Brazilian Journalism Research is pleased to announce a call for papers for the dossier "Contemporary updates to journalism theories and concepts".
This call for papers is part of BJR's 20th anniversary celebrations and features contributions from guest editors Tim P. Vos (Michigan State University, USA) and Marcos Paulo da Silva (Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil).
The theories and related concepts of journalism have gone through a historical period that has challenged their limits in empirical, normative, epistemological and even ontological terms. It is no coincidence that the scenario of uncertainty, reconstruction and resignification of theories and concepts that help explain contemporary journalistic practice is directly related to the disruption journalism has experienced in recent decades, whether as a social institution, as a profession, as a language or as a form of knowledge of concrete reality.
This context, however, does not negate the accumulated wisdom of decades of theorizing about journalism, nor the relevance of new studies on the theoretical foundations of the field. On the contrary, in contexts of crises and structural transformations journalism is faced with the question of its own social necessity as a foundation of democracy.
Important Dates:
Article submission: until January 15, 2025.
Articles accepted: until July 31, 2025.
Edition published: until December 31, 2025.
Access the full CFP:
Contemporary updates to journalism theories and concepts (ENG)
Atualizações contemporâneas nos conceitos e nas teorias do jornalismo (PT)
Actualizaciones contemporáneas de los conceptos y teorías del periodismo (ESP)
Actualisations contemporaines des concepts et des théories du journalisme (FRA)