[Commlist] Call for Chapter: Internet Studies

Call for chapters: Internet Studies in Transition

Edited volume: Internet Studies: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Publisher: Edward Elgar

We invite chapter proposals for the edited volume Internet Studies: A 
Multidisciplinary Approach. The volume will examine major 
transformations in digital platforms, algorithmic systems, labor, 
infrastructures, and governance, bringing together perspectives from 
communication and media studies, internet studies, sociology, science 
and technology studies, political economy, labor studies, and related 
fields.
We are particularly seeking proposals for the following sections:

 1.
    Platform Capitalism Unbound

This section examines platform capitalism as an increasingly dominant 
economic and institutional logic. Possible topics include:

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    The consolidation of infrastructural power by leading technology firms.
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    Value extraction through data monopolization.
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    Vertical integration and investment in artificial intelligence.
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    Regulatory responses and new forms of market concentration in the AI
    era.

Contributions drawing on political economy, economic sociology, STS, 
communication and media studies, or related approaches are especially 
welcome.

 2.
    Algorithmic Governance of Daily Life

This section focuses on datafication and algorithmic governance in 
everyday domains, including welfare, education, policing, urban 
management, consumption, and intimate life. Contributions may address 
bias, accountability, transparency, and the reconfiguration of agency 
under conditions of pervasive algorithmic steering.

 3.
    Global Platform Labor

This section addresses the changing organization of labor through 
digital platforms. Topics may include gig work, content moderation, data 
labeling, remote microwork, inequalities and precarity between the 
Global North and South, new labor hierarchies, worker resistance, and 
cross-border solidarities. Contributions with a strong focus on the 
Global South and those combining labor studies with digital sociology or 
communication and media studies are particularly encouraged.

 4.
    Envisioning Sustainable Digital Futures

This section invites forward-looking contributions on the environmental, 
social, and political futures of digital technologies. Possible topics 
include the environmental costs of digital infrastructures and 
artificial intelligence, including energy, water, minerals, and data 
centers; AI literacy; human-centered and socially just design 
frameworks; and the relationship between speculative inquiry and policy 
development.
Submission requirements
Please submit the following:

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    A provisional chapter title.
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    An abstract of 300–500 words, excluding references.
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    The name and affiliation of each author.
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    A short biography of approximately 100 words for each author.
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    An indication of the section in which the proposed chapter would
    best fit.

Final chapters should be approximately 8,000–10,000 words, including 
footnotes, references, tables, and figures. All chapters will undergo 
peer review.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2026.
Tentative timeline

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    Abstract submission deadline: 30 October 2026.
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    Notification of acceptance: late October or early November 2026.
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    Full chapter submission: April 2028.
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    Revised chapters due: July 2028.
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    Manuscript delivery to the publisher: timeline to be confirmed.

There is no fee for submitting a proposal or chapter, and no payment 
from authors will be required.
How to submit

Please send abstracts and author information to Ilan Talmud at 
(talmud /at/ soc.haifa.ac.il).
Subject line: Chapter Proposal: Internet Studies in Transition

Please include the following contact address in any correspondence: 
(talmud /at/ soc.haifa.ac.il).

We welcome proposals from early-career researchers, scholars from the 
Global South, women, and researchers working across disciplinary 
boundaries. Co-authored chapters are welcome.

The volume aims to provide a coherent and substantive contribution to 
internet studies and communication and media studies, serving 
researchers, students, policymakers, and practitioners examining the 
AI-platform era.

Contact: Ilan Talmud, Department of Sociology, University of Haifa, 
(talmud /at/ soc.haifa.ac.il).


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