[Commlist] CFP: Political Studies Association Annual International Conference – Media and Politics themed panels at main conference

CFP: Political Studies Association Annual International Conference – 
Media and Politics themed panels at main conference

Date: 14 – 16 April 2025

Location: Birmingham, #PSA25 (In-person only conference)

Deadline for abstracts: *Friday, 18 October, 2024 *(using Ex-Ordo 
<https://psa25.exordo.com/login> system)

The PSA Media and Politics Group invites members to submit paper 
abstracts for our specialist stream at the PSA Annual International 
Conference 2025. This call is for the main annual PSA conference in 
April and is not to be confused with our own MPG conference, which is 
also taking place in Birmingham in January 2025.

Conference theme: WHAT NEXT?

The world has faced a series of ongoing economic, environmental, health 
and (geo)political crises over the past two decades. In 2025, the year 
after the ‘year of elections’, we will know the latest electoral and 
ideological responses to such crises, and whether any new ones have been 
provoked. It is in this context that we ask, ‘What Next?’ (with 
whichever intonation you prefer).

While the main theme of this conference is on what follows the ‘year of 
elections’, the Media and Politics Group operates an open and inclusive 
policy, and *papers dealing with any aspect of media and politics are 
welcomed*. This may include areas of political communication and 
journalism but also includes a broader view of the political within 
online media, television, gaming, cinema, and media arts, both factual 
and fictional.

Potential topics could include (but are not limited to):

• The rise of alternative political media and changing public attitudes 
towards mainstream media • The power of political satire, cartoons, and 
memes • Online harassment and abuse • The role of affect, emotion, and 
authenticity within political communication • Disinformation, 
misinformation, malinformation, and threats to democratic health • The 
opportunities and challenges of digital campaigning • Datafication and 
challenges to democracy • Activism, social movements, and the media • 
Media, communication, and inequality • Media and human rights • The 
methodological challenges of researching media and politics • 
Decolonising/diversifying political communication research

Note that this year the conference is open for in-person attendance 
only. Please submit abstracts of up to 300 words using the Ex Ordo 
system by *Friday, 18 October*.

Details on how to submit to the Ex-Ordo system here: 
https://www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-annual-conference 
<https://www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-annual-conference>

You will find out about the status of your abstract in mid-November.


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