The Arab U.S. Association for Communication Educators

AUSACE 2022


Communication



AUSACE 2022 Call for Paper pdf



Journalism in Fake News Era 



12-14 October 2022 , Örebro University, Sweden 



Welcome to the 26th Arab US Association for Communication Educators Conference  (AUSACE). The conference will be hosted by and held in Örebro, Sweden between 12-14  October 2022.  



The aim of this year’s conference is to explore and critique how journalism is  redefining its identity and reimagining its practices against the economic, cultural, and  technological challenges especially in a fake news era. 



Studies show that fake news and false rumours spread six times faster on Twitter  than any attempts to correct or clarify in response. Many more people are only seeing the  first version of a story, not the following ones with updates, making it even more imperative  that journalists get the facts right on the first go. Incidents of racism, anti-Semitism and  Islamophobia have risen past their previous peak levels following the 9/11 terrorist attacks  and the 2010 Arab spring. Misinformation, hateful rhetoric and discourses about the motives,  and citizenship status of these groups have all led to harassment, graffiti, and mass shootings.  From fake news to the deep fake, being in a digital era expanded possibilities for fabrication  and falsehood are endangering the fourth estate, especially when many people are turning  their minds to the future of journalism. 



Given crises in our political and cultural worlds, along with advances in multi faceted communication technologies, we must turn our attention to the future of journalism.  How, in the future, are we to know the difference between truth, myth and lies? And how  can our scholarship and education help? We are open to work that considers the role of  journalism and journalists, as well as media and communication studies that consider  professional cultures and practices, organizational and economic conditions, local and hyper local media, civic engagement and public sphere, text and content, and audiences. 



We invite proposals that address this multifaceted phenomenon focusing on topics that include, but are not limited to, the following: 



1. Professional identities and organizational cultures



2. Local and hyper-local media 



3. Social and civil functions of local journalism and impact on the public sphere 4. Participatory/citizen journalism, community media 



5. Audience 



6. Emerging trends in digital storytelling, immersive journalism, data visualization 



7. New forms of journalism activism including but not limited to migrant journalism, political activism, etc. 



8. How the public and journalists contribute to, perceive, and deal with misinformation, disinformation, and fake new 



Successful abstracts will be considered for inclusion in a Special Issue proposal to be  submitted to Nordic Journal of Media Studies and Cultural 



Working language for the conference is both Arabic and English. Please send abstracts  to Ahmed El Gody: ahmed.elgody@oru.se 



For further inquiries regarding AUSACE, contact the President, Dr. Yousef  Alfailakawi: yalfailakawi@yahoo.com



Key dates: 



• Abstract of 250-500 words maximum submission is March 01, 2022.  



• Authors notified of acceptance: April 04, 2022 



• Full papers due: August 22, 2022