[Commlist] Call for Chapters: A Research Agenda for Internet Culture

We are inviting chapter submissions for an edited volume titled A 
Research Agenda for Internet Culture. This book is part of the Research 
Agendas Series published by Edward Elgar (https://www.e-elgar.com) and 
is edited by Yimin Chen (RMIT University), Victoria O’Meara (University 
of Leicester), and Chandell Gosse (Cape Breton University). We welcome 
submissions from scholars and academics from any region and any career 
stage, including doctoral candidates in advanced stages of dissertation 
completion. A description of the book and its goals follows.

Book description:
To study internet culture is to examine how online spaces, networked 
technologies, and the communities that form around them shape—and are 
shaped by—the social and political conditions of our time. Today, this 
culture is unfolding amid compounding crises: the normalization of 
extremist and reactionary politics targeting race, gender, and 
sexuality; the erosion of public discourse; and the destabilizing 
influence of generative AI and algorithmic amplification on truth, 
labor, and identity.

In this context of rapid technological acceleration and political 
regression, we ask: What are the most urgent questions facing internet 
culture now? What are the hidden histories and lineages that help make 
sense of our current moment and prepare us for the future? And where 
might internet culture be heading next?

We are seeking 300-word abstract submissions for this edited volume that 
critically engage with these questions. We welcome open interpretation 
of this call from authors, especially work that foregrounds issues of 
equity, justice, and resistance to help map the potential fault lines 
and possibilities of internet culture.

If you have any questions or would like to submit a chapter abstract, 
please contact: (internetcultureagenda /at/ gmail.com)

In your submission, please include:
- Proposed title
- 300 word abstract
- 75 word bio per author
Submit via email to: (internetcultureagenda /at/ gmail.com)
Deadline: August 15, 2025

Abstract Timeline:
Abstract submission deadline: August 15, 2025
Notification of acceptance: October 2025

Full Chapter (8-10,000 words) Submission & Review Timeline:
Penultimate chapter drafts due: July 2026
Editorial and/or peer review period: July – September 2026
Chapters returned for revision: October 2026
Revised final drafts due: January 2027
Full manuscript submitted to publisher: March 2027

*No payment from authors will be required
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