[Commlist] Cfp "AI and communication practices" (MedieKultur)

Cfp "From Print to Promt: Media and Communication Research and Education 
in the Era of AI”


Further information: https://www.foreningen-smid.dk/arsmodet-2026/ 
<https://www.foreningen-smid.dk/arsmodet-2026/>

/May 7-8, 2026
Roskilde University, Denmark/

Emerging forms of AI, in particular GenAI, are fundamentally reshaping 
contemporary media and communication research and educational practices. 
Recent estimates show that ChatGPT alone processes approx. 2.5 billion 
prompts daily, which shows the speed and scale at which such tools are 
currrently adopted in various contexts. AI developments do not only 
raise fundamental critical questions about the changing conditions of 
media and communication, agency, power, journalistic practices, 
organisational structures, etc., but also spark profound methodological 
and epistemological debates, which challenge the status quo of academic 
research, teaching and learning.

Current AI developments echo, mirror and build upon previous 
technological innovations, all of which have been subject to critical 
inquiry and are deeply embedded into broader societal and cultural 
transformations. Over the past five decades, such developments have 
continuously redefined the study objects of media and communication 
research, expanding the field from its early focus on mass media and 
television to encompass a wide array of digital platforms and datafied 
infrastructures. SMiD 2026 invites scholars and educators to engage in 
discussions and reflections on how media and communication research can 
provide adequate responses to the pressing questions contemporary 
societies are facing in the era of AI.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

  * /Changing communication and media practices,/ e.g., transformations
    in everyday communication practices, shifting norms, cultures,
    human-machine communication, health communication.
  * /GenAI in relation to news production, journalism and data,/ e.g.,
    how AI reshapes journalistic routines, newsroom work, GenAI as
    epistemic authorities.
  * /Platform materiality and environmental communication,
    e.g.,/ critical examinations of the material and environmental
    demands of GenAI and how these are communicated, justified and/or
    obscured, narratives of resistance on the inevitability of AI,
    alternative digital futures.
  * /Historical, ethical and philosophical perspectives on GenAI, e.g.,
    /historical trajectories, philosophical and ethical implications,
    and changing human-machine relations.
  * /Audience and user studies, e.g., /how users and audiences make
    sense of, interpret, and co-create GenAI output, shifting forms of
    agency, engagement, trust, and literacy across various contexts.
  * /Methodological explorations, /e.g., opportunities and challenges
    for research design, data collection, and analysis, as well as
    ethical considerations.
  * /Academic teaching and learning/, e.g., innovative pedagogical
    approaches to using/resisting GenAI in media and communication
    education.

Abstract submissions and other contributions (in Danish or English) 
should be between 300 and 500 words (excluding references and a short 
bio). Please submit no later than February 28th, 2026 via e-mail to 
(smid /at/ foreningen-smid.dk). We welcome traditional academic formats in the 
form of abstracts and presentations, and we encourage creative and/or 
experimental, alternative contributions. In connection to the 
conference, participants are invited to submit a full paper for 
peer-review to MedieKultur. MedieKultur is an open access journal, no 
publishing fees are charged: https://www.mediekultur.dk/ 
<https://www.mediekultur.dk/>

In case of questions, please contact: (smid /at/ foreningen-smid.dk)


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