[Commlist] cfp: How to survive within the information flood around COVID-19

*Call for conference papers*

*How to survive within the information flood around COVID-19*

*Date:* 25^th  May 2021

*Platform:* ZOOM

One of the major societal issues regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic 
is an overwhelming, often contradictory, flow of information from both 
legacy and social media. This information influences the attitudes of 
citizens all around the world especially regarding how they will respond 
towards taking the necessary measures to prevent the spread of the virus 
(e.g. wearing of face masks, social distancing, lockdowns, etc.) and 
vaccination. At the same time, as has been observed by many researchers 
during the last year, both regional and local media can play a very 
positive role in sharing helpful information within communities and 
increasing common resolve to survive these tough times. But many 
questions remain, such as how to fight the spreading of fake news, how 
to update editorial principles, and is AI somehow able to support these 
processes? And how can scientists from other disciplines effectively 
take part in them?

The online international conference “How to survive within the 
information flood around COVID-19” organized by the Faculty of Social 
Sciences at Charles University in Prague (in collaboration with Masaryk 
University’s Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses and Newton Media 
company) on 25^th  May 2021, seeks papers sharing good editorial and 
journalistic practices  on how to fight the described situation, 
sometimes called infodemia, as well as sharing knowledge about 
interdisciplinary cooperation. Contributions containing new technologies 
and AI involvement are especially welcomed. We encourage both scholars 
and journalists to take part in our conference. The abstract length 
should not be longer than 350 words and the abstracts should be 
delivered to The Center of Artificial Intelligence Journalism, Faculty 
of Social Sciences at Charles University in Pragueat the email address 
(aijournalism /at/ fsv.cuni.cz) <mailto:(aijournalism /at/ fsv.cuni.cz)>no later than 
on 31^st  March 2021. The acceptance or rejection notifications will be 
sent by 15^th  April 2021.

There is no registration fee for this conference, supported by grant no. 
TL04000176 (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic).

Keynote speakers will be confirmed soon.

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