Call for Participation: Bristol Digital Cultures Research Centre seminar on Multi-Sensoriality in Emergent MediaOctober 28, 2026 at 12:30 – 14:00 [Time zone in Bristol, UK; note time change October 25, 2026 – Matthew] Online via Zoomhttps://www.dcrc.org.uk/dcrc-seminar-with-susan-kozel-muindi-fanuel-muindi-tom-livingstone/ Please join us for the first 2026/27 UWE Bristol Digital Cultures Research Centre seminar on Multi-sensoriality in Emergent Media. We have a fantastic lineup: Susan Kozel, Muindi Fanuel Muindi and Tom Livingstone. The seminar will take place on line 12:30 – 14:00 on Wednesday October 28th, 2026. You will find the Zoom link and the speakers’ abstracts here below. Zoom link: https://uwe-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99660618540Meeting ID: 996…

Call for Chapters: Body-Worn Cameras and the Visual Politics of Violence: Embodied WitnessingRoutledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies serieshttps://ecrea.eu/page-18206/13670415 Edited by Lewis Rarm (Victoria University of Wellington) and Federico Selvini (IULM University) Deadline for submission of abstracts and bio statements: November 1, 2026 Since the early 2000s, wearable cameras have become increasingly prominent consumer recording technologies. Their development and commercial rise—driven in particular by GoPro, founded by Nick Woodman in 2002—were initially associated with extreme and action sports. These devices enabled athletes to record their own performances from a first-person perspective, even in remote and often inaccessible environments, without…

Call for Chapters: Voices Without Faces: Synthetic Communicators, Trust, and Accountability – Arab and Global PerspectivesEdited volume proposal in preparation for Emerald Publishinghttp://commlist.org/archive/calls/2026-all/msg00813.html Editors:Prof. Alamira Samah Saleh (Cairo University and Sinai University, Egypt)Prof. Nermeen Alazrak (Cairo University and Canadian International College, Egypt) Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 15, 2026 Synthetic communicators are already at work in newsrooms, broadcasting studios, and communication departments worldwide, including across the Arab region: AI news anchors, automated bylines, virtual influencers, and AI spokespersons who answer the public around the clock. This edited volume treats the synthetic communicator as a single phenomenon across journalism, broadcasting,…

Call for Papers: “Ambient Amplification: Vibe Chasing Across Platforms”Volume 2 of a themed collection for the journal Platforms & Societyhttps://lists.aoir.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/ZSZSLTAWNIC5NGNI5TZUYYPJYHWPFHXJ/ Editors:Elena Pilipets, University of SiegenMarloes Geboers, University of Amsterdam Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 30, 2026 We are excited to announce an open call for contributions to the second volume of the special-themed collection on “Ambient Amplification” with Platforms & Society – Vibe Chasing. Through the lens of “ambient amplification,” the special theme attends to the growing centrality of peripheral awareness in contemporary platform cultures. Much of what shapes attention online arrives indirectly – as recurring recommendations, familiar gestures,…

Call for Papers: Digital Social SciencesAn International, Peer-Reviewed, Open-Access Journalhttps://digitalsocialsciences.com/DSS [and a direct submission to ISPR] Digital Social Sciences (DSS) invites original, unpublished, and high-quality research articles examining the relationship between digital technologies, human experience, and society. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from researchers, academics, and practitioners working across the social sciences, humanities, law, communication, and technology studies. We particularly welcome research exploring how digital and immersive technologies shape human perception, interaction, communication, social relationships, and experiences of presence in contemporary society. AREAS OF INTEREST Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND PROCESS DSS welcomes…