[Commlist] CFP: International Conference on Platform and AI Society in Asia

**Call for Papers**

*/International Conference on Platform and AI Society in Asia/*

*Dates*: 24-25 November 2025

*Venue*: Deakin University, Burwood Campus, Melbourne, Australia

*Co-organised by*: Deakin University & Communication University of China

*Supporting journals*: /Communication Research and Practice/

/Global Media and China/

*Supporting institutions*:

Manipal Institute of Communication, India

Department of Cultural Contents, Hanyang University, South Korea

Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

*Confirmed keynote*:

Professor Anthony Fung, Dean of Social Science, The Chinese University 
of Hong Kong


Over the past decade, Asia has emerged as a pivotal hub in the global 
landscape of digital platform development and artificial intelligence 
(AI) innovation. The region has seen the rapid and deep entrenchment of 
platform society, where digital platforms have been increasingly shaping 
economic development, political engagement, cultural production and 
everyday life. At the same time, Asia has become a critical site in the 
rise of AI society, as AI technologies are increasingly embedded in 
governance systems, industries, public services, and daily life. 
Crucially, the growing convergence of digital platforms and AI is 
fundamentally reconfiguring the infrastructures, logics, and power 
relations of contemporary life across Asia. The convergence has given 
rise to new socio-technical assemblages where data flows, algorithmic 
decision-making, and platform architectures are intertwined to mediate 
and reshape culture, politics, economy and society.

This conference positions Asia not simply as a regional context for 
empirical inquiry, but as a generative vantage point for theorising the 
interwoven dynamics of platforms, AI, and socio-political 
transformations. We invite scholars from across disciplines, including 
digital media and communication, science and technology studies, 
sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and area studies, to engage 
with themes including but not limited to:


·Platform labor and economy

·Platform capitalism and power

·Platform regulation and governance

·Platformisation of Asian societies

·Platform cultures and user practices

·Social media influencers

·Comparative platform studies

·AI in platforms

·AI and platforms for social good

·AI regulation and governance

·AI and smart cities

·Generative AI and creative industries

·Generative AI and propaganda

·AI and global communication

·AI and journalistic practices

·AI, misinformation and deepfakes

·Algorithmic bias and discrimination

·AI imaginaries

·Social robotics

·Critical AI studies (inequality, power, ethics, aesthetics and etc)


*Single Abstract*

Should include title, 300 words summary, and a brief bio.

*Panel submission* (3-4 papers)

Should include panel title, aim of the panel (250 words), and individual 
abstracts of 300 words, plus brief bios of each panel member.

*Publication opportunity*

The best papers from the conference will form special issues with 
/Communication Research and Practice/ and /Global Media and China/.

*Deadline for abstract/panel submission*: 15^th  August 2025

*Email for submission*: (deakincuc2025 /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(deakincuc2025 /at/ gmail.com)>

*Notification of acceptance*: 30^th  August 2025.

*For inquiries, please contact*

Associate Professor Jian Xu: (j.xu /at/ deakin.edu.au) <mailto:(j.xu /at/ deakin.edu.au)>

Professor Dianlin Huang: (dianlinhuang /at/ cuc.edu.cn) 
<mailto:(dianlinhuang /at/ cuc.edu.cn)>


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