[Commlist] CFP TP Special issue on AI & Digital Media Ecosystem

Call for papers:

*Special Issue on Artificial intelligence and digital media ecosystems*

Telecommunications Policy (Elsevier)

The Special Issue accepts papers addressing historical, theoretical, or 
practical (business and policy) aspects of AI’s impact on the media 
ecosystem and creative industries.

*Guest editors:*

Juan Miguel Aguado, University of Murcia

María del Mar Grandío, University of Murcia

Jason J. Whalley, Northumbria University

*Special issue information*:

The digital media ecosystem has, for over 20 years, been experiencing a 
process of extensive technological adaptation and change. AI is the most 
recent technology to affect the digital media ecosystem, causing 
unprecedent disruptive change across all aspects of the digital media 
value chain. Current applications like generative AI have led to 
concerns about their impact on IPR, as well as how cultural diversity 
and authenticity can occur. Ethical concerns around the use of AI have 
also emerged, relating to issues such as deep fakes, disinformation, and 
the traceability of content.

The impact of AI on the ecosystem involves the emergence of new actors 
and the alternation of existing ones, triggering new and diverse 
interactions across the value chain. These changes call for regulatory 
efforts and new governance patterns, with demands for improved 
transparency and accountability. Concurrent developments within the 
European Union (Digital Services, Media Freedom, and Artificial 
Intelligence Acts) may well indicate the interdependences of tech and 
media players.

The impact of AI on the media ecosystem calls for investigation in a 
number of areas. Journalism and news media are torn between adopting AI 
and the challenge it pauses for news credibility, while advertising 
companies may utilise AI to create value through personalisation while 
addressing its impact on privacy. And videogame companies may utilise AI 
to personalise games or enhance player experiences.

Thus, this special issue seeks contributions that explore the 
relationship between AI and digital media and creative industries. 
Contributions can be qualitative or quantitative, addressing historical, 
theoretical or practical (business and policy) aspects of AI’s impact on 
the media ecosystem and creative industries.

We invite contributions related to but not limited to:

  * Historical review of AI research and its impact on digital media and
    creative industries​• Analysis and research on the impact of AI in
    media production and media workflows
  * Analysis and research on the impact of AI in media business models,
    with emphasis in monetization strategies, distribution models and
    revenue streams.
  * Analysis of the role of AI in the sustainability of emerging
    AI-driven media business models.
  * Analysis and research on AI based social and/or sustainable
    innovation in the media ecosystem.
  * Systematic and or comprehensive review on the implications of AI in
    copyright and intellectual property related regulation
  * Ethical and regulatory aspects of AI in the media sector
  * Content and media related public policies in the European and
    national contexts.
  * Research on the impact of AI in the user generated content ecosystem
    and the popularization of “AI assisted creativity”.
  * Theoretical and empirical background on AI and content consumption,
    media reception and policy, social or approaches to digital media
    content usage.
  * Analysis and research on the interdependence between technology
    players and media industry players in the context of integrating
    AI-based solutions.
  * Studies on the interdependences between regulation and policy in the
    technology sector and in the media sphere.Research on AI-driven
    disinformation from a business and/or techno-economic ecosystems
    perspective.

*Manuscript submission information:*

TheTelecommunications Policy 
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/telecommunications-policy>’s 
submission system will be open for submissions to our Special 
Issue*from September 15th, 2024*. When submitting your manuscript to 
Editorial Manager, please select the article type “VSI: AI & digital 
media ecosystems”.*Please submit your manuscript before February 1st, 2025*.

All submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer review will be 
reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Once your manuscript is 
accepted, it will go into production, and will be simultaneously 
published in the current regular issue and pulled into the online 
Special Issue. Articles from this Special Issue will appear in different 
regular issues of the journal, though they will be clearly marked and 
branded as Special Issue articles.

The journal does not require APC for regular articles. TP only 
chargesAPC for full open access.

Please ensure you read the Guide for Authors before writing your 
manuscript. The Guide for Authors and link to submit your manuscript is 
available on the Journal’s homepage at:Telecommunications Policy | 
Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier 
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/telecommunications-policy>

*Keywords:*

AI, Digital Media, Ecosystems, Value Chain, Media Policies, Media Regulation

If you have queries about the topic or the suitability of your proposal 
to this special issue, please, (emailjmaguado /at/ um.es) <mailto:(jmaguado /at/ um.es)>


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