the VI International Conference on Online Journalism - Threats to Online Journalism
22 and 23 November, Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto.
The organization of the VI International Conference on Online Journalism (#6COBCIBER) invites interested researchers to submit, until June 15, proposals for communications to be presented at the Conference. These should preferably address the “Threats to Online Journalism”, a subject on which we leave some topics:
– Fake news;
– Post truth;
– Clickbait;
– Sponsored content;
– End of Internet neutrality;
– Disinformation;
– Immediatism and publication without verification;
– Infotainment;
– Sensationalism;
– Viral content;
– Manipulation;
– Bias;
– Decontamination;
– Self-publishing;
– Amateur publication;
– Anonymity;
– Sedentary lifestyle;
– Multitasking production;
– Disinvestment;
– Disintermediation;
– Deregulation;
– Precariousness;
– Social networks;
– Search engines;
– Aggregators;
– Predation of contents;
– Trafficking in personal data;
– Intrusive advertising;
– Ad blockers;
– Automation;
– Robots.
Proposals, in abstract form, may be written in Portuguese, Spanish, French or English. Each of them should include a description of 400 to 500 words, including, in particular, the topic and relevance of the same, hypothesis or argument, conceptual and methodological framework, expected results and up to five keywords.