[ecrea] CFP: Studying Incidental News: Antecedents, Dynamics and Implications

*CALL FOR PAPERS: A themed issue of /Journalism: Theory, Practice, 
Criticism /*

*/Studying Incidental News: Antecedents, Dynamics and Implications /*

*Co-editors*: Neta Kligler-Vilenchik, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 
Israel; Alfred Hermida, University of British Columbia, Canada; 
Sebastián Valenzuela, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; 
Mikko Villi, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

*Theme rationale and scope *

The term 'Incidental News' refers to the ways in which people encounter 
information about current events through digital media when they were 
not actively seeking the news. The past few years have seen a 
significant increase in incidental news consumption on digital platforms 
and social media, accompanied by heightened scholarly attention to the 
phenomenon. The aim of this issue is to contribute to and develop 
research on this phenomenon, and its implications on areas such as media 
consumption habits, journalistic practices, and democratic 
participation. Research in mass communication and political 
communication has examined issues related to incidental news consumption 
since the pioneering work of Downs (1957). Since then, and in particular 
in relation to the rise of social media, there has been growing interest 
among scholars related to understanding the causes, dynamics, and 
consequences of consuming news in an incidental fashion online.

The editors invite contributions related to the topic of incidental 
news, including both rigorous empirical articles (using quantitative, 
qualitative, computational and/or mixed methods) as well as theoretical 
articles with conceptualizations and synthesis of relevant literature. 
Articles should clearly define and delineate their use of the concept 
incidental news and/or its relation to other concepts used. We are 
interested in contributions that examine the topic through different 
methodologies, perspectives (e.g. audiences, texts, media platforms) and 
contexts.

Possible areas of interest include but are not limited to:

  * ● Causes and Dynamics of incidental news consumption
  * ● Incidental news consumption across different media channels,
    platforms and devices
  * ● Incidental news consumption and journalistic practices
  * ● Effects of incidental news consumption
  * ● Conceptual elaboration, historical comparison
*Instructions for contributors and tentative timeline *

We invite contributors to send a 750 word abstract and an abbreviated 
author(s) bio describing previous and current research relating to the 
special issue theme. Please submit proposals to Neta Kligler-Vilenchik 
at (neta.kv /at/ mail.huji.ac.il) <mailto:(neta.kv /at/ mail.huji.ac.il)> by *November 
30, 2018*. The abstract should address the relevance of the proposed 
article to the special issue theme, detail its methodology and the 
current status of the research. The editors will then notify authors 
whether they will be invited to contribute a full article by *December 
30, 2018*. Articles should be submitted by *April 30, 2019. *Note that 
all invited articles will still go through full and anonymous peer 
review, and that being invited to submit a full article is no guarantee 
of final publication in the themed issue.


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