[Commlist] Call for Papers: Journalism on the edge

*Call for Papers: Journalism on the edge*


Guest editors: Professor Sigurd Allern (University of Oslo) & Professor 
Mark Blach-Ørsten (Roskilde University)


The concept of “blurring boundaries” and “boundary work” (Carlson & 
Lewis, 2015) has become a common way to address the challenges to 
journalism in an age of increased digitalization and commercialization. 
The argument behind the concepts is that the many changes journalism is 
experiencing in the 21th century cause a constant reflection amongst 
practitioners and researchers as to what journalism is today and also 
what it is not. One way to address the tension that blurring boundaries 
bring to the field of journalism is to focus on so-called “critical 
incidents”. Critical incidents refer to events or developments that lead 
journalists to reconsider “the hows and whys of journalistic practice” 
(Zelizer, 1992). Critical incidents serve as events that ignite debates 
about journalism and forces reconsideration, rearticulating or 
reinforcement of boundaries either by new legislation or revised ethical 
standards (Tandoc et. al. 2019).


We are looking for contributions to address the question of “critical 
incidents” and journalism’s changing boundaries, in particular, but not 
exclusively in a Nordic context. Topics addressed could, e.g., be 
journalistic scandals and transgressions, blurring boundaries between 
journalism and PR, native advertising, automatization of journalism, the 
growing importance of a non-traditional journalistic job market and the 
arrival of fake news and “alternative facts”.


Deadline for abstracts (500-750 words, excl. references) is *November 15 
2020*, followed by a selection process. Deadline for full papers is 
*February 15 2021*. Send your proposal, including a short bio of all 
authors, to guest editor Mark Blach-Ørsten ((oersten /at/ ruc.dk) 
<mailto:(oersten /at/ ruc.dk)>). You can read more about Journalistica and its 
editorial guidelines here: https://tidsskrift.dk/journalistica 
<https://tidsskrift.dk/journalistica>.

/Journalistica /is a Nordic open access journal that publishes academic 
research articles on journalism understood as an interdisciplinary 
field. No payment from authors is required.



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