[Commlist] Call for papers: Fifth Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics

*Call for papers: Fifth Conference of the International Journal of 
Press/Politics*

Also available at 
https://cristianvaccari.com/2019/03/11/call-for-papers-fifth-conference-of-the-international-journal-of-press-politics/

September 16-17, 2019, the Centre for Research in Communication and 
Culture at Loughborough University (United Kingdom) will host the fifth 
conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics, focused on 
academic research on the relation between media and political processes 
around the world. Professor Stuart Soroka from the University of 
Michigan will deliver a keynote lecture.

A selection of the best full papers presented at the conference will be 
published in the journal after peer review. The deadline for submission 
of abstracts is May 10, 2019. Attendees will be notified of acceptance 
by June 7, 2019. Full papers based on accepted abstracts will be due 
September 2, 2019.

The conference brings together scholars conducting 
internationally-oriented or comparative research on the intersection 
between news media and politics around the world. It aims to provide a 
forum for academics from a wide range of disciplines, countries, and 
methodological approaches to advance research in this area.

Examples of relevant topics include the political implications of 
current changes in media systems, including the increasing role of 
digital platforms; the importance of digital media for engaging with 
news and politics; analysis of the factors affecting the quality of 
political information and public discourse; studies of the role of 
entertainment and popular culture in how people engage with current 
affairs; studies of relations between political actors and journalists; 
analyses of the role of visuals and emotion in the production and 
processing of public information; and research on political 
communication during and beyond elections by government, political 
parties, interest groups, and social movements. The journal and the 
conference have a particular interest in studies that adopt comparative 
approaches, represent substantial theoretical or methodological 
advances, or focus on parts of the world that are under-researched in 
the international English language academic literature.

Titles and abstracts for papers (maximum 300 words) are invited by May 
10, 2019. The abstract should clearly describe the key question, the 
theoretical and methodological approach, the evidence the argument is 
based on, as well as its wider implications and the extent to which they 
are of international relevance.

Please send submissions via the online form available at 
http://bit.ly/IJPP2019.

The conference is organized by Cristian Vaccari (Loughborough 
University, Editor-in-Chief of IJPP). Please contact Dr Vaccari with 
questions at (c.vaccari /at/ lboro.ac.uk) <mailto:(c.vaccari /at/ lboro.ac.uk)>.

More about the journal, the keynote speaker, the University, and the Centre:

The International Journal of Press/Politics 
(https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hijb)
IJPP is an interdisciplinary journal for the analysis and discussion of 
the role of the media and politics in a globalized world. The journal 
publishes theoretical and empirical research which analyzes the linkages 
between the news media and political processes and actors around the 
world, emphasizes international and comparative work, and links research 
in the fields of political communication and journalism studies, and the 
disciplines of political science and media and communication. The 
journal is ranked 4th by Scopus (SJR) and 12th by Journal Citation 
Reports in Communication.

Professor Stuart Soroka, University of Michigan (http://www.snsoroka.com/)
Stuart Soroka is the Michael W. Traugott Collegiate Professor of 
Communication Studies and Political Science, and Faculty Associate in 
the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research, 
University of Michigan. His research focuses on political communication, 
the sources and/or structure of public preferences for policy, and the 
relationships between public policy, public opinion, and mass media.  
His most recent book is Negativity in Democratic Politics: Causes and 
Consequences (2014, Cambridge University Press). Soroka is currently 
collaborating on a project focused on cross-national psychophysiological 
reactions to news content, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities 
Research Council of Canada; and a large-scale content-analytic project 
on media coverage of US public policy, funded by the National Science 
Foundation.

Loughborough University (https://www.lboro.ac.uk/internal/)
Based on a 440-acre, single-site campus at the heart of the UK, 
Loughborough University is ranked top 10 in every British university 
league table. Voted University of the Year (The Times and Sunday Times 
Good University Guide 2019) and awarded Gold in the National Teaching 
Excellence Framework (TEF), Loughborough provides a unique student 
experience that is ranked first in the UK by the Times Higher Education 
Student Experience Survey 2018. Loughborough University has excellent 
transport links to the rest of the UK. It is a short distance away from 
Loughborough Train station, a 15-minute drive from East Midlands Airport 
(near Nottingham), an hour drive from Birmingham Airport, and an hour 
and 15 minutes from London via train.

The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture 
(https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/)
Since our establishment in 1991, we have developed into the largest 
research centre of our kind in the UK. We are an interdisciplinary 
centre, crossing over social science and humanities disciplines to draw 
on theories and methods in social psychology, sociology, politics, 
history and geography. Renowned for the breadth of our research, we 
range across interpersonal and small-group communication, social media, 
political communication, media education, mainstream 
communications—including digital and online and the analysis of 
communicative work, such as political campaigning, popular music and 
memory. Our core research themes are all regarded as world-leading by 
our peers. We use a diversity of methods for data gathering and analysis 
and work with a variety of partners, including the BBC, the police, 
NSPCC and the Electoral Commission as well as our international 
collaborators, to deliver fundamental and applied research of 
exceptional quality.


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