[Commlist] CFP Special Issue: Journalism and Trafficking: Developments and Perspectives

CFP *Special Issue: Journalism and Trafficking: Developments and 
Perspectives*

*Guest editors*: Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno (Loyola University 
Maryland, US), Rita
Basílio de Simões (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal), and Salvador de 
León Vázquez (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, México)

This Special Issue of *Brazilian Journalism Research* will look at the 
relationship between journalism and trafficking. Trafficking is a rather 
complex phenomenon which comprises arms trafficking, drug trafficking 
and human trafficking. All three top the world’s criminal enterprises, 
with drug trafficking taking the number one slot, human trafficking 
taking third, and small arms following not too far behind. In great 
expansion, human trafficking umbrellas sex, labor, organ and child 
trafficking, or the illegal adoption of children. Trafficking is no 
respecter of persons; it can affect the young/old, rich/poor, 
educated/illiterate, Global North citizen/Global South citizen, etc.

Media – in particular news coverage – contribute toward shaping public 
understanding and opinion on societal issues. They also influence 
(inter)national policies, programs, and legislative action.

This special issue explores the range of ways that media, broadly 
construed, are connected with all facets of trafficking. How might media 
be influencing trafficking legislation? How might it be affecting 
victims? Perpetrators? What effect has journalism coverage of 
trafficking had on the crime? In what ways might media representations 
of trafficking be legitimating or challenging different kinds of power 
imbalances and social hierarchies based on gender, class or race?

Contributors may choose to look at different types of news media, i.e. 
newspapers, TV, radio, online, etc., and use quantitative and 
qualitative data. Submissions that are theoretical, empirical, critical, 
comparative or applied, and which represent a wide range of conceptual 
and methodological approaches relevant to a focus on media and domestic 
and/or transnational trafficking are welcome. While a comparative 
approach to journalism in the context of trafficking is not compulsory 
for inclusion, it is strongly encouraged.

Contributors are invited to focus on the following issues:
Journalism and:
Trafficking legislation
Trafficking victim recovery
Trafficking prevention
Trafficking prosecution
Trafficking victim protection
Trafficking representations
Trafficking and social power imbalances

To be considered, articles must be submitted by January 31 2020.The 
length of texts must be between 40 000 and 55 000 characters with spaces.

As the *Brazilian Journalism Research* publishes two versions of each 
article (Portuguese/Spanish and English), the authors of accepted papers 
submitted in Portuguese or Spanish must provide a translation into 
English. Likewise, the articles submitted and accepted in English must 
provide a translation into Portuguese or Spanish. A selected number of 
accepted papers from non-Portuguese or Spanish speaking contexts will be 
eligible for translation services provided by the journal.

Articles should be sent exclusively through the electronic system SEER / 
OJS, available from the journal website: http://bjr.sbpjor.org.br 
<http://bjr.sbpjor.org.br/>

If you have any questions, send an e-mail to (bjr /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(bjr /at/ gmail.com)>

*Guidelines for authors*:
http://bjr.sbpjor.org.br/bjr/aboutsubmissions#authorGuidelines

*Deadlines*:
Submission of papers: until January 31th 2020

Notification of acceptance: April 30th 2020

Delivery of final versions in English and Portuguese or Spanish and with 
revision and additional information suggested by the editors: June 30th 2020

Publication: August 2020

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