Beware of the stereotype: Categories, Generalizations and Clichés in Journalistic Language and Journalism Practice

Having established a solid reputation in research into journalism theory and journalism practice, the Brussels Institute for Journalism Studies (BIJU - member of BCLS) is proud to launch its sixth call for papers for a new international conference. The topic for this year will be categories, generalizations and clichés in journalistic language and journalism practice. We welcome submissions from all relevant disciplinary backgrounds approaching the central theme of ‘stereotypes in the news’ from a conceptual, empirical or methodological perspective; using quantitative and qualitative methods, or a mixed-methods design; and looking into journalism practices, products, or audiences. Possible topics include but are by no means limited to:
•Pigeonholing in journalism
•Stereotypical representations in journalism
•generic language use in journalism
•Presuppositions and inferences in journalistic language
•The linguistic expression of stereotypes and generalizations in journalism