss of unique control of the production and distribution process of 
news, the changes in the gatekeeping role of the media, and the new 
players, the social media and apps, the challenge to the attentions of 
the audiences from multiple other (than media) sources of content, the 
speed of the digital, and the shift of the audience attention to 
digitally delivered content, all present significant challenges. Changes 
in the political sphere, with increased polarization and populism, the 
“post-truth” environment, also impact the definition and the role of 
journalism.

What is the shape of journalism in face of these various challenges of 
the present day? How are news and its use affected by these changes? How 
are the challenges to journalism shaped in different media systems? How 
is journalism changing in different parts of the world in answer to the 
challenges? We will debate these issues in the 7^th IUC Comparative 
Media Systems course drawing on the results of several comparative 
research projects that investigate these issues today: the Worlds of 
Journalism Study (http://www.worldsofjournalism.org/)has produced a 
number of interesting insights into the changes of journalism in 
different regions of the world; the Digital News Project of the Reuters 
Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, 
(https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Digital%20News%20Report%202017%20web_0.pdf)provides 
another comparative source on which we will draw; the cross-country 
study of News as a Democratic resource (articles are available in the 
new issue of the journal Participations 
http://www.participations.org/Volume%2014/Issue%202/contents.htm) 
provides an insight into comparative cross-media news repertoires with a 
qualitative methodology.

A complementary one day hands-on methodological workshop will introduce 
a selected qualitative or quantitative research method.

/Course Organization:/

This seventh "slow science" IUC-CMS is an interdisciplinary research 
conference & post-graduate course open to doctoral and post-doctoral 
students in media, communication and related fields engaged with the 
issue of journalism, that wish to discuss their current work with 
established and emerging scholars and get relevant feedback.

Invited lecturers will deliver keynote lectures with ample discussion 
opportunities. Course attendees will have extended opportunity to 
present and discuss their current own works with the course directors 
and other participants in seminar form (English language) and in further 
informal meetings around the beautiful old-town of Dubrovnik (UNESCO 
World Heritage) over 5 full working days (Monday to Saturday).

The working language is English. All participants will receive a 
Certificate of Attendance.

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/Application: /

To apply, send a CV and a motivation letter to (zrinjka.perusko /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(zrinjka.perusko /at/ gmail.com)> Students who wish to present their 
paper should also send a 300 word abstract of their research. The course 
can accept 20 students, and the applications are received on a rolling 
basis. After acceptance you need to register also on this web page 
http://www.iuc.hr/course-details.php?id=1085

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Participants from Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijani, Belarus, 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Macedonia, 
Moldova, Montenegro, Republic of Georgia, Serbia, Tunisia and 
Ukraine*might be eligible for the IUC scholarship which covers 
half-board and lodging in Dubrovnik. Further information is available on 
the http://www.iuc.hr/iuc-support.php. *

/Venue Information:/

The Inter-University Centre was founded in Dubrovnik in 1972 as an 
independent, autonomous academic institution with the aim of promoting 
international co-operation between academic institutions throughout the 
world. Courses are held in all scientific disciplines around the year, 
with participation of member and affiliated universities.

/Additional Information:/

For further information about academic matters please contact the 
organizing course director: professor Zrinjka Peruško 
(zrinjka.perusko /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(zrinjka.perusko /at/ gmail.com)>, Centre for 
Media and Communication Research (www.cim.fpzg.unizg.hr 
<http://www.cim.fpzg.unizg.hr>), Department of Media and Communication, 
Faculty of Political Science (www.fpzg.unizg.hr 
<http://www.fpzg.unizg.hr>), University of Zagreb (www.unizg.hr 
<http://www.unizg.hr>).

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