Redakcje dwóch czasopism, International Journal for the Semiotics oraz Comparative Legilinguistics, ogłosiły nabór tekstów do trzech numerów specjalnych pod wspólnym hasłem "COVID-19 Infodemic - Between Law, Ethics and Fake News".
Artykuły mogą odpowiadać m.in. na następujące pytania:
1. Journalism ethics – in the light of the need to catch attention of readers numerous journals start posting and publishing unverified and misleading materials,
2. The role of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Tencent, Tiktok and others in limiting or spreading misinformation,
3. Hate speech and cyberbullying connected with pandemic and its effects on society, economy, politics, etc.
4. Cyberattacks connected with Covid-19 (Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO has seen a dramatic increase in the number of cyberattacks directed at its staff, and email scams targeting the public at large, analogously platforms made available to teachers and other sectors such as ZOOM have been hacked),
5. Ostracism directed at people who got infected and unconsciously spread the disease onto others,
6. Legal means of combating fake news, hate speech, cyberbullying,
7. Stereotyping and deviant community creation as a result of stereotypes,
8. Image manipulation,
9. Other semiotic aspects of communication during pandemic,
10. Imaging China as the first country who detected the infected people,
11. Imaging other countries hit by the virus,
12. Imaging political parties involved in decision-making processes connected with counteracting the pandemic,
13. Political discourse – modes of reporting infections, disease, asking for help, solidarity, social distancing,
14. Imagining artistic means to express concern, solidarity and hope.
Abstrakt proponowanego tekstu (do 300 słów) należy przesłać do 10 lutego br. Termin nadesłania ostatecznych wersji artykułów upłynie 15 kwietnia.
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