#AoIR 2nd Flashpoint Symposium: Second Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Flashpoint Symposium Unisinos Porto Alegre Porto Alegre, Brazil, April 17, 2020 |
Conference website | https://aoirflashpoint20.home.blog/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aoir2ndflashpointsym |
Submission deadline | January 27, 2020 |
This second Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Flashpoint Symposium seeks to investigate the digital transformations regarding the issues of polarization, media manipulation and resistance in the Latin America Context. It will be the first AoIR event to occur in South America, and will happen in April 17th, 2020, at Unisinos Porto Alegre.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
The #AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2020 welcomes contributions that address the themes above, including but not limited to the following questions:
- How digital media impact polarization and democracy in Latin America?
- How has digital media manipulation been involved in the recent elections in these countries and impacted political participation in these countries?
- What forms of resistance come from these digital contexts?
- What is resistance and how it can be connected to these questions?
- Has social media been fueling political polarization?
- How polarization impacts political conversation in these contexts?
- How are these contexts connected to disinformation?
Instructions for submissions: Proposals for papers/posters should be in the form of an extended abstract with 1500 words containing title, the research question, theoretical background, methods and results. Submissions will go through a double-blind review. Information about the authors and affiliation should be in the pdf. Submissions will be recommended for (1) paper sections or (2) poster sections. There will be a special poster section for undergraduate students.
List of Topics
- social media
- disinformation
- manipulation
- technology
Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in digital format.