[Commlist] Journal of Digital Media & Policy 17.2 published - Special Issue on ‘Metaverse Futures: Policy, Power, and the Digital Media Landscape’

Intellect is pleased to present Journal of Digital Media & Policy 17.2!


Special Issue: ‘Metaverse Futures: Policy, Power, and the Digital Media 
Landscape’


This Special Issue of the Journal of Digital Media & Policy explores the 
importance of the intersections of digital media, policy and the 
metaverse. The contributions assess how digital media industry 
structures participation, govern virtual environments and monetize user 
engagement through immersive marketing, influencer cultures and 
data-driven strategies. By bringing together interdisciplinary 
perspectives, the issue highlights the rising need for regulatory 
frameworks capable of balancing technological innovation with 
transparency, accountability and user agency in the rapidly expanding 
metaverse landscape.


For more information about the journal and issue click here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-digital-media-policy 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-digital-media-policy>


Aims & Scope


This peer-reviewed journal explores the digital media landscape, with an 
emphasis on structures, institutions, markets and governance, publishing 
content ranging from critical work on technology, industry and 
regulatory convergence, to emerging wider socio-cultural and political 
questions such as the application of online networks, the rise of cloud 
computing and the Internet of Things.


#JDMPJournal


This title is indexed with Scopus and the Web of Science’s Emerging 
Sources Citation Index (ESCI).


Issue 17.2


Editorial


Metaverse futures: Policy, power and the digital media landscape 
<https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdmp_00213_2>

BRIGHTON NYAGADZA, ABU BASHAR, EUGINE TAFADZWA MAZIRIRI AND TAMER M. 
ALKADASH


Articles


Artificial intelligence as an unelected authority: Transparency deficits 
and public trust in digital policy across the Arab context 
<https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdmp_00210_1>

AHMED SAMIR HAMMAD AND SHERIF ATTIA BADRAN


An industry without a market: Funding policies, publics and the 
immersive economy 
<https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdmp_00208_1>

JAÉRCIO DA SILVA AND CÉCILE MÉADEL


Gaming in the Metaverse: Digital rights, media ecologies and the 
discourses of digital games 
<https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdmp_00206_1>

SANDRA ALVARO AND MARÍA ARÁNZAZU PÉREZ-INDAVEREA


Platform power with Chinese characteristics: AI, governance and the 
metaverse economy in China’s digital policy landscape 
<https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdmp_00209_1>

VINCENZO DE MASI, ERNESTINA XINYI ZHU, ANDREA NANETTI AND XUETAO JIN


Metaverse readiness: Evaluating Saudi Arabia’s IP law regarding brand 
protection in the retail digital marketing ecosystem 
<https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdmp_00207_1>

URIAH BALEJA, KALANI RAJAPAKSHEPATHIRANNEHELAGE, TARIQ ALSAFI AND 
FRANCIS CHUKWUEDO ACHI


Regulating the future: Governance and transnational policy responses to 
metaverse marketing – a challenge for African emerging economies 
<https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdmp_00211_1>

CHENJERAI MUCHENJE, WILBERT MANYANGA AND NKANYISO KAIZER NDLOVU


How do brands exploit behavioural data in virtual spaces and what 
regulations curbmanipulative practices? 
<https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdmp_00212_1>

BRIGHTON NYAGADZA, ABU BASHAR, EUGINE TAFADZWA MAZIRIRI AND TAMER M. 
ALKADASH


Book Reviews


Marketing in the Metaverse: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Trends 
in EmergingEconomies, Abu Bashar, Brighton Nyagadza and Mohammad Wasiq 
(eds) (2026) 
<https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdmp_00214_5>

OLUWADAMILOLA BLESSING AYENI


Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist, 
Liz Pelly (2025) 
<https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdmp_00215_5>

DAMIEN JOHN O’MEARA


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