<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:標楷體, dfkai-sb;font-size:16px"><div style="line-height:150%" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4478"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4479"><u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4480"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4481">Post-civility and ALT-Conflict<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4482"></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="line-height:150%" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4483"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4484"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4485">Thematic issue to be published in the <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4486">Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict</i><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4487"></o:p></span></b></div><div style="line-height:150%" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4488"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4489"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4490">Editors<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4491"></o:p></span></b></div><div style="line-height:normal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4492"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4493"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4494">Pilar G. Blitvich<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4495"></o:p></span></b></div><div style="line-height:normal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4496"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4497"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4498">Maria Sifianou<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4499"></o:p></span></b></div><div style="line-height:150%" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4500"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4501"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4502"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4503"> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4504"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4505">The post-truth
(Suiter, 2016; Montgomery, 2017) era characterized, among others, by
alternative facts and fake news has made it evident to the public at large that
the definitions of <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4506">true</i> and <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4507">false</i> are clearly subject to discursive
struggle. The assumption of truth is, however, fundamental to society.
According to Keyes (2004), society would crumble if we assumed others were as
likely to mislead as they were to tell the truth. Keyes warns us that we are
dangerously close to that point. Not
only notions of truth, but notions of what counts as civility as a necessary
foundation of public discourse (Sellers, 2004) are also under close, societal
scrutiny. <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4508"></o:p></span></div><div style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4509"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4510">Crucially, truth
and in/civility are frequently seen as intertwined. Recently, a fake news
webpage editor argued on a segment of the US program <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4511">Sixty Minutes</i> that fake news headlines need to be incendiary to
increase their likelihood of being believed (recent examples are articles
accusing Hilary Clinton of supporting the mutilating and abusing of children,
Barbwire, October 8, 2016). It seems that, in an extremely polarized world,
information rings truer if it constructs those people or ideologies one dislikes
in a negative light, in extremely uncivil terms. It could be argued then that
civility is one of the casualties of the post-truth era.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4512"></o:p></span></div><div style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4513"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4514">The aim of this thematic
issue is to delve into the reasons behind the massive turn to conflict/aggression/impoliteness
in public (institutional and non-institutional) discourse, to understand why it
has become such a powerful weapon in the hands of so many, and how it relates
to understandings of truth. <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4515"></o:p></span></div><div style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4516"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4517">We welcome
contributions exploring, but not restricted to, the following topics:<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4518"></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4519"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4520">a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4521"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4522">Is massive conflict/aggression/impoliteness
in public discourse a new development or has it always been around? Historical
perspectives.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4523"></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4524"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4525">b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4526"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4527">Discursive
struggle over understandings of public conflict/aggression/ impoliteness/incivility.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4528"></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4529"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4530">c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4531"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4532">The online expansion
of conflict/aggression/impoliteness. <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4533"></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4534"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4535">d)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4536"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4537">Political/Partisan
rhetoric and conflict/aggression/ impoliteness.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4538"></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4539"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4540">e)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4541"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4542">Polarization and
conflict/aggression/impoliteness.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4543"></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4544"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4545">f)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4546"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4547">Fake news and conflict/aggression/
impoliteness. Conflict/aggression/ impoliteness and notions of truth.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4548"></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4549"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4550">g)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4551"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4552">Public conflict/aggression/
impoliteness and its possible merits<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4553"></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4554"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4555">h)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4556"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4557">Multiplicity of
news/communication outlets and conflict/aggression/ impoliteness<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4558"></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4559"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4560">i)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4561">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4562">Impact of highly publicized conflict/aggression/impoliteness.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4563"></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height:150%" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4564"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4565"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4566"> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4567"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4568">To be considered for inclusion in the thematic issue,
please send a circa <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4569">400-word</b>
proposal to the editors (</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4570"><a href="mailto:jlac-editor@uncc.edu" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4571"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4572"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4573">jlac-editor@uncc.edu</span></b></a><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4574"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4575">) </span></b><span style="background:#F7F7F7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4576">no
later than <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4577">February 15, 2018</b>. Once
proposals have been selected, a more detailed publication schedule will be
provided.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4578"></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-indent:.5in" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4579"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4580"> </span></div><h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4581"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4582">References<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4583"></o:p></span></h1><h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4584"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-weight: normal;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4585">Keyes, R. (2004). <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4586">The post-truth era: Dishonesty and deception in
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M. (2004). Ideals of public discourse. In Sistare, C. T. (Ed.), </span><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4601"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4602">Civility and its discontents </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4603">(pp.
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Post-truth politics. <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4608">Political Insight</i> 7(3), 25-27.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516211266448_4609"></o:p></span></div></div></body></html>