[Commlist] Call for Papers – Dossier: Regulating Digital Platforms in Political Communication

Call for Papers
Dossier: “Dilemmas and Challenges of Regulating Digital Platforms in the 
Context of Political Communication”
ECO-Pós – Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da UFRJ
Volume 29, Issue 2
Many of the dilemmas shaping public debate in contemporary societies are 
fundamentally communicational in nature and are directly linked to the 
growing mediatization of everyday life and the digitalization of social, 
political, and economic interactions. In the context of recurring 
diagnoses of democratic crises, multiple forms of disinformation, hate 
speech, political radicalization, and profound transformations in the 
world of work, a wide range of social, political, and legal actors have 
been called upon to debate the regulation of contemporary communication 
systems, characterized by the coexistence of digital and traditional media.
The emergence and popularization of digital platforms have produced a 
new structural transformation of the public sphere, as argued by Jürgen 
Habermas. As a result, social and political phenomena with direct 
implications for the foundations of democratic societies have 
intensified or taken on new and challenging forms, including political 
polarization, ideological radicalization, and epistemic crises related 
to the delegitimization of science and democratic institutions. These 
dynamics are often associated with platform-related structural 
determinants, such as monetization models, content curation mechanisms, 
and the limited or absent transparency surrounding digital advertising 
regimes.
This thematic dossier aims to bring together scholarly articles that 
engage with debates on the regulation of digital media in the field of 
political communication, while maintaining an open and critical stance 
toward regulatory approaches as forms of social, economic, and political 
control. Multidisciplinary contributions are welcome, particularly those 
addressing (but not limited to) the following topics:
– Comparative and transnational approaches to models of digital platform 
regulation
– Legal, ethical, and political dilemmas of regulatory initiatives, with 
particular attention to civil and political liberties
– Critical perspectives on the regulation of digital media
– Regulation and the new structural transformations of the public sphere
– Challenges to electoral regulation in contexts of expanding online 
political advertising and media coverage of opinion polls
– Media agenda-building and public perceptions of platform regulation
– Self-regulation versus state regulation: digital sovereignty, 
algorithmic transparency, and content moderation
– Transparency, removal, and content labeling policies in electoral contexts
Submission deadline: *May 15, 2026*
Editors: Camilo Aggio (Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG) and 
Eurico Matos (FGV School of Communication, Media and Information)
Estimated publication: September/October 2026
No submission or publication fees are required from authors.
Further information and submission guidelines are available at:
https://revistaecopos.eco.ufrj.br/eco_pos/announcement/view/334 
<https://revistaecopos.eco.ufrj.br/eco_pos/announcement/view/334>
Contact: (eurico.neto /at/ fgv.br) or (camiloaggio /at/ gmail.com)


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