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[Commlist] Call for literature reviews for a special issue of Nordicom Review and an invitation to a workshop
Thu Sep 21 21:07:59 GMT 2023
Call for literature reviews for a special issue of Nordicom Review and
an invitation to a workshop
Preliminary title: What do We Know about Media, Communication,
Journalism, and Democracy?
Editors:
Magnus Fredriksson, Nordicom, (magnus.fredriksson /at/ nordicom.gu.se)
<mailto:(magnus.fredriksson /at/ nordicom.gu.se)>
Johannes Bjerling, Nordicom, (johannes.bjerling /at/ nordicom.gu.se)
<mailto:(johannes.bjerling /at/ nordicom.gu.se)>
Important dates:
* Workshop registration deadline: 15 December 2023
* Workshop (hybrid): 18 January 2024
* Deadline for extended abstracts:9 February 2024
* Invitation to submit full paper: 26 February 2024
* Deadline for full submissions: 27 September 2024
* Peer review: October 2024 and onwards
* Expected publication: Early autumn 2025
Nordicom invites authors to submit extended abstracts for a special
issue of Nordicom Review. The Call is for literature reviews of research
on media communication and journalism and their dependence and influence
on democracy. Proposals should include relevance for the Nordic region.
Accompanying the Call is a workshop, where we welcome authors who are
about to submit an abstract to participate. The purpose of the workshop
is to provide a forum for discussions with relevance for the special issue.
Background and aim
Media, communication, and journalism are important elements of a
well-functioning democracy, and at the same time a well-functioning
democracy is in many ways a condition for dynamic media systems,
independent journalism, and the rights to communicate freely and access
information freely.
In response to this, research on media, communication, and journalism
has always been focused on matters related to democracy – though all
scholars don’t neccessarily put democracy at the forefront. However,
irrespective of knowledge interest, theoretical position, or
methodological approach, scholars interested in media use or effects,
public discourses, media technologies, journalism, public opinion, or
organised communication activities have frequently motivated their
research with its implications and importance for politics and
democracy. Accordingly, researchers of media, communication, and
journalism have a long history of bringing important knowledge to society.
Recent developments in research with higher levels of specialisation and
a strong tendency towards compartmentalisation have made it difficult to
gain thorough overviews of the knowledge developments in research. This
is a shortcoming that not only affects scholars’ abilities to gain valid
overviews of their research domains, but it also influences the research
community’s abilities to provide substantiated knowledge to society and
to be policy relevant.
In tandem with recent developments in media systems, the circumstances
for media production, the developments of communication technologies,
and value transformations in the citizenry have increased the need for
qualified and reliable knowledge. Particulary in a time when democracy
is contested and contentious issues demand purposeful systems for
knowledge distribution as well as arenas for open and inclusive public
debates.
Bringing all this together, there is a call for scholars who will take
responsibility for the collection, consolidation, and distribution of
knowledge regarding media, communication, journalism – and democracy.
This can be done in different ways, but to systematically produce and
publish comprehensive and reliable research reviews is one that
evidently can contribute to the research community, public debate, and
policy formation.
For Nordicom, it is of relevance to provide a platform for this kind of
work and to actively distribute it. To promote democratic values is part
of our mission, and another is to actively contribute to the supply of
science-based knowledge in media policy processes in the Nordic region.
Thereby, our activities and publications aim to strengthen and
highlight Nordic perspectives in international media research. Here,
Nordicom has a unique position at the interface between academia,
industry, and politics and between Nordic and international levels.
Topics
The theme for the special issue is media, communication, and/or
journalism, with emphasis on matters relevant for democracy. We aim for
a collection of articles with a clear relevance for contemporary
democracy in the Nordic region, and we will give priority to papers with
a broader approach rather than a review with focus on a single theory or
similar. The articles are expected to answer the question “What do we
know about X?” The topics may include, but are not limited to, the
following areas:
* The effects of journalism, campaigns, and other forms of
communication on voting behaviour, political participation, or other
forms of political activities among the citizenry.
* Openness and secrecy among actors with democratic relevance,
including public administrations, corporations, and nongovernmental
organisations.
