[Commlist] CFP: Journalism in A time of Fake News-AUSACE 2022

CFP: Journalism in A time of Fake News-AUSACE 2022--Extended deadline
Welcome to the 26th Arab US Association for Communication Educators 
(AUSACE) annual Conference.This year, the conference will be hosted by 
and held in Örebro, Sweden between 12-14 October 2022.
The aim of this year’s conference Journalism in a Time of Fake News - 
AUSACE 2022, is to explore and critique how journalism is redefining its 
identity and reimaging its practices against the economic, cultural, and 
technological challenges especially in a fake news era.
Studies shows that fake news and false rumours spread six times faster 
on Twitter than any attempts to correct or clarify in response. Many 
more people are only seeing the first version of a story, not the 
following ones with updates, making it even more imperative that 
journalists get the facts right on the first go. Incidents of racism, 
anti-Semitism and Islamophobia have risen past their previous peak 
levels following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the 2010 Arab spring. 
Misinformation, hateful rhetoric and discourses about the motives, and 
citizenship status of these groups have all led to harassment, graffiti, 
and mass shootings. From fake news to the deep fake, being in a digital 
era expanded possibilities for fabrication and falsehood are endangering 
the fourth estate, especially when many people are turning their minds 
to the future of journalism.
Given crises in our political and cultural worlds, along with advanced 
in multi- faceted communication technologies, we must turn our attention 
to the future of journalism. How, in the future, are we to know the 
difference between truth, myth and lies? And how can our scholarship and 
education help? We are open to work that considers the role of 
journalism and journalists, as well as media and communication studies 
that consider professional cultures and practices, organizational and 
economic conditions, local and hyper- local media, civic engagement and 
public sphere, text and content, and audiences.
We invite proposals that address this multifaceted phenomenon focusing 
on topics that include, but are not limited to, the following:

  * Professional identities and organizational cultures
  * Local and hyper-local media
  * Social and civil functions of local journalism and impact on the
    public sphere
  * Participatory/citizen journalism, community media Audience
  * Emerging trends in digital storytelling, immersive journalism, data
    visualization
  * New forms of journalism activism including but not limited to
    migrant journalism, political activism, etc.
  * How the public and journalists contribute to, perceive, and deal
    with misinformation, disinformation, and fake news


Successful abstracts will be considered for inclusion in a Special Issue 
proposal to be submitted to Nordic Journal of Media Studies and Cultural 
<https://www.nordicom.gu.se/sv/publikationer/nordic-journal-media-studies>
Working language for the conference is both Arabic and English. Please 
send abstracts to Ahmed El Gody <mailto:(ahmed.elgody /at/ oru.se)>
Complete call and other practical information, please visit the 
conference websitehere 
<https://www.oru.se/english/schools/humanities-education-and-social-sciences/conferences/journalism-in-a-time-of-fake-news---ausace-2022/>
Information in Arabic here 
<https://www.oru.se/contentassets/a14f050aacb0436db89c88b91bc9e734/auces-22_arabiccfp_new.pdf> (pdf)
For further inquiries regarding AUSACE, contact the President, Dr. 
Yousef Alfailakawi <mailto:(yalfailakawi /at/ yahoo.com)>**
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*Key dates:*
Abstract of 250 - 500 words maximum. Submission is April 15, 2022
Authors notified of acceptance: May 4. 2022
Full papers due August 22, 2022
Please send abstracts to: Ahmed El Gody <mailto:(ahmed.elgody /at/ oru.se)>
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