[Air-L] CfP (EN & FR): Untangling the knots between disinformation and inequalities

[Nadia Tjahja]

Dear all,

A whole area of media and communication research investigates how different inequalities shape, and are shaped by, the production, the circulation, the reception and the effects of news and other kinds of information (e.g. Le Cam et al., 2023; Skarsbø Lindtner et al., 2024).

This bilingual (English and French) special issue in Recherches en communication aims to develop such lines of enquiry within the field of disinformation research. Inequalities are only partially or marginally addressed in academic research and public discourse on disinformation (Kuo & Marwick, 2021; Nieminen, 2024). This special issue aims to deepen our understanding of the multiple intersections between disinformation and inequalities.

This special issue is an initiative of EDMO BELUX 2.0, a multidisciplinary hub that brings together academics, fact-checkers, disinformation analysts, and media literacy organizations to monitor, analyze and contribute to the mitigation of disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg (https://belux.edmo.eu). EDMO BELUX 2.0 is one of the 14 national or regional hubs being coordinated by EDMO.eu, the European Digital Media Observatory (https://edmo.eu<https://edmo.eu/>).

Proposals may be submitted in English or French. We particularly encourage proposals that take Belgium and/or Luxembourg as fields of study but any proposal in line with the issue’s topic is welcome, regardless of the geographical scope. Proposals may be programmatic, theoretical, methodological or empirical, and may be rooted in any of the approaches and methodologies in media and communication research.

Proposals are invited to follow one or more of the three research avenues outlined: disinformation as a source of inequalities, disinformation as an outcome of inequalities, and inequalities in the mitigation of disinformation.

More information is available here:
https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/rec/announcement/view/1233

Interested authors are invited to submit an abstract of 750 words all-inclusive by 6 April 2025.

Kind regards,

Ms Nadia Tjahja
Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Brussels School of Governance | Adjunct Professor & Researcher
https://brussels-school.be/research/digitalisation-democracy-and-innovation

United Nations University – CRIS | Co-Coordinator of the Digital Governance Cluster
www.cris.unu.edu<http://www.cris.unu.edu/>
YOUthDIG Coordinator, European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG)<https://www.eurodig.org/>
European Regional Editor, Policy & Internet Journal (P&I<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19442866>)