O Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) da University of London, acolherá, nos dias 10 e 11 de dezembro de 2024, a Conferência Social Media Communication and Right-Wing Populisms in Latin America and Beyond. As pessoas interessadas têm até ao dia 31 de julho para envias as suas propostas. A participação poderá ser presencial ou online, e serão aceites propostas em português, espanhol ou inglês.

Toma a informação no site do CLACS, aqui.  

CfP: Social Media Communication and Right-Wing Populisms in Latin America and Beyond

Conference: 10-11 December 2024 (in person and online)

Paper submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following themes:

• Analysis of communication strategies on social media by right-wing parties.
• Disinformation and fake news in right-wing populist social media campaigns.
• Meme culture and the use of codes such as humour and irony to build adherence and normalise certain forms of violence.
• The role of youth in digital mobilization for or against right-wing populisms
• The role of gender in the political communication of right-wing leaders and influencers.
• The role of AI and social media algorithms in facilitating political polarisation.
• Regulation and legal challenges in content management on social media in the political context.
• The challenges and ethics of social media research with/on right-wing populisms.

Abstracts of 250 words and a 100-word bio should be emailed to the conference organisers Gabriel Bayarri (gabriel.bayarri@sas.ac.uk) and Ainhoa Montoya (ainhoa.montoya@cchs.csic.es) by 31 July 2024. Proposals should also indicate whether the presentation will be in person or online. In order to minimize the climate impact of the conference, we encourage those based outside Europe to participate online.

This is a multilingual conference, and presentations will be accepted in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

The conference is funded by the British Academy and will be hosted by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, in collaboration with the Digital Humanities Research Hub, the Centre for the Politics of Feelings and the Institute of Language, Literature and Anthropology at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

CfP: Social Media Communication and Right-Wing Populisms in Latin America and Beyond
Conference: 10-11 December 2024 (in person and online)
CfP deadline: 31 July 2024
Address: Senate House, (in person and online) Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Event dates: 31 July 2024, 11:58PM - 11:59PM
Contact: gabriel.bayarri@sas.ac.uk
URL: https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/cfp-social-media-communication-and-right-wing-populisms-latin-america-and-beyond