34.990, FYI: CFP - Elad-Silda - Conspiracy Theories

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LINGUIST List: Vol-34-990. Wed Mar 22 2023. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 34.990, FYI: CFP - Elad-Silda - Conspiracy Theories

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From: Alma-Pierre Bonnet [alma-pierre.bonnet at univ-lyon3.fr]
Subject: CFP - Elad-Silda - Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy Theories: Defying reality in a post-truth world and digital
era

>From the death of Roman Emperor Nero to the assassination of JFK in
1963 and the 1969 moon landing, or more recently, from the Covid-19
vaccine rollout to the results of the 2020 US Presidential election,
conspiracy theories seem to underpin, if not shape, a vast amount of
political debates. In its “Guide to Conspiracy Theories”, EU research
network COMPACT defines “conspiracy theories” as “the belief that
events are secretly manipulated behind the scenes by powerful forces”.
Douglas and al. argue that those theories are “attempts to explain the
ultimate causes of significant social and political events and
circumstances with claims of secret plots by two or more powerful
actors” or “any group perceived as powerful and malevolent”. COMPACT
notices that “over the past twenty years, their significance and
popularity has been increasing steadily, especially online”, in the
Western world, but not only. In terms of time and space, conspiracy
theories seem to know no boundary. This is what makes them so
interesting – and dangerous – and this is one of the reasons for their
academic appeal.

This issue of ELAD SILDA will contribute to the growing academic
literature on conspiracy theories by adopting a multilingual,
linguistic and discourse analysis approach. In line with the three
areas of research developed by the CEL, submissions can focus on
phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical, pragmatic
and/or stylistic phenomena, from a theoretical perspective or from an
applied perspective on discourse analysis. ELAD-SILDA is
corpus-oriented, and submissions should aim to establish a systematic
and narrow link between the linguistic phenomena under scrutiny and
their actual usage in specific discursive contexts. This issue is not
limited to the English-speaking world and papers on other geographical
areas and in the different languages studied by the researchers at the
CEL, (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese,
Polish, Russian and Spanish) are welcome.

As conspiracy theories are now “omnipresent among members of modern
and traditional societies” (Van Prooijen and Van Vugt, 2018), papers
on the following topics are particularly welcome (non-exhaustive
list):

- The terminological, discursive and linguistic dimension of
conspiracy theories and their (seemingly limitless) potential to
create new terms and new concepts (“sheeples”, “chemtrails”, “9/11
truthers”, the use of the pronoun “they”, etc.)

- The causes of this phenomenon, by focusing on the methods and
targets of conspiracy theories (multimodal analyses will be welcomed).

- Relevant examples, as the current context seems to encourage
conspiracy theories (the rise of populism, which thrives on conspiracy
theories, seems indeed to be fertile ground for this phenomenon).
Comparative approaches will be welcomed.

- The means of spreading conspiracy theories (political speeches,
digital platforms, etc.) and the rhetorical devises used by conspiracy
theorists (metaphors, storytelling, etc.). Any corpus-based approach
will be relevant.

- The potential consequences and the impact of those stories, as they
are relevant to a wide variety of fields: psychology, political
science, sociology, history, information sciences, and the humanities
at large.

Please send your proposals to Alma-Pierre Bonnet
(alma-pierre.bonnet at univ-lyon3.fr) before 31 March 2023. The articles
are due by 15 September 2023. Submissions will be double-blind
peer-reviewed by two members of the international scientific
committee. Abstract submissions should include a title in English, in
French and in the language of the article, as well as a short abstract
(between 200 and 350 words) in English, in French and in the language
of the article (if different from French or English) and selected
bibliographical references.

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis

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