[Commlist] CFP: AI, Youth and Communication in Digital Cultures: Ethics, Play, Imagination and Social Effects

In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) is more present than ever, 
young digital citizens are increasingly immersed in ongoing 
technological transformations. Regulatory frameworks for AI, together 
with issues of transparency and ethics, remain among the main concerns 
today for young people: “the lack of control over personal data, fears 
of misuse, and frequent security breaches” (Shrestha et al., 2024). 
However, beyond policy concerns, AI is also reshaping communication in 
multiple ways that should not necessarily be framed as negative.

In particular, this monograph seeks contributions that explore emerging 
communicative forms enabled by AI. This includes creative and narrative 
dimensions (such as new storytelling practices, hybrid formats, and 
AI-assisted cultural production) as well as more cognitive dimensions, 
including imagination, meaning-making, and new symbolic languages 
fostered by AI environments. We also welcome studies examining how 
ideologies, discourses, and cultural frameworks surrounding AI shape 
meaning‑making processes and communicative practices among young people. 
Additionally, research exploring the social, cultural, cognitive, or 
communication effects of AI on youth perceptions, practices, and 
everyday experiences is encouraged. We are interested in proposals 
addressing game-based educational tools, experimental storytelling, and 
intergenerational connections that foster dialogue between different age 
groups.

Likewise, given that it is the users themselves who are experiencing 
these changes most directly, we are also interested in reception studies 
on engagement that explore the experience of young people from their own 
point of view.

This book is particularly interested in, but not limited to the following:

1.AI, Childhood and policy frameworks

  * AI Ethics
  * Media Trust
  * Governance and regulation
  * Institutional Responsibility

2.AI, Media Literacy and Youth Engagment

  * AI Literacy
  * Media Literacy
  * Critical AI Skills
  * Civic Engagment

3.Play-based and gamified AI storytelling and learning for youth

      o Gamification
      o Interactive Learning
      o AI Educational Tools
      o Storytelling

4.Intergenerational perspectives on AI

      o Generational gaps
      o AI imaginaries
      o AI across life stages

5.Reception Studies: youth experiences and meanings of AI

      o AI perceptions
      o Ideologies and discursive frameworks
      o Youth imaginaries
      o Audience studies
      o Cultural reception
      o Effects of AI on youth

We welcome abstracts of 300-450 words plus a 150-200 words biography. 
Please send these to: ((srusinol /at/ us.es)) with “AI, Youth and 
Communication” as the subject heading.**This call for papers will close 
on Monday 6th April 2026.

The volume, which will be edited by Silvia Rusiñol-Romero, Sergio 
Cobo-Durán and Víctor Hernández-Santaolalla, will be published by the 
Seville University Press (Editorial Universidad de Sevilla).


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