29.295, Calls: Discourse Analysis / Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict (Jrnl)

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Subject: 29.295, Calls: Discourse Analysis / Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict (Jrnl)

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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:53:32
From: Maria Sifianou [msifian at enl.uoa.gr]
Subject: Discourse Analysis / Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 


Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis 

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2018 

Call for Papers:

Post-civility and ALT-Conflict
Thematic issue to be published in the Journal of Language Aggression and
Conflict
Editors
Pilar G. Blitvich
Maria Sifianou

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 true and false 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. 

Crucially, truth and in/civility are frequently seen as intertwined. Recently,
a fake news webpage editor argued on a segment of the US program Sixty Minutes
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.

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.

We welcome contributions exploring, but not restricted to, the following
topics:
a) Is massive conflict/aggression/impoliteness in public discourse a new
development or has it always been around? Historical perspectives.
b) Discursive struggle over understandings of public conflict/aggression/
impoliteness/incivility.
c) The online expansion of conflict/aggression/impoliteness. 
d) Political/Partisan rhetoric and conflict/aggression/ impoliteness.
e) Polarization and conflict/aggression/impoliteness.
f) Fake news and conflict/aggression/ impoliteness. Conflict/aggression/
impoliteness and notions of truth.
g) Public conflict/aggression/ impoliteness and its possible merits
h) Multiplicity of news/communication outlets and conflict/aggression/
impoliteness
i) Impact of highly publicized conflict/aggression/impoliteness.

To be considered for inclusion in the thematic issue, please send a circa
400-word proposal to the editors (jlac-editor at uncc.edu) no later than February
15, 2018. Once proposals have been selected, a more detailed publication
schedule will be provided.

References:
Keyes, R. (2004). The post-truth era: Dishonesty and deception in contemporary
life. St. Martin's Press.
Montgomery, M. 2017. Post-truth politics? Authenticity, populism and the
electoral discourses of Donald Trump. Journal of Language and Politics 16(4),
619-639.
Sellers, M. (2004). Ideals of public discourse. In Sistare, C. T. (Ed.),
Civility and its discontents (pp. 15-24). Lawrence, KS: University Press of
Kansas.
Suiter, J. (2016). Post-truth politics. Political Insight 7(3), 25-27.




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