[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 (Global Crises and Media Series, 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/uses 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 (tomervi.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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