[Commlist] CFP: Platforms & Automation: The Rise of the Digital Swarms

CFP: *Platforms & Automation: The Rise of the Digital Swarms*

New York University (Abu Dhabi) and The University of Westminster invite 
Communication and Media Studies scholars and interdisciplinary experts 
to contribute to a peer-reviewed Scopus journal issue and an edited book 
volume on digital platforms & automation. Articles and chapters with 
specific case studies, including work from the Global South, are 
welcome. These collections seek to explore critical issues around fast 
innovations, automation, evolving digital media business models, AI 
platforms, risk intelligence, digital inclusion, digital governance, 
security, integrated marketing implications, social and political 
impacts, and data role, power, and sovereignty. These themes reflect the 
complex role of digital platforms in fast-paced innovative marketspaces, 
yet the phenomenon of the “digital swarms”—rapid, decentralized 
interactions between users, data, and machines—remains underexplored, 
especially today with the rise of AI. Our aim is to bridge this gap, 
examining how platform innovation, business models, investors in private 
ventures, and users shape markets and policies, as well as disrupt 
living standards.

 From information sharing to economic empowerment, these 
trillion-dollar platforms influence the fabric of society 
multifariously. These collections seek to provide an in-depth 
examination of the complex landscape of digital platforms and their 
evolving roles, automation utopias, creative and business strategies, 
and the disruptions they present.

*Topics of Interest:*

**

We welcome original research, case studies, and analytical pieces guided 
by the following topics:

Platformization: Histories, Theories, Concepts, and or Challenges & 
Opportunities in the Global South

Swarm Intelligence in Digital Networks: Decentralisation, 
Self-Organisation, Cooperation and Emergence

Algorithms and Data Aggregation: Policies and Future Disruptions

Decentralization and Control: Digital Footprints & New World Orders

Dissonances: Ethical and Social Implications versus Economic and 
Political Interests

Industry 4.0:  Automation, Machine Learning & AI and Robotics (Cobots, 
Soft Robotics, Swarm Robotics, Humanoids, AR, Autonomous Vehicles, 
Medical Robotics...)

Platform Investment Models: Future Disruptions

Disruptions and Innovations: Sector-Specific Applications and Implications

Automation and Utopia

*Submission Guidelines:*

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*Abstract Submission*Deadline: February 28, 2025

*Full Chapter Submission Deadline*: April 30, 2025

*Abstract Requirements*: Submit a 300–500-word abstract detailing your 
proposed chapter, with a brief author bio, to Dr. Loubna El Mkaouar 
[(swarms.automation /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(swarms.automation /at/ gmail.com)>].

*Notification of Acceptance:*March 31, 2025

*Full Chapter Requirements:*Upon acceptance, submit chapters of 
4,000–5,000 words, following provided style guidelines.

*Editors:*Dr. Winston Mano, Dr. Najwa Belkziz, Dr. Loubna El Mkaouar,

*Authors are not required to pay submission or publication charges of 
any sort.*


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