[ecrea] Call for Papers: Future of Journalism

*Conference announcement: Future of Journalism, Cardiff University, UK, 
September 2019*

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Future of Journalism: “Innovations, Transitions and Transformations”


The School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) at Cardiff 
University will host the seventh biennial Future of Journalism 
conference on 12-13 September 2019.

The conference will take place in JOMEC's new state-of-the-art home in 
Cardiff's city centre. The theme will be “Innovations, Transitions and 
Transformations.”


Our distinguished keynote speakers are Professor Andrew Chadwick 
(Loughborough University), Professor Adrienne Russell (University of 
Washington), and Professor Nikki Usher (University of Illinois).


The call for abstracts is now open. We invite contributions on all 
aspects of journalism, with those addressing the conference theme 
particularly encouraged.

Issues to be addressed may include:


  * How are definitions of journalism changing in an evolving news
    ecosystem?
  * What is the future for today’s journalist in an environment
    increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, big data,
    algorithmic processing and "liminal" journalism practices?
  * How are standards of quality, balance and fairness changing,
    including with regard to the perceived decline of ‘mainstream media’
    and the rise of hyper-partisan outlets?
  * To what extent are social media democratising citizens’ engagement
    with news across mobile platforms?
  * How best to encourage new cultures of experimentation and innovation
    for rethinking journalistic form and practice?
  * How should journalism studies respond to these shifts, conceptually
    and methodologically?


A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in 
special issues of the international peer-reviewed journals /Digital 
Journalism/, /Journalism Practice/ and /Journalism Studies/. Routledge / 
Taylor & Francis have kindly agreed to sponsor the conference.


The conference will take place on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th 
September 2019. The registration fee will be £250 (£200 for postgraduate 
students), which includes tea and coffee breaks as well as the 
conference dinner (to be held on the evening of 12th September).


The deadline for submitting abstracts (250 words maximum) for papers is 
January 31^st , 2019. Please submit your abstract via the conference 
email address: (FofJ2019 /at/ cardiff.ac.uk) <mailto:(FofJ2019 /at/ cardiff.ac.uk)>


Please do not submit more than one abstract as first author, with no 
more than two abstracts in total.


Should you have any questions, please contact Bina Ogbebor at 
(FofJ2019 /at/ cardiff.ac.uk) <mailto:(FofJ2019 /at/ cardiff.ac.uk)>


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