[Commlist] CFP Special Issue "Media and Migration" - Mondi migranti Journal

Call for a monographic issue on the theme /Media and Migrations /of the 
journal /Mondi Migranti/, scheduled for the second quarter of 2020.

Essays, including notes and bibliographical references, must not exceed 
35,000 characters (spaces included) and can be written in Italian, 
English, French, Spanish.

All the contribution will be subjected to a double blind peer-review 
procedure (the participation at the call is open and does not require 
any Article Processing Charges).

The deadline for submitting proposal is *November 30, 2019*.

More info are available at:

·http://www.csmedi.com/call-papers-migrazioni-e-media/

·https://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Sommario.aspx?IDRivista=149

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Call for Papers

Mondi Migranti n.2/2020

MIGRATIONS AND THE MEDIA

Edited by

Marco Bruno and Gaia Peruzzi
(Department of Communication and Social Research, La Sapienza, 
University of Rome)

As with other social processes, even migratory phenomena need to be 
studied starting from the dynamics of symbolic representation, as they 
affect the perception and the construction of public discourses, the 
latter deeply interwoven with political choices. In this regard, the 
dimension of media and communication not only constitutes an accessible 
and expressive version of the structural characteristics of a social 
process, but lies into dynamics of social construction, representation, 
and reality perception, where the wide range of actors involved 
interact, defining imaginaries, values and policies. Nowadays, this 
symbolic and communicative dimension seems perfectly significant and 
crucial in respect to migration and all the related issues (entry into a 
country, settlement, integration, politicization and polarization of the 
matter, perceptions of natives, the status of second and successive 
generations, gender issues, xenophobia and racism, etc.).

In the last fifteen-twenty years, the theme of the media representation 
of migrations – a well- established and dense research field in the 
international academic panorama – has begun to appear even in national 
literature. Nevertheless, while the continuous relevance of migratory 
issues and the unavoidable political implications of journalistic 
information have now made evident the pivotal role of media narrations 
in the managing of “open” and multicultural societies, the scientific 
debate on the topic, at least in our country, is still conditioned by 
certain significant limitations. First of all, there is a simplistic 
prejudice – uncritically negative – towards media as such: plenty of 
studies confine themselves to the investigation of the stereotyping 
function of media discourse, without trying to penetrate the complexity 
of news media mechanisms as tools for the construction of reality, as 
well as the profundity and the ambiguity of their effects; many 
reflections seem to underestimate the fact that media texts are 
fundamental cognitive and cultural resources for citizens of the 
contemporary world. Secondly, the vast majority of research relies on 
various methods of content analysis – even sophisticated ones – that 
often culminate with a list of all the distortions and accentuations 
diffused by a medium, without attempting the connection with media 
theories, or the development of more sophisticated forms of analysis of 
the linguistic and iconic construction of representations of reality and 
alterities, or the comparison between different situations and 
realities. A third major

concern consists in the fact that most of the time the analysis is 
focused on news media (and, sometimes, cinema); there is little research 
committed to other media, confronting different media and languages, or 
facing the complexity of the current communicative scenario; such as the 
investigation of the plethora and the intersections of arenas and 
formats, the hybridization of languages and media logics, and the role 
of different actors in the online ecosystem (starting from media 
professionals, activists, and social operators to migrants as content 
“producers”, to the role of big platforms in distributing, addressing 
and underlining narrations, images, news streams). Besides, there is a 
certain demand for the intensification of connections and comparisons in 
an international perspective, while considering, of course, the 
differences in terms of media systems and practices, political and 
social contexts, as well as the specific dynamics of migratory flows in 
different national contexts and the following political responses.

As suggested by this brief and concise premise, a monographic issue 
focused on the media representation of migrants seems to be the occasion 
for revitalizing and deepening the debate on the topic. According to the 
previously exposed coordinates, papers based on empirical research 
conducted with original approaches (even interdisciplinary ones), 
discussing in depth one (or more) of the prominent themes listed as 
significant for the understanding of the relationship between media and 
migrations, as well as theoretical contributions aimed at opening up the 
reflection towards new perspectives and analysis, will be privileged.

Deadline
Those interested are invited to send their original essays and a short 
biographical note no later than November 30, 2019. Submissions

Texts must be sent through the Mondi Migranti pages, on the website of 
the publisher Franco Angeli: 
https://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Sommario.aspx?idRivista=149. Authors 
should follow the procedure indicated after clicking the link “propose 
an article”).

Essays, including notes and bibliographical references, must not exceed 
35,000 characters (spaces included) and can be written in Italian, 
English, French, Spanish.

Only texts that comply with the editorial standards will be accepted. 
Editorial standards are available at this address: 
http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/NR/Mm-norme.pdf.

For further information:
Marco Bruno: (marco.bruno /at/ uniroma1.it) <mailto:(marco.bruno /at/ uniroma1.it)> 
Gaia Peruzzi: (gaia.peruzzi /at/ uniroma1.it) <mailto:(gaia.peruzzi /at/ uniroma1.it)>

Mondi Migranti is supported by Fondazione Cariplo


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