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Call for book chapter proposals
As most other political and social forces the far right in modern societies has to take into account the prominent and ever increasing role the media play in shaping the political culture and political attitudes. From this, different approaches have been developed by far rightist activists and organisations to meet the media and to make use of it. In addition, a broad range of attempts, some more successful than others, have been started by the far right to become independent from what they call the ›system media‹ in order to be able to disseminate political messages unrestricted. On the other hand, democratic media often have problems with reporting about the far right as they either tend to hush it up, to scandalize it or to attack it in a way that might provoke feelings of solidarity. Finally, there is the complex problem that media might influence the ups and downs of far right parties by giving certain political issues too much/too less space or by addressing them in a certain way. The volume aims at presenting various approaches to this complex and multifaceted relationship between the media and the far right in contemporary European socie-ties and to exhibit both the breadth and the depth of research and exhibition in the various disciplines concerning this issue. Following a multi-disciplinary approach contributions from media studies, sociology, political science, history, ethnography, visual sciences and rhetoric are highly welcomed. Submissions should highlight original thought and critical thinking dealing with, for example, but not limited to the following themes:
Abstracts of approx. 700 words outlining the basis idea, theoretical assumptions, methodology and the empirical material used should be sent together with a short c.v. by e-mail to virchow Please send your submission as a Word file e-mail attachment with ‘Media & the extreme right’ in the subject line. Virus-infected and unreadable files will not be considered. Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2006
Papers should not have more than 8,000 words including footnotes and references. Also include a 200-word abstract.
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