[Commlist] Call for Submissions // 4S/EASST Amsterdam // Panel 370 // Live from the Frontlines: The Mediation of Armed Conflict Through Online Platforms

We are inviting contributions to the open panel 370. “Live from the 
Frontlines: The Mediation of Armed Conflict Through Online Platforms”for 
the upcoming EASST-4S 2024, which will take place in Amsterdam, 
Netherlands on 16-19 July 2024.

Deadline for submission is February 12, 2024.

*This panel brings together researchers interested in the mediation of 
wars to discuss media’s influence on current violent conflicts, e.g. the 
Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Palestine war. We explore 
critical approaches to war and media, with a focus on presenters from 
conflict regions.*

Armed conflicts and media technologies are tied together in modern 
warfare. The rise in the use of social media, owned by large technology 
platforms, in the ongoing conduct of wars, in their documentation and in 
influencing different actors in ways that transform warfare, raises many 
questions. During current wars in Ukraine and Palestine and Israel, new 
media technologies have been used to sway global public opinion, to 
expose and document human rights violations, to challenge narratives 
promoted by legacy media and state actors and to document life under 
fire or experiences of combatants. At the same time, Social Media 
platforms are being weaponized - for the spread of disinformation, 
propaganda and psychological warfare by state and non-state actors. 
Platform companies are tasked with moderating masses of content, leading 
to claims of unjust treatment and censorship.
We are interested in contributions that address issues such as:

  * How is social media becoming part of military tactics and used for
    geopolitical influence (through hacking, bot wars, and the spread of
    disinformation)?
  * How is content moderation online weaponized for silencing dissenting
    voices under the guise of security issues?
  * The rise of OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) as a mode of
    investigating truths on the battlefield.
  * How can STS researchers develop a critical approach and theory
    towards war and its media technologies?
  * Actors’ choice of terminology and its implications, also with regard
    to the spread of narratives online (war, invasion, occupation,
    military operation, genocide, annexation).
  * What challenges does this provide in terms of digital and
    information literacy and connectivity for people who follow the
    events of war online?
  * Also, with a view towards more optimistic outcomes - can media
    technology be used for conflict resolution and how?

We ask to center this on scholars from regions under war and conflict, 
while also inviting others to contribute.

Submissions: If you would like to participate in this session, please 
submit your individual abstract of approx. 250 words and follow the 
instructions described here:

Link to the submission form: 
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/paper-form/14454 
<https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/paper-form/14454>

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The 2024 quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association for the 
Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social 
Studies of Science (4S) invites panels, presentations, making & doing 
contributions, and other events that explore the role of STS in making 
and doing contributions to transformations in an era of grand societal 
challenges.

More information can be found here: https://www.easst4s2024.net/ 
<https://www.easst4s2024.net/>

Please contact us if you have any questions
Yarden Skop ((yarden.skop /at/ uni-siegen.de) 
<https://mailto:(yarden.skop /at/ uni-siegen.de)>)
Sarah Rüller ((sarah.rueller /at/ uni-siegen.de) 
<https://mailto:(sarah.rueller /at/ uni-siegen.de)>)
Houda Elmimouni ((Helmimo /at/ iu.edu) <https://mailto:(Helmimo /at/ iu.edu)>)


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