[Commlist] CfP "Ageing and Digital Communication" - Essachess. Journal for Communication Studies

Call for Papers, special issue "Ageing and Digital Communication" - 
Essachess. Journal for Communication Studies, scheduled for December 2020.
Abstract deadline: January 2, 2020.


Guest editors

Dr. Loredana IVAN, Associate Professor, European Network of Ageing 
Studies Chair

Dr. Alina DUDUCIUC, Health Communication TWG-ECREA

National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (Romania)

Important Deadlines

- January 2, 2020: submission of the proposal in the form of an abstract 
of maximum 2 pages. The proposal must include a list of recent 
references and 5 keywords;

– February 2, 2020: acceptance of the proposal;

-  June 15, 2020: full paper submission;

-  October 15, 2020: full paper acceptance.

Full papers should be between 6,000-8,000 words in length. Papers can be 
submitted in English or French. The abstracts should be in English and 
French (150-200 words) followed by 5 keywords. Please provide the full 
names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses of all authors, indicating the 
contact author. Papers, and any queries, should be sent to: 
(essachess /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(essachess /at/ gmail.com)>

Call

Demographically, the world is about to enter a new era. As the ageing 
population is a well documented phenomenon and the older adults are 
relatively affluent worldwide, ageing has become a major topic of the 
contemporary academic and public discourses. Once understood only as a 
disengagement from the active life or as a biological status, ageing is 
to gain new social meanings. In the meantime, another ubiquitous 
phenomenon impacts nowadays social interactions and everyday life: the 
emerging of digital communication. Over the past decade, digitization 
has made considerable progress and the new ICTs are being rapidly 
diffused on the large segments of the population.

Related to ageing and digital communication, at least two research 
directions have been addressed on the communication science research 
agenda, specifically (1) /How the widespread of new technologies are 
changing the norms and practices of the later life/? And (2) /How social 
actors, groups, institutions and mainstream media provide, spread or 
constrain ways of growing older via digital devices/? These questions 
shaped novel and interdisciplinary approaches at the convergence of the 
sociology of ageing, communication and media studies, psychology, 
gerontology and human computer interaction.

In the case of using new digital devices, on the one hand older people 
have been stereotyped according with their age, as a minority with 
limited agency and increased dependency, as frail and underrepresented 
compared with their younger counterparts. On the other hand, the 
constant growth of the /digital seniors/ has brought into attention the 
concept of autonomy, self-efficacy and power of /doing/ and /portraying/ 
ageing. In these contexts, a more inclusive and diverse representations 
of ageing are considered desirable by the seniors’ media users, but the 
attempt to delivery such an age-friendly media content and image remains 
scarce.

As it is seen, the reflection on these two interconnected spectres – the 
demographic turn (ageing) and the unprecedented speed of digitalization 
(digital communication) – gave rise to a controversial debate on the 
meanings, portrayals and experience of ageing along with the perceived 
advantages and disadvantages of using digital devices at old age. The 
ongoing debates on ageing and communication reflect the diversity of the 
experience of ageing /in/ and /within/ the new internet-based 
technologies, whereas it empowers and disempowers older adults to 
function in society and to lead a healthy and fulfilling life.

This special issue aims to bring together contributions that explore 
both the challenges and opportunities of using digital communication 
later in life, and seek to better understand the role of new 
technologies in shaping the diverse portrayals and meanings of ageing in 
the network society. We invite you to submit original manuscripts of 
diverse types: original research, systematic reviews, and theoretical 
papers, which address the relationship between ageing and digital 
communication.

Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Stefan BRATOSIN
Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3
Directeur adjoint du CORHIS (EA 7400)
Directeur de la revue ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies
Fondateur et responsable IARSIC
www.essachess.com <http://www.essachess.com>


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