[Commlist] Comunicação e Sociedade: Call for papers on “Communication and Freedom”

Comunicação e Sociedade: Call for papers  on “Communication and Freedom”

It is open the call for papers for Comunicação e Sociedade on 
“Communication and Liberty” until November 15, 2023.

Thematic Editors: Luís António Santos (CECS, Universidade do Minho, 
Portugal) and Liziane Guazina (Universidade de Brasília, Brasil)

The introduction of democratic rule in Portugal paved the way for a 
journey of freedom that is now 50 years old. Revolutionary on many 
levels, the change experienced since April 1974 had a particularly 
significant impact on the field of communication. The end of censorship 
represented a new hope for expanding thought, creativity, and critical 
thinking. The media landscape was transformed to align with the 
development trends promoted by technology.
Portugal is currently ranked ninth in the Reporters Without Borders 
press freedom index. However, the encouraging position does not conceal 
emerging threats. Extremist discourses, social media vulnerabilities, 
disinformation processes, economic constraints particularly affecting 
news organisations, limited civic engagement, job instability in various 
sectors, and the rapid pace at which technologies offer new 
opportunities are all challenges that require a reassessment of the 
concept and the ups and downs of freedom.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in 
Portugal, the journal Comunicação e Sociedade dedicates this special 
volume to exploring the connection between communication and freedom. 
While primarily centred on information and journalism, this issue also 
accommodates contributions that contemplate other professional, 
intellectual and artistic fields of communication, all of which have 
freedom as a structuring axis. Relating to politics, economics, art, 
ethics, history, culture and science, the submissions for this edition 
should focus on a critical analysis of freedom within the context of 
communicative action.
Within this framework, we welcome manuscripts, whether or not rooted in 
empirical approaches, that aim to offer insights into the following themes:

• Press freedom and disinformation;
• History and consolidation of freedom;
• Ethical considerations of freedom of expression;
• Politics, citizenship, and freedom of participation;
• Information flows, social media and new freedoms;
• Freedom and digital vulnerabilities;
• Multiculturalism and freedom;
• Creativity and critical thinking;
• Regulation and freedom;
• Labour conditions and journalistic freedom;
• Freedom and quality of communication;
• Creation and freedom in the arts.

Proposals submission (full manuscript): September 15 to November 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)
No payment from the authors will be required.

Sofia Gomes
Communication and Society Research Centre
Instituto de Ciências Sociais | Universidade do Minho
Campus de Gualtar | 4710-057 Braga, Portugal



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