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[Commlist] cfp: Prague Media Point - What’s Working: Sustainable Media System for a Viable Democracy

Mon Feb 20 17:12:21 GMT 2023




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*CALL FOR ACADEMIC ABSTRACTS AND SESSION PROPOSALS*

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PRAGUE MEDIA POINT

DECEMBER 1, 2023

PRAGUE, CZECHIA

www.praguemediapoint.com <http://www.praguemediapoint.com>

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*Submission deadline is May 1, 2023*

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*What’s Working: Sustainable Media System for a Viable Democracy***

Prague Media Point conference is coming back in person after a covid break. Our world is facing an unprecedentedly complex set of intertwined, mutually reinforcing challenges - a /polycrisis/, as some define it. Many find it hard to navigate such circumstances and lose faith in the public space they inhabit. The role of journalism thus becomes even more crucial for the maintenance and quality of the liberal democratic system. However, current media landscapes suffer from the plight of declining audience base, dwindling profits, increasing competition from alternative sources of content and seemingly blurred lines between facts and propaganda. This results in disturbingly low levels of trust among citizens. Today’s media need to regain that trust and contribute to building an open-minded public sphere. This also requires them to cultivate a system where journalists can operate freely and safely, content can remain independent from outside influence and output can effectively reach the target audience.

As in the previous years, Prague Media Point 2023 will continue to apply the lens of “What’s Working”, now with the focus on “Sustainable Media System for a Viable Democracy”. Not to dwell solely on the pitfalls and obstacles, we wish to discuss and share examples of good solutions and successful collaborations, innovative methods of reporting and delivering, and other emerging projects that can help make the changing media landscape viable and sustainable, so that it can be the democratic pillar it is meant to be.

Once again, we are encouraging submissions of abstracts and sessions that focus on examples in the media that are working and generating impact in the following areas, though this list is not exhaustive:

  * Boundaries of censorship, content moderation institutions/models
  * Online and other harms, protection of journalists and their content
  * Lessons of the Twitter affair
  * Credibility and transparency of media resources and ownership

  * Preserving independence from the subscribers
  * Effective ways of fighting disinformation
  * Innovative engaging with the audience
  * Good practice of technological advances
  * Media resources across generations

  * Social media at the forefront of news delivery
  * Media cooperation across borders
  * Public service and social media co-existence
  * Media platformization

*Please submit your 500-word abstracts/session proposals and a short bio to: (precek /at/ keynote.cz) <mailto:(precek /at/ keynote.cz)>*

*Download our abstract or session template at: http://bit.ly/2GUiqz1 <http://bit.ly/2GUiqz1> ***

*Deadlines:*

Abstract submission deadline: May 1, 2023

Session proposal deadline: August 28, 2023

Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2023

Early bird payment deadline: July 31, 2023

Regular payment deadline: October 31, 2023

Presentation submission: November 5, 2023

*Conference fees for presenting participants:*

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-Presenting participants: Regular - € 260, Early-bird - € 230

-Presenting participants ECREA members: Regular - € 230, Early-bird - € 200

-Students (PhD candidates) - Regular - € 120, Early-bird - € 100

Registration fee <https://www.praguemediapoint.com/tickets> includes: all conference sessions, coffee breaks and lunch, conference documents, and a certificate of attendance if required.

*To register for the conference, please follow the link: **https://bit.ly/3RXz4Av* <https://bit.ly/3RXz4Av>****

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*Contact:*Marek Přeček, Project Coordinator, (precek /at/ keynote.cz) <mailto:(precek /at/ keynote.cz)>





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