Guest editors:

Frederic Guerrero-Solé

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona

[email protected]

Coloma Ballester

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona

[email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Information and contact:

Guest editors

Frederic Guerrero-Solé

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona

[email protected]

Coloma Ballester

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona

[email protected]

Deadline for submission: March 1st, 2023

Notification of acceptance: Abril 2023

Publication: May 2023

Author guidelines: 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.

Languages:

Originals written in Spanish, English and Catalan are accepted.

Revision:

Peer Review

Contact: Pere Freixa, Editor-in-chief, [email protected]

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