*With apologies for cross-posting* Call for Papers Emerging Directions in News Use Research -Leverhulme Project Launch Event & Open Conference We are delighted to announce this Call for Papers, for the fully virtual and free 1 day conference on Emerging Directions in News Use Research on 20th March 2024. The event marks the launch of the Leverhulme Trust funded parents' news use project - which runs from the fall of 2023 to the fall of 2025. The Leverhulme News Use<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/research-projects/news-use-leverhulme> project aims to examine how parents engage with and respond to news at critical moments of crisis. The project team includes Professor Ranjana Das<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/ranjana-das>, Dr Thomas Roberts<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/thomas-roberts>, Dr Emily Setty<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/emily-setty> and Dr Maria-Nerina Boursinou from the Department of Sociology (University of Surrey) Emerging Directions in News Use Research - a day-long, international, virtual conference - aims to bring together a global group of scholars involved with researching news use, news audiences and consumption, and news engagement and disengagement. We are keen to hear from a range of empirical contexts, from projects using tried and tested as well as more creative and innovative methodologies, and to showcase the work of scholars across career stages in the fields of Sociology, Journalism, Media and Communication, and more. Keynote speakers at the event include Professor Brita Ytre-Arne<https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Brita.Ytre-Arne>, University of Bergen, Norway; Dr Jonathan Corpus Ong<https://www.umass.edu/communication/node/1525>, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Professor Kim Schroeder<https://forskning.ruc.dk/en/persons/kimsc>, Roskilde University, Denmark; Professor Sahana Udupa<https://www.en.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/staff/professors/udupa/index.html>, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany and Professor Lynn Schofield Clark<https://liberalarts.du.edu/about/people/lynn-schofield-clark>, University of Denver, Colorado. Submission Portal: We welcome submissions for a 10-12 minute paper presentation on this submission portal<https://forms.office.com/e/BiwVNNABnY> in the following areas, which are included below, but not limited to- Submission Topics: · News use, environmental change and the climate crisis · News use in relation to young people and sex and relationships · Datafication, algorithms and the news · Theoretical perspectives on news use · Methodological aspects of news consumption research · News use, risk and anxiety · Families, parenting, children and the news · News audiences and users · News literacy · News use research and global disparities and inequalities · Disinformation · News use and disconnection research Abstract Submission Details: Final submission deadline: 5pm BST on Monday 2nd December 2023 Notification of outcome: Friday 15th December 2023 Deadline for Registrations (registration is free): Monday 18th March 2024 Event date (fully online): Wednesday 20 March 2024 , 0900 to 1700* GMT Submission portal: [please submit your abstract here<https://forms.office.com/e/BiwVNNABnY>] Please email any question you may have about submissions to Dr Nerina Boursinou (m.boursinou@surrey.ac.uk)<mailto:m.boursinou@surrey.ac.uk>. Professor Ranjana Das Professor in Media and Communication Co-Editor, Sociology<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/soc> Student Consultation Hours in Semester 1: Wednesdays 0930-1130; Thursdays 1300-1500 New 2023 papers: * Contexts and dimensions of algorithm literacies: Parents' algorithm literacies amidst the datafication of parenthood<https://www-tandfonline-com.surrey.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/10714421.2023.2247825>. Out now in The Communication Review * Parents' understandings of social media algorithms in children's lives<https://www-tandfonline-com.surrey.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/17482798.2023.2240899>. Out now in Journal of Children and Media * Conditional trust: Citizens' council on data-driven media personalisation and public expectations of transparency and accountability<https://journals-sagepub-com.surrey.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.1177/20539517231184892>. Out now in Big Data & Society * Parent networks, transitional moments and the role of the digital<https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/frs/aop/article-10.1332-204674321X16841332631111/article-10.1332-204674321X16841332631111.xml>. Out now in Families, Relationships and Societies New project: Leverhulme Research Grant 2023-2025: Parents' news use, risk and crises in datafied societies New project: British Academy Grant 2023-2025: Exploring practices around emerging technologies in families raising bilingual children Twitter: @ProfRanjanaDas<https://twitter.com/DrRanjanaDas> Web: Prof Ranjana Das | University of Surrey<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/ranjana-das>