Call for Papers:

Digital Social Sciences
An International, Peer-Reviewed, Open-Access Journal
https://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Digital Social Sciences (DSS) invites original, unpublished, and high-quality research articles examining the relationship between digital technologies, human experience, and society.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:

• Presence and Telepresence: Social presence, mediated presence, telepresence, and the experience of being present in digitally mediated environments.
• Virtual and Immersive Environments: Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and immersive digital experiences.
• Human–Computer Interaction: Human–technology interaction, interface design, embodied interaction, and user experience.
• Artificial Intelligence and Human Experience: AI-mediated communication, intelligent virtual agents, digital companions, and human–AI relationships.
• Digital Communication and Social Interaction: Computer-mediated communication, online communities, interpersonal relationships, and social connectedness.
• Digital Media and Society: The effects of immersive media, social media, and emerging communication technologies on human behaviour and social life.
• Digital Identity and Embodiment: Online identity, virtual embodiment, avatars, self-presentation, and the construction of digital selves.
• Trust, Authenticity, and Social Presence: Trust, credibility, emotional engagement, and perceived authenticity in technology-mediated environments.
• Ethics and Governance of Emerging Technologies: Privacy, surveillance, digital rights, algorithmic accountability, and responsible innovation.
• Digital Inequality and Inclusion: Accessibility, the digital divide, and inequalities in access to immersive and emerging technologies.
• Digital Research Methods: Innovative qualitative, quantitative, experimental, and computational approaches to studying digitally mediated human experience.
• Emerging Technologies and Social Transformation: The social, cultural, psychological, legal, and ethical implications of new digital technologies.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND PROCESS

DSS welcomes original research articles, theoretical contributions, and interdisciplinary studies that offer meaningful insights into digital society and technology-mediated human experience.

• Language: English.
• Review process: Double-blind peer review.
• Access: Open access.
• Referencing style: Chicago citation style.

Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal’s online submission system.

Submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal. Please consult the journal’s author guidelines for complete manuscript preparation and submission requirements.

Author Guidelines: https://digitalsocialsciences.com/DSS/author-guidelines

Online Submission: https://digitalsocialsciences.com/DSS/about/submissions

DSS welcomes contributions from scholars worldwide and encourages interdisciplinary research that advances critical understanding of the evolving relationship between digital technologies and society.

MORE INFORMATION

Please visit https://digitalsocialsciences.com/DSS

Contact page: https://digitalsocialsciences.com/DSS/about/contact