Call for Abstracts: ‘’Migration and Technologies of Un/Bordering’’ WorkshopJune 6, 2025Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Surrey, England [and online]https://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/event/migration-and-technologies-of-bordering/ Important Dates:Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 21, 2025 (extended)Notification of Outcome: March 28, 2025Deadline to submit poster image (successful candidates only): April 19, 2025 Confirmed Keynote Speakers include: Dr Evgenia Iliadou (Independent Researcher) We are delighted to announce this Call for Abstracts, for the hybrid and free, 1 day conference on ‘’Migration and technologies of Un/Bordering’’ on Friday 6th June 2025, at the University of Surrey. Migrants are often presented as a ‘problem’ to be fixed through restrictive and technologically advanced border…

Call for Papers: Brands in the Age of the HyperdigitalJournal of Digital Media and Interactionhttps://proa.ua.pt/index.php/jdmi/call_2025_3 Deadline for submissions: September 10, 2025 The Journal of Digital Media and Interaction invites submissions for a special issue exploring “Brands in the Age of the Hyperdigital.” As digital technologies evolve at unprecedented speed and scale, brands face both revolutionary opportunities and existential challenges. This special issue aims to examine how the hyperdigital landscape — characterised by immersive technologies, artificial intelligence, data abundance, and increasingly blurred boundaries between physical and digital realms — is transforming brand creation, management, perception, and interaction. We welcome literature reviews,…

[NOTE: See the NCA website for more presence-related calls. –Matthew] Calls for Submissions: Experiential Learning in Communication DivisionNational Communication Association (NCA) 2025 ConferenceNovember 20-23, 2025Denver, Colorado, USAhttps://www.natcom.org/call-submissions Submission deadline: March 31, 2025 The Experiential Learning in Communication Division of NCA welcomes your submissions for our 2025 sessions in Denver, Colorado. Experiential learning involves creating and facilitating direct, practical learning experiences for students and asking them to reflect on the learning process. This division focuses on the practice of experiential learning with the goal of understanding the process and impacts of the communication process in our world. Forms of experiential learning…

Call for Proposals: “Digital Intimacies”Bloomsbury Academic Book Serieshttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2025-all/msg00474.html Series Editors:Kath Albury, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia/Jamie Hakim, King’s College, London, UK/John Mercer, Birmingham City University, UK/Cosimo Marco Scarcelli, University of Padova, Italy/ We are delighted to announce a new book series for Bloomsbury Academic on Digital Intimacies. Please consider submitting a proposal. Over the past 30 years cultures of intimacy have been transformed by the internet and its related technologies. This series will provide a platform for cutting-edge digital intimacies scholarship from both established and emerging academics. The series editors welcome proposals on all aspects of digital intimacies research, including…

Call for Papers: Revisiting Agenda-Setting Theory in the Age of AIA special issue of the journal Communication and Changehttps://link.springer.com/journal/44382/updates/27740956 Deadline for submission of abstracts and author information: June 30, 2025 (full papers by October 1, 2025) This special issue of the Springer open-access journal Communication and Change is edited by Lei Guo, Professor of Communication at Fudan University and Associate Editor of Communication and Change, alongside Chris Vargo (guest editor), Associate Professor of Advertising, Public Relations, and Media Design at the University of Colorado Boulder and Editor-in-Chief of The Agenda Setting Journal. David Weaver, Distinguished and Roy W.…

Call for Abstracts: Doing Family with Digital PlatformsSpecial issue of MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Researchhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/announcement/view/1255 Deadline for submissions: May 14, 2025 Families are increasingly connected through digital platforms and are currently living in what has been referred to as ‘the platform society’ (Erstad et al., 2024; van Dijck et al., 2018). In the platform society, state and commercial platforms influence the organization of our lives. These new forces create new possibilities and challenges for families that must learn to use and navigate platforms as part of their family life; a life that is “increasingly structured according to platform…