[Commlist] Comunicação e Sociedade: call for papers on “Quality of Journalism”

Comunicação e Sociedade: call for papers on “Quality of Journalism”

Between January 2 and April 15, the call for papers for the Comunicação 
e Sociedade on “Quality of Journalism” is open. The issue is edited by 
Sandra Marinho (CECS, Universidade do Minho, Portugal), Luís Miguel 
Loureiro (CECS, Universidade do Minho, Portugal) and Dolors Palau Sampio 
(Universitat de València, Espanha).

The concept of quality applied to journalism has a tradition in the 
scientific field of journalism and communication studies. However, over 
the last few years, due to the economic and technological 
transformations in the media ecosystem -in which journalism operates- 
this debate has gained renewed interest, seeking solutions or strategies 
that allow understanding and addressing numerous issues. These include 
the need for new business models or the sustainability of journalism 
(according to the theoretical perspectives of this argument), the fight 
against misinformation, the relationship of journalism and the 
production of journalistic narratives with formal professional sources 
(consultancies, public relations) or informal ones (spin doctors) or 
even the profound changes in the dynamics of newsrooms and work routines.

As a widely discussed concept in the literature, the quality of 
journalism has proven to be a complex topic. On the one hand, this 
feature represents an epistemological challenge and creates difficulties 
in its practical implementation (but does not make it impossible, as 
research in the area has shown). On the other hand, it gives it the 
flexibility, often necessary when it comes to changing ecosystems, to 
acquire the capacity to operate and articulate that other concepts, 
often related to it, have, such as the concept of credibility.

As the range of themes that can be addressed within the framework of a 
debate on the quality of journalism is vast, proposals on the following 
topics will be especially appreciated. These may be literature reviews 
(including systematic literature reviews) or research work exploring the 
concept of quality of journalism (or its dimensions) through the 
measurement of its indicators:

– the debate on the concept of quality of journalism, within its 
complexity and its dimensions;
– the quality of journalism within the (wider) ecosystem of the quality 
of information;
– the quality of journalism from the critical analysis of journalistic 
production as a production of discourse;
– the quality of journalism from the social role of journalism, namely 
the public service perspective (sometimes, but not exclusively, 
discussed concerning “market” perspectives) in democracies;
– the quality of journalism based on the public and the audience
– the quality of journalism according to the characteristics and 
attributes of its products or services;
– the quality of journalism perceived from its organisational dimension, 
namely the journalistic production routines and the journalists’ working 
conditions (physical and emotional);
– the quality of journalism as a strategic investment, enabling 
sustainability models for journalistic practices;
– the ethical dimension as a variable of quality in journalism.

Proposals submission (full manuscript): January 2 to April 15, 2023

LANGUAGE
Papers can be submitted in English or Portuguese. The articles selected 
for publication will be translated into Portuguese or English, 
respectively, being published in both languages.

EDITING AND SUBMISSION
Comunicação e Sociedade is an open-access academic journal, operating 
according to demanding standards of the peer-review system, and operates 
on a double-blind peer-review process. After submission, each paper will 
be distributed to two reviewers, previously invited to evaluate it 
according to its academic quality, originality and relevance to the 
objectives and scope of the theme.

Originals should be submitted through the 
journal’s https://revistacomsoc.pt/. When accessing Comunicação e 
Sociedade for the first time, you must register before submitting your 
article (instructions to register https://revistacomsoc.pt/user/register).

Refer to the guidelines for 
authors https://revistacomsoc.pt/about/submissions

For further information, please 
contact: mailto:(comunicacaoesociedade /at/ ics.uminho.pt)

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