[Commlist] cfp: International Conference “Communication in times of (poly)crisis and digital disruptive transformations”

*Call for Papers - The International Conference “Communication in times 
of (poly)crisis and digital disruptive transformations”*

Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Bucharest 
and The Institute for International Journalism of the E.W. Scripps 
School of Journalism, Ohio University

Organize

The International Conference “Communication in times of (poly)crisis and 
digital disruptive transformations”

Virtual and in-person sessions

June, 22-23, 2023

Bucharest, Romania

The current context in Europe and around the world seems to be marked by 
a sense of perpetual, although uneven and differently experienced, 
crisis and uncertainty. On the background of (post)Covid pandemic 
situation, issues that have been put on hold - climate change, food 
insecurity, population aging and migration, to name just a few - are 
reappearing, with a greater force, powered by the effects of Russia’s 
invasion of Ukraine and growing inequalities. These difficult challenges 
have triggered populist discourses, favor nationalism and extremism, 
mainly because the digital informational ecosystem favors the simplicity 
and emotionality of those responses.

In these boisterous times, trustworthy communication is essential; the 
high capacity of conspiracy theories to go viral, the threat of exposure 
to contradictory information and fake-news/disinformation might 
contribute to making people more vulnerable and confused and also might 
persuade them to accept and to disseminate ideologically-driven content 
and polarized information.

The purpose of this conference is to consider the state of digital 
informational ecosystem and communications research in the times of 
(poly)crisis and uncertainty. The conference theme focuses on the 
intersection between the role of quality press, traditional journalism, 
political/public communication and digital technologies, all understood 
as potential enhancers of democracy, yet vulnerable when under attack.

We invite participants to submit theoretical and empirical proposals 
that might contribute to a critical discussion on the reconfiguration of 
journalistic and political/public communication practices in a 
hybridized and polarized networked media environment.

•             How can the emerging disruptive forms of communication and 
information be meaningfully delineated?

•             How do strategies and tactics change in relation to the 
construction of (alternative) agendas, claims and politics?

•             How do journalists engage in (re)enforcing public 
confidence and accountability?

•             The proliferation of digital populism, misinformation and 
disinformation/fake - what transformations of political communication?

We are interested in papers on the following topics:

@ Disinformation and misinformation in media and public communication;

@the vulnerability of audiences in major crisis situations – the impact 
of gender, social class, age and other identity categories;

@ Ethical and moral dilemmas of using Artificial Intelligence in public 
communication

@hate speech in digital informational ecosystem;

@digital communications and the re-actualization of populism and 
nationalism;

@ Conceptual and methodological challenges of studying journalists’ 
roles in a digital environment

@ communication role in citizen sciences and participatory 
transformation of research;

@ Marcom and creative industries strategies;

@data-driven propaganda strategies and conspiracy theories.

@organizational communication (in time of crisis), communication 
campaigns, types of activism and political movements in the digital 
informational ecosystem.

@ communication of climate change and adaptation; politics of climate

@ (higher) education in digital informational ecosystem

*Practical information*

The abstract (300 words) will contain author’s/authors’ details, the 
study’s purpose, research questions, employed methodology or approach, 
(potential) results, including references.

The submission languages are English and Romanian. The time allocated to 
each presentation will be 15-20 minutes, and it can be delivered 
online/virtual and face to face (the corresponding author is expected to 
express this choice when submitting the abstract). The deadline for 
abstract submission is April, 23, 2022, at the address: 
(conference /at/ fjsc.ro) <mailto:(conference /at/ fjsc.ro)>

  NO participation fees.

If you have further questions, please contact the organizers at the 
address: (conference /at/ fjsc.ro) <mailto:(conference /at/ fjsc.ro)>


*Organising Committee*

Antonio Momoc, Dean - FJSC, PhD, Associate professor, University of 
Bucharest

Romina Surugiu, Vice Dean - FJSC, PhD, Associate professor, University 
of Bucharest

Jatin Srivastava, PhD, Full Professor, Ohio University, Institute for 
International Journalism (IIJ)

Nicoleta Apostol, PhD, Lecturer, University of Bucharest

Alexandra Bardan, PhD, Lecturer, University of Bucharest



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