Call for Papers ECREA Audience and Reception Studies 2025: Navigating Algorithmic Society

The Media and Communications Department at Södertörn University, in collaboration with the Audience and Reception Studies (ARS) section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), is organizing the ARS mid-year conference 2025. Titled “Navigating Algorithmic Society: Audiences’ Tactics to Understanding the World,” the event will take place on October 30-31, 2025, in Stockholm, Sweden.

The conference will explore how media users engage with an increasingly algorithm-driven media landscape. Thematic discussions will address key issues such as algorithms and datafication, social media and information practices, media literacies, participatory media, and the impact of platforms on everyday life. Scholars from across Europe and beyond are invited to present their research on audience tactics in an ever-changing digital world.

The conference will serve as a crucial forum for scholars to analyze shifting digital environments and their implications for social cohesion, news consumption, and information flows.

For more details, including the call for papers and submission deadlines, visit the official website.

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