[Air-L] Call for Papers: Political Polarization Workshop – Social Media and Political Polarization in Non-U.S. Contexts

[Tetsuro Kobayashi]

Call for Papers: Political Polarization Workshop – Social Media and
Political Polarization in Non-U.S. Contexts

Workshop to be held in conjunction with Conference on E-Democracy and Open
Government Asia 2018 (CeDEM Asia 2018)

Conference dates: July 12-13th, 2018
Location: Yokohama, Japan


Confirmed keynotes:
Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University
Francis Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Workshop Chairs: Tetsuro Kobayashi and Marko M. Skoric

Social media allow us to tune in selectively to the sources that share our
partisan and ideological leanings, potentially resulting in attitudinal and
affective political polarization. Although selective exposure has been well
documented in both experimental and observational studies, with few
exceptions, most extant research has been conducted in the United States.
The high level of ideological polarization in the U.S. may be idiosyncratic
from a global perspective, so cross-cultural investigation is necessary for
assessing the generalizability of the findings. This panel specifically
focuses on the relationship of social media use and political polarization
in non-U.S. contexts, broadly defined. We are particularly interested in
studies examining the role of social media in political polarization in
emerging democracies, semi-democracies, and authoritarian states in Asia.
The topics for this panel may include, but are not limited to:

1. Survey studies on the impact of social media use on selective
exposure/avoidance and consequential political polarization in the non-U.S.
contexts.

2. Experimental studies testing the impact of social media use on selective
exposure/avoidance and consequential political polarization in the non-U.S.
contexts.

3. Cross-national studies examining the generalizability of the association
between social media use and political polarization.

Full papers for the workshop are due on February 15, 2018 and should have a
length of 6,000-8,000 words (excluding tables, figures, and references). To
ensure the integrity of the double-blind peer-review for submissions to
this conference, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of
the authors being known to reviewers. The authors of the document shall
replace their names in the text, references, footnotes and metadata with
"authors" only. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of a
journal (SSCI). *The authors of all accepted papers for the Political
Polarization workshop will receive a registration fee waiver, free hotel
accommodation, and a travel support grant.*

Website of CeDEM Asia 2018 and submission instructions:
https://wp.me/ptoXX-4mS

Important Dates:
Conference Date: 12-13 July, 2018
Submission deadline: February 15th, 2018 (via EasyChair from January 5th,
2018)
https://easychair.org/conferences/conference_dir.cgi?a=17090026

Notifications: March 15th, 2018

Conference Managers:
Paper submissions: Judith Schossböck, City University of Hong Kong/Danube
University Krems, judith.schossboeck at donau-uni.ac.at
Conference secretariat: Glenn Chong, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Singapore,
glenn.chong at kas.de