Call for Papers NEWPATH: New Paradigms in Communication Technologies and HumanityArtificial Intelligence: Technological, Social, and Cultural TiesMarch 6 and 7, 2025Onlinehttps://newpath.uskudar.edu.tr/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 20, 2024 We invite submissions for the 2025 online conference on “Artificial Intelligence: Technological, Social, and Cultural Ties,” which will be held in joint organization between the University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD-Portugal) and the Üsküdar University (Türkiye). In an era of unprecedented digital transformation, this multidisciplinary event will explore the entangled relationships between artificial intelligence, technology, society, and culture. There has been a significant amount of speculation about AI, including far-fetched…

Call for Papers Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries (DARCI)September 10-12, 2025School of Arts and Creative Technologies, University of YorkYork, UKhttps://enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-conference-announcement Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 4, 2024 We are delighted to announce that in September 2025 we will be hosting the Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries (DARCI) at the University of York (UK). The arts are central to human experiences. However, lack of access to creative and cultural experiences, and to creative practice marginalises disabled people, and limits their representation. Moreover, most work on accessibility still occurs outside of…

Call for Papers Topical Collection: Ethics of VRFor the journal Ethics and Information Technologyhttps://link.springer.com/collections/bgdgiebfai Guest-Edited by Patrizia Breil & Jörg Noller Deadline for submissions: July 31, 2025 Like artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) is becoming an increasingly important part of our lives. It is a major factor in media and communication, technological interaction, economic production, and simulation. Recently, David Chalmers (2022) has argued that virtual reality is as real as physical reality and that we can live a good life in virtual reality. Chalmers therefore raises the question of “[h]ow you should behave in a virtual world”. However, unlike…

Call for Papers Critical Studies in Media CommunicationFORUM – A Century of Propaganda Studies: From Pen and Sword to Surveillant Smartphonehttps://t.co/IZ2qDU7ime Editors:Emma L. Briant, Ph.D., Monash University, AustraliaMarc O. Jones, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Qatar Submission deadline: December 13, 2024 This Forum marks what has been, arguably, a century since the birth of modern Propaganda Studies: the flurry of scholarship that followed as a reaction to the rise of fascist and Stalinist propaganda use in Europe at a time of developing mass media. Propaganda is the deliberate use of organized communications to influence an audience or audiences to achieve political, or…

[NOTE: As with virtual reality’s long and continuing evolution, I’d argue that the answer to the question to be addressed at this event will impact but not negate the progression of presence experiences available to scholars and the public. –Matthew] Call for Papers Are we about to experience another AI Winter?A symposium of the 2025 convention of the UK Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB)January 14-16, 2025Bristol, UKhttps://easychair.org/cfp/AISB-25AIW Deadline for submission of short papers and abstracts: November 11, 2024 The history of AI reflects many periods of novel technological development, followed by hyperbolic…

Call for Proposals Big Pictures edited collection on creative interventions in the built environmenthttps://www.instagram.com/wilsondesignkpu/p/DA9jXNSyQIR/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 30, 2024 We are excited to announce that we are currently seeking submissions for an edited collection of essays and imagery focusing on creative interventions in the built environment. Drawing from the themes showcased in the Big Pictures conferences (2023 and 2024), the publication will feature work exploring the role of murals, billboards, public art, and interactive projects in creating meaningful experiences in urban spaces. Potential themes could include, but are not limited to: Activating temporary and transitional public spaces…