31.2343, Calls: Disc Analys, Pragmatics, Psycholing, Socioling, Text/Corpus Ling/Switzerland

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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 12:14:41
From: Cornelia Ilie [cornelia.ilie at gmail.com]
Subject: Manufacturing Dissent: Manipulation and Counter-Manipulation in Times of Crisis

 
Full Title: Manufacturing Dissent: Manipulation and Counter-Manipulation in Times of Crisis 

Date: 27-Jun-2021 - 02-Jul-2021
Location: Winterthur, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Cornelia Ilie
Meeting Email: cornelia.ilie at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Oct-2020 

Meeting Description:

Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century we have witnessed
unprecedented worldwide crises affecting political, financial, environmental
and public health sectors. These crises, culminating with the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic, have been accompanied by equally challenging ‘infodemics’, which
feed on people’s basic anxieties, spreading false information, conspiracy
theories and misleading narratives. The response actions taken at national and
transnational levels often range from crisis management to crisis
manipulation, while communication strategies are sometimes framed in a way
that obscures inconvenient and disquieting facts, so as to influence
individual behaviours and public perceptions for political gain. 

Research on the strategies and impact of manipulation has recently witnessed
dramatic expansion, resulting in a diversity of theoretical perspectives,
where manipulation is described by philosophers as an inherently social
practice (Coons and Weber 2014) inducing false beliefs and expectations
(Scanlon 1998), by discourse analysts as a form of social power abuse,
cognitive mind control and discursive interaction (Van Dijk 2006), and by
argumentation theorists as a consequence of unethical argumentation (Meyer
1987).

While several studies have addressed major aspects related to the notion,
forms and goals of manipulation, less attention has been devoted to the
dynamic interplay of discursive, meta-discursive and inter-discursive
strategies that underpin the interaction between manipulator(s) and
manipulation target(s) in terms of (mis)trust, (un)truthfulness and
(dis)empowerment. To bridge this gap, the panel proposes to redirect the
research focus towards integrated, multi-level, transdisciplinary approaches
for a systematic scrutiny of the crisis-driven manipulative practices
performed in particular socio-political and culture-specific contexts by
virtue of the power relations between manipulator(s) and the manipulation
target(s), the potential manipulability of the manipulation target(s), and the
impact of counter-manipulative and challenging responses.

The aim is to bring together scholars from relevant disciplinary areas to
explore strategies of propagating and of counteracting manipulation practices,
including deception, disinformation, misinformation, conspiracy theories,
lying and fake news, in various environments during periods of social,
economic, political and/or health crisis. The investigations may cover offline
and online discourse genres, including, but not limited to official
notifications, news reports, tweets, press conferences, mainstream vs.
independent media, parliamentary debates, election campaigns, institutional
question-and-answer sessions with citizens. Some of the questions to be
explored are: In what ways can manipulation be distinguished from persuasion?
How are manipulative practices used to promote self-legitimization and
other-delegitimization in particular socio-cultural contexts and communities
of practice? What cognitive, evaluative and emotional aspects of communication
are involved in manipulative messages?

The following scholars have confirmed their participation in the panel: Didier
Maillat & Steve Oswald; Cristina da Silva Marinho & Michael Billig;
Massimiliano Demata; Maria Stopfner; Monika Kirner-Ludwig; Martina Berrocal;
Karin Bischof & Karin Stögner; Roberta Martina Zagarella & Marco Annoni; Li
Xin; Cornelia Ilie
The discussant will be John Wilson (Northern Ireland).

The panel welcomes further papers related to its proposed theme.


Call for Papers: 

Panel contributions are welcome to this accepted panel within the 17th
International Pragmatics Conference (27 June-2 July 2021). The title of the
panel is ''Manufacturing Dissent: Manipulation and Counter-Manipulation in
Times of Crisis''.

Submissions of panel contributions should take the form of a brief abstract
(min. 350 and max. 500 words). 
The deadline for abstract submissions is 25 October 2020, but in the case of
panel contributions, the abstracts should be first submitted for acceptance to
the panel organizers by 15 October 2020 at the latest.
In conclusion, for the above-mentioned panel please send your abstract
submissions by 15 October 2020 to the panel organizer Cornelia Ilie
cornelia.ilie at gmail.com




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