[Commlist] Call for chapters: Edited volume Media and the War in Ukraine

Call for chapters: Edited volume /Media and the War in Ukraine/

In many ways, the war in Ukraine represents a turning point in history. 
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has upset world 
international relations and shattered the foundation of security in 
Europe. The war is likely to have far-reaching economic and 
environmental consequences. Most importantly, it is a rapidly evolving 
humanitarian emergency with a massive scale of death, destruction and 
displacement.

This edited volume (Peter Lang) examines the numerous ways in which the 
media are involved in and shape the war in Ukraine. The war represents 
the complex relationship between contemporary conflict and the expanding 
mesh of media—from mainstream broadcasting and press to political 
communication in street protests and the latest digital technologies and 
their creative uses. The internet is flooded with news, viral messages 
and disinformation campaigns. At the same time, social media platforms 
are playing an unprecedented role in the war by restricting access to 
Russian state-run media and scaling up fact-checking efforts. This 
edited volume aims to deepen understanding of the dynamic intersections 
of war and media by focusing on the continuities and changes in the 
media platforms, practices and meanings of war in the current 
post-digital era.

I invite you to submit abstract proposals for theoretical and empirical 
chapters that address different facets of the communication war in and 
surrounding Ukraine. Subjects include, but are not limited to, the 
responses of (inter)national TV/radio and press, the responses of 
various audiences, the accountability of social media platforms, 
propaganda and disinformation campaigns, fact-checking, censorship and 
the politics of internet shutdown, global (h)acktivism, and memes and 
other vernacular expressions of war.

Are you working on or thinking about the relationship between the media 
and war in Ukraine? Please submit abstract proposals of approximately 
400 words to (mervi.pantti /at/ helsinki.fi) 
<mailto:(mervi.pantti /at/ helsinki.fi)>by 15 April 2022. The authors will be 
notified by 15 May 2022. The deadline for the final chapters (6000–7000 
words) is at the end of 2022. I look forward to hearing from you.

Mervi Pantti, Editor
University of Helsinki


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