* Populism, racism, misogyny, polarisation, and disintegrative aspects
of media, communication, and journalism.
* Practices and discourses of disinformation, manipulation, and
propaganda in public debates, journalism, and other contexts.
* Communication activities, activism, advocacy, and strategies to gain
political influence.
* Journalism and communication in times of crises.
* Institutional, professional, and organisational conditions for the
production of media, communication, and journalism.
* The role of and conditions for public service as well as local,
national, and international media systems.
* The technological, political, and economic, conditions for the
production, distribution, and consumption of media, communication,
and journalism.
* Media literacy and the knowledge and abilities among the citizenry
to gain, validate, and make use of information they gain in digital
and analogue contexts.
* The role of media, communication, and journalism in creating,
maintaining, and disrupting trust for the institutions of democracy,
including media, political actors, public administrations, and
actors in civil society.
* Censorship, regulation, and the autonomy of journalism.
* The role of media, communication, and journalism in creating and
maintaining (dis)integration in multicultural contexts
The Nordic perspective
The Nordic perspective implies that the articles should focus on an
issue or a theme that is relevant given the conditions and circumstances
that characterise democracy in the Nordic region as a whole or
individual countries in the region. That is to say, the Nordic
perspective doesn’t mean that the overviews should be limited to
research conducted by scholars in the Nordic region or limited to
research focusing on the Nordic region. The Nordic relevance is to be
made explicit and discussed in the article.
Types of reviews
There are a number of different types of literature reviews – from
highly formalised methods that seek to systematically search for,
appraise, and synthesise research evidence to less-formalised approaches
which provide assessments of current literature regarding a theme or domain.
For this issue, we welcome all types of reviews, but we expect all to
focus on empirical research. In addition, all contributions must include
a discussion regarding the following:
* Search strategies and an argument for why certain keywords and
sources have been included or excluded throughout the search process.
* Selection criteria and a discussion of what material the authors
have decided to include and exclude in the review
* An overall assessment of the overview’s quality, strengths, and
shortcomings.
Procedure
Those with an interest in contributing should write an extended abstract
(max. 750 words excluding references) where the subject is described. In
addition to this, the abstract should include a discussion about how the
article fits with the overall theme, how the Nordic perspective is made
relevant, and what type of review the authors will apply.
Send your extended abstract by 9 February 2024 to (editors /at/ nordicom.gu.se)
<mailto:(editors /at/ nordicom.gu.se)>and include in the subject line:
“Submission to special issue”.
Scholars invited to submit a full manuscript (6,000–8,000 words
excluding references) will be notified by e-mailafter the abstracts have
been assessed. All submissionsshould be original works and must not be
under consideration by other publishers.
Workshop
To create a platform for knowledge exchange and to support authors who
want to contribute to the special issue, Nordicom will arrange a
workshop on 18 January 2024. The workshop will take place at Nordicom’s
facilities at the University of Gothenburg, and there will be
possibilities for online participation. The workshop is free of charge
and coffee, lunch, and dinner is included for all participants onsite.
The idea is to provide scholars who are preparing a submission for the
special issue the opportunity to present their ideas and receive
qualified feedback from fellow scholars.
If you want to participate, you should send an e-mail to
(magnus.fredriksson /at/ nordicom.gu.se)
<mailto:(magnus.fredriksson /at/ nordicom.gu.se)>and please state if you will
participate onsite or online. The last day to sign up for the workshop
is 15 December 2023.
Please note that acceptance of a paper for the special issue is not
dependent upon participation at the workshop, nor is participation in
the workshop a guarantee of full paper invitation.
Contact
Questions about the special issue and the related workshop can be
addressed to Magnus Fredriksson: (magnus.fredriksson /at/ nordicom.gu.se)
<mailto:(magnus.fredriksson /at/ nordicom.gu.se)>
About Nordicom Review
Nordicom Review adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy, and
articles are published Open Access with no processing charges for
authors. Nordicom Review includes research with relevance for the Nordic
context and welcomes interdisciplinary submissions from a worldwide
authorship.
Read more about Nordicom Review here:
https://www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publications/nordicom-review
<https://www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publications/nordicom-review>
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