Dear Esteemed Partners &Colleagues,

Warm greetings from Istanbul Turkey! We hope that you are in good health and spirit,We are delighted to announce that the second of the International Communication, Digitalization and Society Symposium hosted by Istanbul Aydın University Faculty of Communication will be held as a hybrid between 24-25-26 April 2024 with the theme of "Age of Disinformation". The symposium theme ‘The Age of Disinformation’ invites communication scholars, civil society representatives, industry professionals, doctoral and graduate students. We cordially invite you to take part in the symposium by submitting scholarly papers in both Turkish and English that are in keeping with the theme and associated subtopics listed below. Topics may include but are not limited to:
Media Frames
Media, Ideology and Discourse
Media and Agenda Setting
Media and Representation
Platformization
Social Media and Echo Chambers
False and Misleading Advertising
Disinformation and Politics
Political Advertising and Disinformation
Social Media Psychology
Social Media and Disinformation
New Media in Times of War and Conflict
Slactivism
Social Media Algorithms and Disinformation
Fake News
False or Misrepresentation in Consumer Information Process
New Media and Propaganda
Anti-Science Movements and Pseudoscience in New Media
Political Economy of New Media and Disinformation
Trolling and Troll Culture
New Media and Post Truth Age
Artificial Intelligence and Disinformation
Media and Ethics
New Media and Post Truth Politics
Media and Cancel Culture
Media, Hate Crime and Hate Speech
Media Representation of Refugees
Media and Xenophobia

One of the aspects of digitization and the social use of new communication technologies that has received the most attention in recent years, both globally and in the context of Türkiye, is disinformation.Specifically, events such as recent earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş, the agenda surrounding the general elections, persistent conflicts and regional tensions within Syria and Ukraine, the migrant crisis, and the subsequent reflections of these occurrences across traditional and digital media platforms have prompted scholarly and public discussions regarding the extent, implications, origins of disinformation and potential countermeasures against this issue. The origins of media misinformation have been attributed by some critics to the distinctive features of contemporary communication technologies. Other critics, on the contrary, have made an effort to explain this phenomenon in terms of the social and psychological consequences that users are exposed to on these platforms, the peculiar political and sociocultural dynamics of postmodern society, or the political economy of the media industry. Nevertheless, there are other viewpoints that emphasize the media's capacity for self-regulation or promote increasing users' media and digital literacy skills over government intervention, as well as approaches that emphasize the regulatory role of legislators and government agencies in combating misinformation. Disinformation in the media is frequently associated to the emergence of authoritarian regimes, populist politics, pseudoscience, far-right, xenophobic, and anti-immigrant movements globally, as well as the escalation of racial, religious, and cultural tensions on an international and regional scale. The primary objective of the 2nd International Symposium on Communication, Digitalization and Society is to establish a conducive platform for the exchange of knowledge, where fostering comprehensive discussions of media disinformation with all of these different dimensions and with the participation of relevant stakeholders, especially academics.

We are looking forward to your participation in the symposium, which is open to original submissions from academics both locally and internationally. Symposium Calendar: Abstract Submission Deadline 16th February, 2024
Announcement of Accepted Abstract 15th March, 2024
Registration Deadline 1st April, 2024
Announcement of the Program 15th April, 2024
Symposium Date 24th, 25th, 26th April, 2024
Publishing the Book of Abstract 10th May, 2024
Full Text Submission 24th July, 2024 You can find comprehensive details about the symposium at https://icds.aydin.edu.tr/ 

Sincerely Yours,

Istanbul Aydın University
International Academic Relations