[Commlist] CFP: PSA Media and Politics Group panels at the PSA Annual Conference

Political Studies Association, 70th Annual International Conference
6 - 8 April 2020, Edinburgh International Convention Centre and Sheraton 
Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh, #PSA20
Deadline for abstracts and panel proposals: Monday, 7 October 2019
The PSA Media and Politics Group invites members to submit paper 
abstracts or panel proposals for the PSA Media and Politics stream at 
the PSA Annual International Conference 2020.

Papers may be related to the conference theme, Re-imagining Politics, 
but other topics from across the disciplinary and methodological 
traditions are also welcomed.

Please submit abstracts (max. 300 words) and panel proposals by email to 
James Dennis: (James.Dennis /at/ port.ac.uk) <mailto:(James.Dennis /at/ port.ac.uk)> 
by Monday 7 October (please note that this is an earlier deadline than 
the direct individual submission to the PSA). We also welcome emails 
earlier than this date to ask for our advice on potential panel proposals.

On all submissions, please include an email address for the 
corresponding and the institutional affiliation. Please also indicate if 
you are a postgraduate student.

If you wish to propose a panel, please note for following stipulations 
from the organising committee:
·Panel proposals should include a panel overview (max. 300 words), 
outlining the title, synopsis, and chair details.
·Panels usually consist of three to four papers and a chair. A 
discussant is optional.
·Panels should aim to reflect the diversity of the profession, and 
all-male panels will not be considered.
·Paper-givers are required to register and physically attend the 
conference and only in exceptional circumstances will this be waived, 
such as for health- or mobility-related issues.
Theme and further details:

*PSA AT 70: RE-IMAGINING POLITICS*

As the PSA turns 70, politics faces multiple uncertainties. The 
international liberal order is being challenged by new security threats 
and domestic nationalist resurgences. The nation-state has lost its 
normative supremacy, facing authority claims from above and below. 
Established party systems are disintegrating as trust in representative 
democracy diminishes. Confronted with a climate emergency, traditional 
policies of growth and consumption are under increased scrutiny. Ours is 
also a time of democratic institutional innovation, path-breaking 
constitutional experiments and vibrant bottom-up practices of inclusive 
decision-making.

Against this backdrop of change, falling back on well-tested theories 
and practices seems less and less productive. Radical and accelerating 
transformations call for new ways of understanding, explaining and 
intervening in the political world.

PSA's 70th anniversary provides us with a double opportunity: to take 
stock of these transformations and to re-imagine both the study and 
practice of politics. Revamping concepts and methodological tools can 
help us to grapple with multi-layered, highly complex and dynamic 
political processes. Held in the Scottish capital, itself a site of 
democratic innovation and mobilisation, the 2020 meeting of the PSA aims 
to provide a propitious arena for kickstarting processes of re-imagining 
politics.

While the main theme of this conference is Re-Imagining Politics, the 
Media & Politics
Group operates an open and inclusive policy, and empirical, theoretical, 
and practice-based research dealing with any aspect of media and 
politics is welcomed. This may include areas of political communication 
and journalism, but also includes a broader view of the political within 
such areas as online media, television, cinema and media arts, both 
factual and fictional.

Possible areas include:

·How have our understandings of media and politics been changed by 
recent political and economic crises?
·How useful are seminal theories for understanding contemporary 
political communication?
·The methodological challenges of researching media and politics in a 
changing environment
·The role of affect, emotion, and authenticity within political 
communication
·Disinformation, misinformation and threats to democratic health
·The opportunities and challenges of digital campaigning
·The media's changing role in political communication practices and/or 
public diplomacy
·Datafication and challenges to democracy
·The rise of alternative political media and changing public attitudes 
towards mainstream media
·The media's role in reporting terrorism
· Identifying discourses of authoritarianism/populism/racism
·Regulation possibilities for social media platforms
·Climate change and the media
·Activism, social movements and the media
·The power of political satire, cartoons and memes
·The politics of representation across media genres
·The role of political communication scholars in a changing world
·Media, communication and inequality
·Political fandom and re-imagining citizen engagement

Further information on registration fees and conference location can be 
found here:
https://www.psa.ac.uk/psa20

Further information on the PSA Media and Politics Group and details on 
how to join can be found here: 
https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/media-and-politics

Follow the PSA Media and Politics Group on Twitter: 
https://twitter.com/psampg

PSAMPG Convenors Dr Jen Birks (University of Nottingham), Professor Alec 
Charles (University of Winchester), Dr James Dennis (University of 
Portsmouth), Dr Emily Harmer (University of Liverpool), Dr Katy Parry 
(University of Leeds)



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