[Commlist] call for papers: Ethical Space: ethics of AI

Call for papers
Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics, 
welcomes papers on the ethics of generative artificial intelligence and 
related topics in communication practice.

How do we sort the competing claims and concerns made for AI tools, 
including problems of bias, accuracy and hallucination, concerns over 
how it changes professional work or even displaces it, questions of 
transparency, control or ownership of content? How do these stack up 
against the opportunities that AI affords to make work more efficient, 
less prone to error or enabling professionals to extend their work? What 
ethical or regulatory boundary rails need to be put in place or what 
literacy is needed among both professionals and audiences? Underneath 
these questions are broader questions around these synthetic media, such 
as human autonomy or editorial independence and AI’s invisible role in 
shaping how knowledge is both produced and understood.
Please send us an expression of interest in the first instance. From the 
expressions, we will invite authors to submit full papers for the 
editors’ consideration. Acceptance will be on the basis of peer review 
of the full papers. We are looking for papers in two areas:
1) critical-theoretical contributions on principles relating to the 
ethical use of AI in communication. This can include conceptual work on 
problems and issues, work on codes of ethics or other normative 
proposals, explorations of underlying ideas, analysis of the political 
economy of AI or similar approaches. This work may be empirical, but the 
focus should be on contributing to the analytical toolkit on AI
2) contributions on the use of AI in media and other communication 
practices. This can include analysis of media practice, case studies of 
good practice, reflections from practitioners on challenges and 
opportunities and the like.
We welcome work by scholars, research students and communication 
professionals. The deadline for expressions of interest is 15 October 
2025. Full papers will be due in March 2026 and publication will be in 
July 2026.
Expressions of interest should be 250 words and discuss, argument, 
approach and (where appropriate) the methods used.
Papers in Ethical Space are usually 5000 words, excluding references. No 
payment from authors is required: ES is free to publish in.
More on the journal at https://ethicalspace.pubpub.org/
Please contact the special issue editors, Donald Matheson and Stephen 
J.A. Ward, with any questions.
(donald.matheson /at/ canterbury.ac.nz)
(stephen.ward /at/ bellaliant.net)


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