[Commlist] CfP for 4th International Conference in Scandalogy: Political Scandals in the Age of Populism, Partisanship, and Polarization

Dear colleagues, you are cordially invited to take part in our call for 
papers for the

4th International Conference in Scandalogy:

Political Scandals in the Age of Populism, Partisanship, and Polarization

Politics appears to have entered a mode of perpetual crisis and growing 
dysfunctionality. The rapid succession of scandals may be a symptom of 
this crisis, while being its catalyst at the same time. With respect to 
this very broad diagnosis, the conference aims to better define a 
political scandal and discuss how such scandals are relevant for a 
polity and public discourse.

The conference theme acknowledges the growing presence of populism, 
partisanship, and polarization and the need to analyze what this means 
for scandalization processes. Thus, the aim of this conference is to 
better understand possible impacts of these phenomena on public 
discourse and media practices from an interdisciplinary and critical 
scientific perspective.

The organizers call for proposals in all subfields of communication 
studies, political communication research as well as related disciplines 
and invite conceptual, empirical, and methodological proposals 
reflecting on political scandals and the role which media and/or 
communication plays therein. The conference encourages submissions of 
both empirically and theoretically focused work from advanced scholars 
as well as graduate students or doctoral candidates.

The 4th International Conference in Scandalogy takes place from 
September 29th - October 1st 2022 at University of Bamberg, Germany.

Deadline for submissions (short abstracts, max. of 400 words): May 15th 
2022.

The complete CfP and further information on the event can be found on 
the official conference website:

https://www.uni-bamberg.de/kowi/forschung/tagungen/4th-international-conference-in-scandalogy-2022/

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