CFP - Digital Ecosystems and Social Networks: Emerging Dynamics and New Challenges
Posted on 2024-02-09 12:44:30The international journal Miguel Hernández Communication Journal announces the open call for the monograph Digital ecosystems and social networks: emerging dynamics and new challenges. For this issue we seek proposals that contribute to the investigation and analysis of new forms of social interaction, citizen participation, cultural creation and scientific research. The deadline for receipt of full papers (via the journal's platform) is April 1st, 2024.
Social media played a key role during the during the covid-19 pandemic health crisis by facilitating communication between individuals, groups and facilitating communication between individuals, groups and institutions, providing access to a wide range of access to a wide variety of sources of information and entertainment, and by giving a new impetus to the giving new impetus to the generation of content by the user community itself. community itself. However, digital communication also poses important challenges and risks challenges and risks related to the quality, veracity, ethics of information and sustainability of digital media. and sustainability of digital media.
One of the most relevant recent challenges is the impact of artificial intelligence. Although it has been a While it has provided a refreshing impulse in the creation of news, advertising and entertainment content, it has also generated risks related to the quality, veracity, ethics and sustainability of digital media. entertainment content, it has also generated new problems, such as the proliferation of false narratives and the devaluation narratives and the devaluation of the creative professions. And it has also entangled already complex intellectual property issues, already complex intellectual property issues.
Another major challenge is the race for the attention of a fragmented and diverse audience in digital ecosystems, which continue to expand in an increasingly competitive environment. Tech giants have come into conflict with governments over regulations that require social networks to pay for the publication of local media news. These tensions show continuities and disruptions with the media archaeology that has been addressed in recent years (Scolari, 2022).
In addition, the platforms rely technologies governed by algorithms that can be detrimental to society and culture. society and culture. Algorithms can reinforce stereotypes and social divides, they can inhibit the development of critical thinking (Guallar and can inhibit the development of critical thinking (Guallar and Martínez-Cañadas, 2023) or can even provoke addictions that alter the personal, social and personal, social and working life of those who use this technology. The responsible and responsible and conscious use of social networks is, therefore, a key issue to preserve the dignity, freedom and preserving dignity, freedom and personal and social well-being. social well-being.
In this context, it is necessary to a critical, integrative and prospective study of the trends, practices and effects of digital practices and effects of digital communication.
Keywords: social networks, digital ecosystem, artificial intelligence, disinformation, algorithms
References
Guallar, Javier; Martínez-Cañadas, Evelio (2023). Filtros burbuja y gestión personal de los algoritmos. Anuario ThinkEPI, 17. https://doi.org/10.3145/thinkepi.2023.e17a10
Jenkins, Henry; Ito, Mizuko; Danah, Boyd (2016). Participatory culture in a networked era: a conversation on youth, learning, commerce, and politics. Polity.
Scolari, Carlos Alberto (2022). La guerra de las plataformas: del papiro al metaverso. Anagrama.
Van Dijck, J., Poell, T., De Waal, M. (2018). The platform society: public values in a connective world. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
We invite you to submit your research until April 1st, 2024 for this monographic issue of MHJournal to be published in July 2024.
For questions about the suitability of the proposal please contact Pablo Andrada (pablo.andrada@userena.cl) and Jorge Franganillo (franganillo@ub.edu).
Guidelines for authors: https://revistas.innovacionumh.es/index.php/mhcj/about/submissions
Priority research topics in this monograph:
- Social networks: uses by audiences and the media, socialisation processes, identity construction and opinion formation.
- Artificial intelligence applied to the creation of digital content, journalism and communication research.
- Disinformation, manipulation and propaganda in the digital ecosystem after the covid-19 pandemic.
- Political economy, governance and regulation of digital systems and platforms.
- Effects of algorithms on society, culture and mental health.
Monograph coordinators
Pablo Andrada. Universidad de La Serena. pablo.andrada@userena.cl
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2887-5517
Jorge Franganillo. Universitat de Barcelona. franganillo@ub.edu