Topical Collection on "AI, Social Media, and the Future of Communication: Power, Platforms, and Publics"

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025

Chief-Collection Editor:

Co-Collection Editors:

Topical Collection Information

Dear Colleagues,

This collection explores the complex interplay between artificial intelligence technologies—particularly large language models (LLMs)—and contemporary communication practices across digital platforms. As tools like BERT, RoBERTa, and GPT models are increasingly embedded in content moderation, user interaction, and media production, they are reshaping how we perceive, produce, and engage with information.

We invite scholarly contributions that address how AI mediates public discourse, amplifies or suppresses social voices, and intersects with digital governance. Topics of interest include AI-driven detection of emotional and psychological states, the ethics of automated moderation, and the role of generative AI in transforming journalism and storytelling. Interdisciplinary approaches combining communication, computational linguistics, psychology, and AI are especially welcome.

Collection Editor(s)

Manuscript Submission Information:

Please visit the Submissions Guidelines page before submitting a manuscript. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Manuscripts should be submitted online through the online manuscript submission and editorial system. Additionally, please include a cover letter specifying that the manuscript is intended for the Topical Collection "AI, Social Media, and the Future of Communication: Power, Platforms, and Publics" when submitting it online. Manuscripts can be submitted until the submission deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal and will be listed together on the Topical Collection website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract can be sent to the Editorial Office shirley@bilpubgroup.com for announcement on this website.

The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 USD.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process.