[Commlist] Hipertext.net, n. 26 | Call for Short Papers: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Communication. Trends

Hipertext.net | Call for Short Papers:

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Communication. Trends

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

Coloma Ballester
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona
(coloma.ballester /at/ upf.edu) <mailto:(coloma.ballester /at/ upf.edu)>

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2023
Notification of acceptance: April 2023
Publication: May 2023


Introduction

This monographic section aims to bring together the works of 
communication researchers who address the debate on how AI is 
transforming all aspects of digital content creation. In line with the 
most recent research on the intersection between AI and communication 
(Sundar and Lee; 2022; Dehnert & Mongeau, 2022; Brandtzaeg, Skjuve & 
Følstad, 2022; Endacott & Leonardi, 2022; Banas, et al., 2022; Duan et 
al., 2022; Guzman, 2019; Guzman & Lewis, 2020; Donath, 2021), this call 
for short articles is an invitation to communication researchers to 
analyse and reflect on how AI will impact communication practices. and 
in the methods and theories about the role of the media and 
communication in our society.

For this reason, among other topics (not exclusive), the following are 
proposed:

• How are theoretical approaches to communication transformed in a 
context governed by AI?
• How are the effects of the media reformulated, and what new effects 
can emerge through the intervention of AI in the creation of content?
• How does AI impact narrative forms? What narrative possibilities and 
innovations does it introduce? (In particular, but not restricted, in 
the case of visual content).
• How do biases and aesthetic stereotypes of AI image and sound 
generation models influence content creation? What role does AI have in 
overcoming these stereotypes?
• What are the methods for detecting biases and stereotypes in AI 
generation models?
• What is the impact of the generation of texts with AI in the 
production of scripts and visual narrations?
• How should the concept of authorship be reviewed in the case of 
creations and narratives in which the content is generated, in whole or 
in part, by means of AI technologies?
• What are the ethical aspects to consider in the use of AI programs for 
the creation of texts, images and sounds from models fed by works and 
narratives from other artists? How should we approach legal issues?
• How will we understand creativity in a context dominated by AI and its 
models?
• How does AI influence the veracity of content, and what tools can be 
developed to detect false information?
• What are the democratizing capabilities of AI in the production of 
visual narratives, and what hypothetical new inequalities are introduced?

Both theoretical essays and empirical works that address any issue 
related to the intersection between visual creation and AI are welcome. 
The articles will be in a short communication format (letters), with a 
recommended length of between 1,500 and 3,000 words.

Bibliography

Banas, J. A., Palomares, N. A., Richards, A. S., Keating, D. M., Joyce, 
N. & Rains, S. A. (2022). When machine and bandwagon heuristics compete: 
Understanding users’ response to conflicting AI and crowdsourced 
fact-checking. Human Communication Research, 48(3), 430–461. 
https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac010 <https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac010>

Brandtzaeg, P. B., Skjuve, M. & Følstad, A. (2022). My AI Friend: How 
Users of a Social Chatbot Understand Their Human–AI Friendship. Human 
Communication Research, 48(3), 404–429. 
https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac008 <https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac008>

Crawford, K. (2021). Atlas of AI. Yale University Press.

Dehnert, M. & Mongeau, P. A. (2022). Persuasion in the Age of Artificial 
Intelligence (AI): Theories and Complications of AI-Based Persuasion, 
Human Communication Research, 48(3), 386–403, 
https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac006 <https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac006>

Donath, J. (2021). Commentary: The Ethical Use of Powerful Words and 
Persuasive Machines. Journal of Marketing, 85(1):160-162. 
https://doi.org/10.1177/0022242920973975 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/0022242920973975>

Duan, Z., Li, J., Lukito, J., Yang, K.-C., Chen, F., Shah, D.V. & Yang, 
S. (2022). Algorithmic agents in the hybrid media system: Social bots, 
selective amplification, and partisan news about COVID-19. Human 
Communication Research, 48(3), 516–542. 
https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac012 <https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac012>

Endacott, C. G. & Leonardi, P. M. (2022). Artificial Intelligence and 
Impression Management: Consequences of Autonomous Conversational Agents 
Communicating on One’s Behalf. Human Communication Research, 48(3) 
462–490, https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac009 
<https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac009>

Guzman, A. L. (2019). Voices in and of the machine: Source orientation 
toward mobile virtual assistants. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, 
343–350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.009 
<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.009>

Guzman, A. L. & Lewis, S. C. (2020). Artificial intelligence and 
communication: A human-machine communication research agenda. New Media 
& Society, 22(1), 70–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819858691 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819858691>

Sundar, S Shyam & Lee, Eun-Ju (2022). Rethinking Communication in the 
Era of Artificial Intelligence, Human Communication Research, 48(3), 
379–385, https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac014 
<https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac014>

Information and contact:

Guest editors

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

Coloma Ballester
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona
(Coloma.ballester /at/ upf.edu) <mailto:(Coloma.ballester /at/ upf.edu)>

Deadline for submission: March 1st, 2023
Notification of acceptance: Abril 2023
Publication: May 2023

Author guidelines: http://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about/submissions 
<http://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about/submissions>

Section Policies:

Letters (short papers) Texts of between 1.500 and 3.000 words. 
Recommended structure: introduction, report, discussion, references.

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:
Originals written in Spanish, English and Catalan are accepted.

Revision:
Peer Review

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

About the Journal:

http://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about 
<http://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about>

Hipertext.net prioritizes articles from competitive research projects, 
especially if they can have an international impact. It provides an open 
space for other national and international groups and researchers who 
are willing to publicize the state of the art, case studies, conceptual 
models and research results related to Digital Documentation and 
Interactive Communication in general.

Hipertext.net is aimed at the international academic, scientific, and 
professional community (researchers, professors, doctoral students, 
professionals, etc.), with special attention to the Spanish-American 
scene, interested in digital documentation and interactive communication.

More about this call for papers:

https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/announcement/view/178 
<https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/announcement/view/178>

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