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ECREA Communication & Democracy section
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ECREA section promoting thought-provoking research on the dynamic relationship between #media, #communication and #democracy 👇https://t.co/7NN8ijQSh8
🚨CFP We’re excited to invite proposals for the upcoming #ECC2026

⏳Deadline: 8 Jan 2026
✨Join us in Brno to reflect on the shifting grounds of communication and democracy!

👉Read the full call here ecrea2026brno.eu/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers | ECREA 2026 | 11th European Communication Conference
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September 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📣CFP - Communicating Democratic Decline & Resilience, Political Communication journal

Focus on political communication dynamics at work in democratic decline & democratic resilience

📆Submission deadline Dec 15
🌱Acceptance Jan 15

See the full CFP👉

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Communicating Democratic Decline & Resilience
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July 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Our conference has ended! It was such a privilege to have you 🌟
Thank you to all of our participants and keynotes for sharing their incredible contributions! We're sure these discussions will spark new and exciting research for projects to come on #AI, democracy and #socialchange🌱
May 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Insightful talk from our keynote Dr. Prof. @mbusuioc.bsky.social : public institutions need to take a leading role in responsible #AI, asking whether technology is indeed the right solution to societal problems📣
May 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A few highlights from today's panels, roundtable and #ECR workshop @bussolettiar.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Today, you can find us at the @ecreacomdem.bsky.social Automating Democracy conference in Rotterdam! 👇👇

📍 11:45 – 13:00 Parallel panel 2
🎯 AI in Public Communication: Governance and Accountability Mechanisms for Democratic Control
🔗 diacomet.eu/event/automa...
May 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Can machines think? Keynote Dr. @snatale.bsky.social on #AI & deception: how do we understand and define deception and non-deception in an age where machines are ubiquitous?
May 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
✨Dr. Delia Dumitrica opens the conference with a short speech on the surge of #AI and a few practical info on the conference
May 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Getting ready for an early start, "Automating democracy" is kicking off 🚀
May 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🚨24 HOURS TO GO Our off-year Conference kicks off tomorrow!
📅 May 22-23, 2025
📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam
🔥Ready to focus on best practices & challenges for AI-driven progressive social change
🖊️ Read more: shorturl.at/VkPfx
We’re looking forward to welcoming you in Rotterdam!
May 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
🚀Only 3 days to go until "Automating Democracy: AI Use Between Social Justice and Social Control begins"!
👀Take a look at our program automatingdemocracy.wordpress.com/preliminary-...
📅 May 22-23, 2025
📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Looking forward to welcoming you in Rotterdam!
Conference Programme
Download Programme Day 1: May 22, 202509:00 – 09:30 Arrival & coffee (Foyer) 09:30 – 10:00 Welcome (Bibliotheektheater) 10:00 – 11:15 Opening Keynote – Dr. Simone Natale AI and the automa…
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May 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📣Calling all #ECRs! We’re hosting a #PhDstudent/ rMA Training & Networking Session on "Social Media for Academic Success" with @yecrea.bsky.social rep
@bussolettiar.bsky.social

📆May 22, 13:30 – 14:15 CEST
📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam
🔗Read more: automatingdemocracy.wordpress.com/preliminary-...
May 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🙌Excited to welcome our second keynote @mbusuioc.bsky.social to our Rotterdam conference for lecture “Towards a Healthier AI Discourse: How AI Shapes Government and Society”
📅 May 23, 12:00 – 13:15 CEST
📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Read more: shorturl.at/McOtx
📢Stay tuned for the next updates!
May 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Meet our keynotes!
🙌We’re happy to welcome
@snatale.bsky.social in Rotterdam as keynote for session “AI and the automation of deception“
📅 May 22, 10:00 – 11:15 CEST
📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam
Read more: automatingdemocracy.wordpress.com/keynote-spee...
📢Stay tuned for the next updates!
Keynote speeches
Prof. Dr. Madalina Busuioc Full Professor of Public Governance in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Tentative title: “Towards a Healt…
automatingdemocracy.wordpress.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🌟Located in the heart of the city, our conference venue is “the knowledge centre & cultural stage of Rotterdam” & is easily accessible by public transport.
"Automating Democracy: AI Use Between Social Justice&Social Control"
📅 May 22-23, 2025
📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam
👉more: shorturl.at/wKhlD
Conference venue
The conference will take place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, which is easily accessible from Rotterdam/The Hague Airport, or from Amsterdam Schipol Airport (~30 mins by train). The conference venue &#…
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May 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🌍 Our off-year conference 'Automating Democracy: #AI Use Between #SocialJustice and Social Control' is happening in less than two weeks!
🌟Join us for two days of lectures, panel discussions, and an #ECR workshop!
📅 May 22-23
📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam
🖊️ Read more shorturl.at/VkPfx
May 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🚀CFP - Special Issue on Social Movement Studies - AI & Social Movements/Activists

Alice Mattoni & Lorenzo Mosca invite you to submit to an edited special issue
More info👉 shorturl.at/GAXO4
📆Deadline: June 15, 2025
Abstracts & inquiries should be sent to 🙋 sms_specialissue_ai@live.unibo.it
Artificially Enabled Social Change?
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May 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📢CFA – The ECREA Mediatization Section invites submissions for "Mediatization and Society: Truth, Trust, Technology" Symposium!
🗓 Oct 9–10, 2025
📍 Budapest, Hungary
📝 Deadline: May 20, 2025
📨 Please submit an abstract of 300-350 words via the following link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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April 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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📢 Call for Papers–Special Issue Alert!

How do digital & social media fuel alternative identities, extreme narratives & online communities in times of crisis?

@polpsyispp.bsky.social invites you to submit your work!

🔗 Learn more here: bit.ly/4gqPgop

📅 Submission deadline: April 15, 2025
January 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Thank you for joining us for the second webinar of #VoicesOfChange: Activism Democracy & Social Justice, co-organized with ICA Activism Communication & Social Justice Interest Group

👐A huge thank you to @ipostas.bsky.social for an insightful discussion on effective #climatechange communication!
February 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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✨thrilled for the second webinar of the "Voices of Change" talk series, co-organized by ICA Activism, Communication & Social Justice & @ecreacomdem.bsky.social!
@ipostas.bsky.social on “Effective climate communication: from eco-anxiety to eco-action”
👉Please register at eur.nl/en/eshcc/eve...
January 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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This is happening next week. Get registered now for the next installment of our *Voices of Change* webinar 📗 🧑🏼‍🏫 🎤 series @ecreacomdem.bsky.social @jliu2024.bsky.social @bussolettiar.bsky.social
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✨thrilled for the second webinar of the "Voices of Change" talk series, co-organized by ICA Activism, Communication & Social Justice & @ecreacomdem.bsky.social!
@ipostas.bsky.social on “Effective climate communication: from eco-anxiety to eco-action”
👉Please register at eur.nl/en/eshcc/eve...
February 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
✨thrilled for the second webinar of the "Voices of Change" talk series, co-organized by ICA Activism, Communication & Social Justice & @ecreacomdem.bsky.social!
@ipostas.bsky.social on “Effective climate communication: from eco-anxiety to eco-action”
👉Please register at eur.nl/en/eshcc/eve...
January 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
✨deadline extended to Jan 31!
📢CFP ComDem #ECREA conference "Automating Democracy: #AI Use Between #SocialJustice & Social Control"
📍Erasmus uni Rotterdam
📅22-23 May
⏳Deadline Jan 15
Guest speakers: @snatale.bsky.social & @mbusuioc.bsky.social
Discount registration fees available for PhDs & students!
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Automating Democracy: AI Use Between Social Justice and Social Control
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January 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM