[Commlist] Cfp: Information about Conference on Political Communication

University of Barcelona

Faculty of Philology and Communication

III International Symposium of Political Communication

*REFLECTIONS AND REVERSALS.*

*SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION*

*AND AUDIOVISUAL FICTION*

In person attendance

December 2-3 2021

Even though audiovisual fiction is usually studied within cultural 
bounds (Trenzado Romero, 2000), it also presents an important political 
dimension taking into account that representations play a large role 
“when it comes to determining which social reality is to be constructed; 
that is, which figures and forms will prevail in the process of 
modelling life and social institutions” (Ryan and Kellner, 1988: 13). 
The spectacularisation of politics is inspired, partly, by the processes 
of fictionalisation and, at the same time, spheres such as the cinema or 
scenarios characteristic of serialised fiction are also a reflection of 
that reality (Rodríguez and Padilla, 2018). In turn, fiction can be a 
pretext of understanding so as to find the significance of knowledge and 
to try to bring it closer to a framework of reality (Oliveros Aya, 
2010). However, beyond being a call and a reminder of certain events or 
political phenomena, fiction can also represent reality “by means of a 
different type of evidence and therefore it can offer a different and 
more complete approach to realism” (Whitebrook, 1991: 5). It can be said 
that, as a significant part of mass culture, audiovisual fiction 
contributes decisively to the formation, debate, inspiration and 
interpretation of a variety of political imaginaries.

The transversal and eminently public character that is associated with 
political activity means that it has been the constant focus of 
fictional ‘re-creations’. These, to a greater or lesser degree of 
fidelity to ‘the real’, reproduce the communicative dynamics that rule 
governmental action, the fight for power, electoral contests, 
relationships with the media, ceremonies and rituals of institutional 
communication, etc., and they contribute, in this way, in generating (or 
reinforcing) the public opinion’s perception of politics as an activity. 
III International Symposium of Political Communication /Reflections and 
Reversals. Symbiosis between Political Communication and Audiovisual 
Fiction/, organised within the framework of activities of the “Gup 
d’Anàlisi Multidisciplinària del Discurs i de la Comunicació Política” 
(GAMDCP), sets out to deal with the representation(s) that political 
communication has (have) developed in the sphere of audiovisual fiction 
(cinema, series, among others) in order to identify synergy connecting 
artistic creation, social reality and public stereotypes.//

The objective is to detect, chart and evaluate analytically the whole 
dense framework of hidden messages, connexions, correspondences, etc. 
that have been unfolding in relation to the different contexts and 
agents between the sphere of political communication and audiovisual 
fiction. In this sense, welcome contributions are those that aim to 
investigate, in analytic terms and rigorous reflections, whatsoever 
refers to permeability, imbrication, or any kind of complicity, exchange 
and/or synergy which have taken form over the passage of time between 
the two-word statement which constitutes the title of this Symposium.


*Thematic Areas*

After evaluation, proposals dealing with themes relating to the 
following areas of investigation will be accepted.

 1. Geopolitical codes of imaginaries enriched by audiovisual fiction.
 2. PolCom//professions in audiovisual fiction and their representation.
 3. The presence and treatment of history in political fiction.
 4. Representations of power: archetypes, models and narrative.
 5. Storytelling/: /narrative and discursive strategies in political
    fiction and fictional politics.
 6. Iconographic, iconological and mise en scène correlation between
    political communication and audiovisual fiction.
 7. Media, genre and formats: new hybridisation between political
    communication and audiovisual fiction.

The deadline for submitting proposals is October 15 2021. Papers will be 
accepted in Catalan, Spanish or English. The document must include: name 
and surname of the communicator, title of the paper, email address, 
academic institution of origin, a brief curriculum vitae and a summary 
of the paper (a minimum of 150 words, a maximum of 300) for evaluation 
and later publication in the programme of the Symposium.

*Contact Address*

(simposio.intl.com.politica /at/ ub.edu)

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*Key Dates*

Deadline for sending abstracts: 15/10/2021

Conference Dates: 2-3/12/2021

*Fees*

90 EUR per communicator. This includes a certificate of attendance and 
the right of publication.

45 EUR per external attendee. This includes a certificate of attendance.

Free registration for the entire UB community (Students, PAS and PDI), 
those invited to the presentations and members of the conference committee.

*Organisation Committee*

Joan Gabriel Burguera

Juan José Caballero

Roger Cuartielles

Julio Hardisson

Olatz Larrea

Eva Martínez

Meritxell Martínez

Endika Rey

Anna Tarragó

*Bibliography Quoted*

OLIVEROS AYA, César (2010). «Bajo el lente del cine político: La imagen 
problematizadora». /Prolegómenos - Derechos y Valores/. Bogotá D. C., 
vol. XIII, no. 26 (July-December), pp. 123-142.

RODRÍGUEZ VIDALES, Yolanda and PADILLA CASTILLO, Graciela (2018). /El 
cine político puro: la ficción como inspiración/reflejo de la 
espectacularización política/. Revista de Comunicación de la SEECI, 45, 
pp. 15-42

RYAN, Michael and KELLNER, Douglas (1988). /Camera //P//olitica. The 
//P//olitics and //I//deology of //C//ontemporary Hollywood //F//ilm/. 
Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

TRENZADO ROMERO, Manuel (2000). «El cine desde la perspectiva de la 
ciencia política». /REIS: Revista Española de Investigaciones 
Sociológicas/, no. 92, pp. 45-70.

WHITEBROOK, Maureen (1991). /Reading //P//olitical //S//tories/. Lanham: 
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.

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