ICJ2020 call for papers
The International Cultures of Journalism conference ICJ2020 aims to focus on how journalism is developing in different countries outside Western contexts.
Traditionally journalism across the world has been taught and practiced through an Anglo/American apparatus, which has not necessarily been very useful for non-Western contexts. The reasons behind this include differing political, economic, technological, social, and ideological systems in various parts of the world, which make one model of journalism training and practice infeasible. Even journalistic linguistic structures offer an effective variant to journalism practices across the world.
This two-day conference aims to discuss these variants within different structures of journalism operation around the world, and addresses issues that are relevant, but not restricted, to the following questions:
- What are the challenges or opportunities for training and/or practicing journalism within different parts of the world?
- What kind of factors influence the development of journalism in certain contexts?
- Can we see particular practices of investigative journalism emerge in different cultural journalism contexts?
- What kind of models of operation can develop in order to foster the training and practice of investigative journalism outside Western contexts?
- What case studies can we use to understand the complexity of developing non-Western models of journalism?
- What kind of theoretical or policy-based models of journalism can be developed for specific regions of the world?
- How can cultures of journalism evolve in non-Western contexts? Are there examples of ones that have developed? What do they look like?
- How have new technologies impacted and/or facilitated the development of distinctive cultures of journalism?
For any enquiries, please contact Professor Saba Bebawi (conference convener) or Oxana Onilov (conference organiser) at icj2020@uts.edu.au.
Submissions
Prospective authors are invited to present their work through the submission of abstracts and panel proposals. The deadline for submissions is 15 January 2020.
Submit paper abstracts
Abstracts for papers should be 250-500 words in length and should clearly articulate the research questions, methodological approach and findings of the work to be presented at the conference. The author should aim for a presentation of 15 minutes long.
To ensure double-blind review, the authors have to ensure that any identifying information is removed from the abstract. The abstracts are to be submitted only via our online abstract submission form.
If accepted, authors have the option to submit a full paper to be considered for post-conference publication in an edited book collection under the Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South.
Submit panel proposals
A panel should consist of 3-4 speakers for a presentation of 15 minutes each presenter. The proposal should include:
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Panel title
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Panel abstract (250-500 words) stating the rationale for the panel
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Abstracts for individual papers (250-500)
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Brief biographies of the presenters
