Call for Submissions: special issue on Intergroup Communication, for journal Group Processes and Intergroup Communication. Deadline: 30 August 2026.
Guest Editors: Sucharita Belavadi (FLAME University); Antonis Gardikiotis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki); and Howard Giles University of California, Santa Barbara and University of Queensland)
Intergroup Communication explores questions at the intersections of social psychology and communication and can broadly be defined as communication that frames and is framed by people’s group membership and social identity. The aim of the special issue is to bring together empirical and theoretical work that advances our understanding of the processes of intergroup communication. The special issue calls for work that addresses how communication flows within and between groups, shapes social identity and group norms, and is an agent of social influence within and between groups. Topics that are sought can include research on – online-communication, the role of leaders and leader rhetoric, the media, communication silos, social media, memes as a communication vehicle, intergroup hate speech, vilification of dissent, identity construction.
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