[ecrea] CfA- Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Political Communication

Call for Abstracts:Annual Conference of the Italian Association of 
Political Communication (COMPOL): “Themes and leaders beyond ideologies.”

Date: December 13-15, 2018

Venue: University of Perugia (Italy)

The outcome of the Italian elections of March 4, 2018, has confirmed 
findings that many studies had already anticipated since long time: the 
prevalence of the figure of single leaders and some major divisive 
issues (such immigration) on citizens’ electoral choices and more 
generally on the public debate. A link is drawn between leaders and 
themes, where the former identify with the latter that become their 
favorite ‘battle horses’.This is detrimental to the traditional 
political affiliations, causing high electoral volatility as 
demonstrated in the 2018 Italian election.

This tendency does not appear to be limited to Italy, but it is common 
to many liberal democracies, as confirmed by many recent elections in 
several countries and by the increasing centrality in the public debate 
of issues such as immigration and the European Union, that provoke 
tearing divisions.

The conference intends to discuss papers addressing the issues outlined 
above, also with a diachronic and comparative perspective, along with 
other approaches describing the changes that have been taking place in 
the recent years in the field of political communication as well as in 
the public sphere. Particular attention will be dedicated to the 
interaction between mainstream media and new media, which is at the base 
of such changes.

Consequently, we call for abstracts and papers addressing the following 
topics:

- the role of leaders in determining electoral choices;

- the leaders in and out of campaign contexts;

- divisive and unifying themes in the public debate;

- comparative tendencies in liberal democracies;

- the debate on populism and the thematic choices;

- the hybrid media system and its role in determining the new 
communication tendencies.

  The paper proposals must include: name, affiliation with address, 
email address of the proponent(s), title, three keywords and an abstract 
of no more than 400 words. The abstracts that do not follow these 
guidelines will not be reviewed. Please find the complete instructions 
here: https://www.compol.it/eventi/convegno/convegno-2018/.

Deadline for the abstract’s submission: August 31, 2018, to 
**(convegno /at/ compol.it)* <mailto:(convegno /at/ compol.it)>***Notification of 
acceptance: October 15, 2018.Deadline for the paper’s submission: 
November 30, 2018

For more info, write to (convegno /at/ compol.it) <mailto:(convegno /at/ compol.it)> 
or check the Association’s website: www.compol.it <http://www.compol.it>



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