Call for Papers: New journal announcement – Disinformation: An Interdisciplinary Journalhttps://lists.aoir.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/ZTBHWIG577QYBFPAMX7AB6TBGMZES5SC/ Dear all, I’m really excited (!!) to share news that a new journal – Disinformation: An Interdisciplinary Journal – that I’ve been working on with colleagues for almost two years will launch with Sage in January 2027 and is now accepting submissions! The journal is led by an editorial collective comprising myself, Gabi Mocatta (University of Tasmania), Raquel Recuero (Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Felipe Bonow Soares (University of the Arts London), and Robert Topinka (Birkbeck, University of London). Members of the collective rotate taking on the managing editor role;…

Call for Papers: ACM UMAP 2027 – The 35th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and PersonalizationJune 9-12, 2027Chicago, USAhttps://um.org/umap2027/call-for-full-and-short-paper/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 22, 2027Deadline for submission of papers: January 29, 2027 The 35th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2027) invites submissions of original research on user modeling, adaptation, personalization, and human-centered adaptive AI systems. Topics UMAP 2027 welcomes theoretical, methodological, empirical, and applied contributions, including (but not limited to): Submission Types We encourage two types of submissions, in the ACM two-column format. Reviewers will be asked to comment on whether the…

Call for Abstracts: 2027 Australasian Simulation CongressTheme: Beyond Reality: Simulation and AI Co-Creating the FutureAugust 16-19, 2027Adelaide Convention CentreAdelaide, Australiahttps://simaust.com/australasian-simulation-congress-27/call-for-abstracts/ Deadline for submissions: February 21, 2027 How is artificial intelligence being applied across simulation and modelling today, and where might it take us next? Under the theme, Beyond Reality: Simulation and AI Co-Creating the Future, the 2027 Australasian Simulation Congress (ASC27) invites submissions from innovators, researchers, educators and practitioners to share the research, practice and innovations shaping the field today and informing its future. As these fields continue to evolve, ASC27 provides a forum to showcase current work, exchange knowledge,…

Call for Abstracts: Baudrillard ReconsideredTheme issue of Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanitieshttps://www.facebook.com/AngelakiJTH/posts/call-for-abstracts-baudrillard-reconsideredplease-forward-to-colleagues-relevant/1499827262166080/ Issue Editors: Stefan Höltgen and Jens Schröter (University of Bonn, Germany) Deadline for submission of abstracts and bio statements: December 15, 2026 This journal collection (c. 90,000 words) will be published as a theme issue of Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities in January 2029 (34.1). Angelaki (established 1993, based in Oxford, UK) is an internationally known journal of European philosophy and literary and cultural theory and criticism published by Routledge. Since 2025 the journal is online only. Open access material allowing, all Angelaki theme issues are…

Call for Papers: National Association of Communication Centers (NACC) 202726th Annual Excellence at the Center ConferenceTheme: Authenticity & Accessibility in the Age of AIHosted by the Speakers Workshop at the University of IllinoisApril 2-3, 2027Champaign, IL and OnlineConference: https://speakersworkshop.illinois.edu/nacc-excellence-at-the-center-conference-2027/NACC: https://commcenters.org/ Deadline for proposals: February 15, 2027Deadline for completed competitive papers and award nominations: March 15, 2027 CONFERENCE THEME: AUTHENTICITY & ACCESSIBILITY IN THE AGE OF AI At a moment when large language models and generative AI are changing how we collectively learn, think, teach, and communicate, new questions are emerging for communication centers. What does it mean to support authentic…

Call for Papers: Mental Models of AIWorkshop on Mental Models in Human-AI Interaction: Methods and Challenges in the Generative and Agentic AI EraCo-located with ACM IUI 2027, Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User InterfacesFebruary 8, 2027Helsinki, FinlandMM/AI Workshop: https://mentalmodelsofai.com/ACM IUI: https://iui.acm.org/2027/ Deadline for submission of papers: November 9, 2026 The mental model construct is widely used in HCI to refer to the knowledge structure people hold to reason about computing systems. Yet the construct is often used interchangeably with related concepts (e.g. folk theories, sensemaking) and methods of studying it are many and diverse. Generative and agentic AI systems further…

Call for Papers: Getting involved: Our lives with mediated charactersSpecial issue of the journal Psychology of Popular Mediahttps://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ppm/getting-involved.html Coeditors:Nathan Walter, Northwestern University – [email protected] Tukachinsky Forster, Chapman University (Guest editor) – [email protected] Timeline:Deadline for submission of full-length manuscripts: May 1, 2027Anticipated publication: July 2028 Twenty-five years ago, Jonathan Cohen’s foundational work on identification with media characters helped transform how communication and psychology scholars understand the relationship between audiences and the characters they encounter through media. By distinguishing identification from related experiences such as liking, similarity, and parasocial interaction, Cohen offered a conceptual vocabulary that would profoundly influence media psychology scholarship.…

Call for Proposals: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA) London 2027 ConferenceJuly 12–16, 2027London and onlinehttp://www.eva-london.org/ Deadline for submissions of main conference proposals: January 11, 2027Deadline for submissions of Research Workshop proposals: February 22, 2027 We are delighted to announce the call for proposals for the EVA London 2027 Conference, taking place from 12–16 July 2027 at the BCS London office in Moorgate, central London, UK. The conference will be held as a hybrid event, with both in-person and online participation via Zoom. The conference is organised under the auspices of the BCS Computer Arts Society Specialist Group. For full…

Call for Papers: The Aesthetics of GamesSpecial issue of the Journal of the Philosophy of Gameshttps://www.gamephilosophy.org/cfp-the-aesthetics-of-games-special-issue-of-jpg/ Guest editors: Alexandre Declos (Neuchâtel) and Nathan Wildman (Tilburg) Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2027 Whether games qualify as artworks remains a matter of debate. It is, however, uncontroversial that games can possess aesthetic value and exhibit aesthetic properties. But what is distinctive about the aesthetic appeal of games, and how should we theorize it? Several influential answers have been proposed. Some argue that the distinctive aesthetics of games lies in their interactivity (Tavinor 2009; Lopes 2010) or in the sculpted agencies they afford…

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,…