[Commlist] Cfp. Media and Emotional Mobilisation conference

“We cordially invite abstract submissions to the conference: “Media and 
Emotional Mobilization”

In recent years, there has been growing interest in the ways that 
emotions are mobilised through various forms of media, including social 
media, news media, and entertainment media. Emotional and experiential 
understanding have been central both in news and artistic media. 
However, in the digital networked society, the ways how media exploit 
and communicate emotions have reached new complexities in the way how 
different media have become a powerful tool to influence emotions, and 
in turn, how emotions can drive individuals and groups to take action. 
Emotional mobilisation in/through media is here understood as a 
strategic practice of appealing to affect and emotion, using resources 
and affordances of today’s digital media landscape, to achieve specific 
goals, such as motivating target groups to action, or creating 
engagement around certain political issues.

Against the background of recent developments in political and cultural 
life, where affect and emotions are increasingly identified as important 
drivers of democratic (or anti-democratic) engagement, this conference 
seeks to explore the various ways in which media can mobilise emotions 
and how emotions can be harnessed for social and political action.

We welcome proposals that address the following themes, but are not 
limited to:

-Theoretical perspectives on the role of emotions in media and social 
mobilisation.

-Case studies of emotional mobilisation through various forms of media. 
For instance: the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, climate change and other 
topics.

-Conspiracy theories and conspiratorial meaning-making as expressions of 
emotional mobilization.

-The weaponization of emotional mobilization in malign information 
influence operations and disinformation

-The ethical implications of emotional mobilisation in media, including 
questions of manipulation, exploitation, and privacy.

-Intermedial and multimodal perspectives on emotional mobilisation.

-The role of emotions in political campaigns and movements, and how the 
media can influence them.

-How journalism handles the tension between narration and verification.

-The relationship between emotional mobilisation and activism, and 
between emotional mobilisation and art.

-The impact of emotional mobilisation on public opinion, policy, and 
social change.

-The formation of counter-publics through alternative media.

Paper proposals should include a title, an abstract of no more than 
250–350 words, and a brief biography of the author(s). The proposals 
should be submitted by 15 August 2023 via the conference website.

The conference language is English, and papers will be selected through 
a review process. Selected papers will be considered for publication in 
an edited volume or special issue.

*Conference venue:*

The conference will be held at Linnaeus University located in the 
beautiful coastal city of Kalmar, Sweden.

*Important dates:*

Deadline for proposals: *15 August 2023*

Notification of acceptance: *22 August 2023*

Conference dates: *12–13 October, 2023 *(lunch to lunch)

*Conference fee:*

1500 SEK (or 140 €) ex VAT

The fee includes coffee breaks, lunches and a dinner.

*Confirmed keynote speaker:*

Karin Wahl Jorgensen, Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and 
Culture, Cardiff University.

**

*For more information regarding registration and submittance of papers, 
please visit the conference website: *

www.lnu.se/en/meme2023 <http://www.lnu.se/en/meme2023>or contact the 
conference organisers at (meme2023 /at/ lnu.se).

We look forward to receiving your proposals and welcoming you to Kalmar!

*Conference organisers:*

*Kristoffer Holt*

*Beate Schirrmacher*

*Andreas Jahrehorn Önnerfors*

*Magnus Danielson*

The conference is a collaboration between main organiser the Department 
of Media and Journalism, the Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal 
Studies and Fojo Media Institute, Linnaeus university, Sweden.

Submission Portal: 
https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/current/events/2023/konferenser/media-and-emotional-mobilisation-12-13-october-2023/ 
<https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/current/events/2023/konferenser/media-and-emotional-mobilisation-12-13-october-2023/>

*Contact information*

If you have any questions or inquiries about the conference, please send 
a mail to (meme2023 /at/ lnu.se) <mailto:(meme2023 /at/ lnu.se).> and one of the 
conference organisers will contact you. ”


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