[Commlist] ICA 2023 pre-conference: Mis/disinformation and the artifices of authenticity and authentication

It is a pleasure to invite you to the 2023 International Communication 
Association pre-conference:

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*Mis/disinformation and the artifices of authenticity and authentication*.


The conference is organized by the Digital Democracies Institute 
<https://digitaldemocracies.org/> (Simon Fraser University) and York 
University and will take place in Toronto on May 24, 2023 (one day 
before ICA).


For this pre-conference, we seek critical explorations of authenticity 
and authentication as they relate to digital manipulation and digital 
artifice.

  * How is authenticity caught, created, faked, authenticated and
    managed through digital assemblages?
  * How is it both constructed as a felt experience, as well as
    machinized though automated recognition patterns?
  * If authenticity is key to misinformation, then what kind of
    interventions can we imagine to question, and undermine such
    articulation?
  * What new algorithms of authenticity could we imagine and deploy?


We are particularly interested in research that examines the fabrication 
of digitally mediated authentic experiences, be they non-conscious and 
habitual, or spectacular and deeply meaningful. We are interested in 
research that explores how objects and persons come to be seen and 
experienced as authentic and inauthentic, which includes paying 
attention to how authenticity – in its affective, emotional, 
non-conscious and cognitive dimensions – is constructed via technical 
affordances, media habits, political rhetoric, mass-personal 
communication, network rhythms, recommendation algorithms and targeted 
campaigns. Equally, we are interested in work that critically and 
creatively challenges the articulation of authenticity with misinformation.

We welcome a wide array of methodological approaches – qualitative, 
quantitative, speculative, creative, participatory, collaborative and 
others. We are open to different formats of intervention, from 
traditional papers to research-creation. We also welcome proposals for 
short workshops (1 hour length), demonstrations and other modes of 
collaborative inquiries.

A full description of the conference is available here 
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ClWY5bRVnr8Tq-4mvPxPIWoMR10WFfeNHQhuCsT8yc/edit?usp=sharing>.


Please submit *150-200 words abstract to (ICA2023Preconf /at/ gmail.com) by 
December 20, 2022*. Notices of acceptance will be sent on 11 January 2023.

*Key details and dates:*

  * Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2023. 9:00 - 17:00
  * Venue: York University, Toronto
  * Division affiliation: Communication & Technology Division
  * Fee: Registration will be free
  * Call for Abstract deadline: December 20, 2022


*Organizers: *

  * Ganaele Langlois (Communication and Media Studies, York University)
  * Wendy Chun (Digital Democracies Institute, Simon Fraser University)
  * Alberto Lusoli (Digital Democracies Institute, Simon Fraser University)
  * Anthony Burton (School of Communication, Simon Fraser University)



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