[Commlist] Hipertext.net, n.31 - Call for Papers: Artificial Intelligence in Narrative Media: Generative AI in Contemporary Storytelling

Hipertext.net | Call for Papers:

Artificial Intelligence in Narrative Media: Generative AI in 
Contemporary Storytelling


Guest Editors:

Szilvia Ruszev
University College London - UK
(s.ruszev /at/ ucl.ac.uk) <mailto:(s.ruszev /at/ ucl.ac.uk)>

Temenuga Trifonova
University College London - UK
(t.trifonova /at/ ucl.ac.uk) <mailto:(t.trifonova /at/ ucl.ac.uk)>

Frederic Guerrero-Solé
Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona
(frederic.guerrero /at/ upf.edu) <mailto:(frederic.guerrero /at/ upf.edu)>


Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2025
Notification of acceptance: October 15th, 2025
Publication: November 2025


Introduction


As generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are increasingly 
integrated into creative industries, their impact on narrative, 
authorship, and visual language becomes a topic for critical research. 
AI tools can assist production at any stage, from ideation, 
scriptwriting, and automating media editing, to visual effects, 
synthesising voices, reshaping traditional workflows and lowering 
barriers for creators worldwide.

The integration of AI also presents a range of challenges and risks, 
including concerns about authorship and intellectual property, biases 
and stereotypes in representation, ethics, authenticity, labour 
relations and technological monopolies, and the impact on creativity.

This call invites contributions that explore the emerging paradigms, 
aesthetics, and ethical challenges of AI-assisted narratives in cinema 
and the broader audiovisual field.

Both theoretical contributions and practice-based research at the 
intersection of AI and narrative innovation, with a focus on how AI 
reshapes the production, form, and reception of cinema and visual 
productions will be positively valued. We also encourage submissions 
that investigate the evolving workflows and layered complexities 
involved in integrating generative AI into film and audiovisual 
production, including its implications for creative processes, labour 
dynamics, and production methodologies.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

I. Narratives by AI

• The Impact of AI on Visual Narratives. The influence of AI on 
narrative structure and the creative process, including new forms of 
storytelling enabled by LLMs, text to image and text to video generation 
tools, and other generative AI technologies. Exploration of speculative 
storytelling.
• Collaborative Authorship and Human-AI Co-Creation. Rethinking the role 
of the screenwriter, film director, or editor in AI-augmented workflows. 
Algorithmic Creativity.
• Aesthetic Shifts in Audiovisual Culture. How generative AI is 
influencing style and cinematic language.
• Biases and Stereotypes in AI-Assisted Narratives. Critical 
perspectives on representation, bias, and cultural framing in 
AI-generated content. The impact of algorithmic bias in AI-generated 
scripts, characters, spaces, and narratives.
• Cross-Cultural Adoption and Integration. How generative AI tools are 
adopted, integrated and adapted in diverse cultural contexts.

II. Narratives about AI

• Legal and Ethical Perspectives. Legal and ethical questions 
surrounding the use of AI in the creative and media industries: 
intellectual property, labour rights, authenticity in AI generated works 
etc.
• Audience Reception and Dynamics. Viewers’ perception of AI-generated 
content and narratives, including issues of perceived effects, 
authenticity, originality and trust.
• Representations of AI in audiovisual media.


Dates and contacts

Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2025
Notification of acceptance: October 15th, 2025
Publication: November 2025

Hipertext.net website: https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/ 
<https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/>

Types of articles:
● Scientific Articles/ Papers. Texts with a length between 4,000 and 
9,000 words, excluding the bibliography. Recommended structure: 
Introduction, Theoretical Framework, Methodology, Results, Discussion, 
References.
● Reports/Analysis articles: Texts with a length between 4,000 and 9,000 
words, excluding the bibliography.
● Letters (brief communications): Letters or brief communications: Texts 
with a length between 1,500 and 3,000 words. Recommended structure: 
Introduction, Case Report, Discussion, References.

All proposals must be submitted using the journal's template: 
https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/28 
<https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/28>

Authors are encouraged to review the journal's guidelines:
https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about/submissions 
<https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about/submissions>

Publication Fees:
Hipertext.net is an open access journal which means that all content is 
freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. The 
authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge (APC).

Languages:
Submissions can be in English, Spanish or Catalan.
Once an article is accepted, the authors may decide to translate it and 
publish it in one of the other languages as well.

Review:
Peer review

Contact:
Pere Freixa, Editor-in-chief, (hipertext /at/ upf.edu) <mailto:(hipertext /at/ upf.edu)>

Information about the journal:
https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about 
<https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about>
Hipertext.net privileges the state of the art and the results of 
research projects through competitive calls. It provides an open space 
for other national and international groups and researchers who wish to 
present the state of the art, case studies, conceptual models, and 
research results related to Digital Documentation and Interactive 
Communication in general.

More information about CFP: 
https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/announcement/view/233
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