[acc-cca-l] CFP: Special Issue on "Communicating Climate Change in an Age of Rising Authoritarian Populism"

[Sibo Chen]

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Dear colleagues,

Please see the attachment for the CFP for a special issue of the Journal of Environmental Media on the topic "Communicating Climate Change in an Age of Rising Authoritarian Populism." This special issue accepts proposals of insightful essays or case commentaries (1,000–2,000 words), as well as full-length articles (7,000 words). If you're interested, please feel free to reach out to us and/or send us a commentary pitch or article extended abstract.

More information about the Journal of Environmental Media could be found here: https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-environmental-media

--- CFP Synopsis ---

Special Issue Editors

  *   Dr. Sibo Chen (Toronto Metropolitan University)
  *   Dr. Jill Hopke (DePaul University)
  *   Dr. Antal Wozniak (University of Liverpool)

Timeline

  *   Extended Abstract Deadline: 31 October 2025
  *   Submission Deadline: 15 March 2026
  *   Projected Publication Date: Autumn 2026

Overview: This Special Issue aims to provide a dedicated forum to analyze how climate change is communicated – or obscured – amid the rise of far-right and authoritarian populism worldwide. We seek concise yet theoretically informed contributions that illuminate the dynamics of climate politics as a communication phenomenon. We especially welcome contributions that go beyond the Global North, examining cases in the Global South as well as transnational phenomena.

Contributors may address (but are not limited to) the following topics:

  *   Authoritarian media, censorship, and climate information;
  *   Climate populism and culture wars;
  *   Digital misinformation ecosystems, including generative AI deep fakes and climate change; Eco-fascism and right-wing environmentalism;
  *   Far-right discourses of climate denial and delay;
  *   High-tech capitalism and climate change;
  *   Climate activism in authoritarian political contexts;
  *   Challenges for messaging to partisan audiences;
  *   Media, extreme weather and crisis narratives.

Regards
Sibo

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Sibo Chen (he/him)
Associate Professor
School of Professional Communication
Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)

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