Online Media and Global Communication (Scopus-indexed)
Special Issue Call for Papers:
AI-Supported Global Communication
Submission Deadline: March 1, 2026
Anticipated Publication: End of 2026
Guest Editors
Fernando I. Gutiérrez-Cortés – Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Julio E. Rubio-Barrios – Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Artificial intelligence has rapidly become a key mediator of global communication, reshaping how information is produced, circulated and translated across borders. This special issue seeks to critically examine the evolving role of AI in global information flows, focusing on its potential to foster intercultural dialogue, its ethical and digital governance challenges, and its applications in journalism, education, diplomacy, and civic engagement in global societies.
We envision this issue around three key axes:
1. AI as mediator of global communication – exploring cross-cultural, multilingual, and algorithmic mediation from a Media Ecology perspective, with attention to how AI reshapes environments of global communication, restructures symbolic exchanges, and redefines the balance between human and technological agents in global contexts.
2. AI ethics and governance in transnational information flows – addressing bias, fairness, justice, and regulatory frameworks.
3. Applications of generative AI – analyzing innovations, practices, and risks in journalism, education, diplomacy, and civic participation.
Methodological Approaches
We welcome submissions employing a variety of methodological approaches, such as digital ethnography, critical discourse analysis, quantitative surveys and experiments, content and platform analysis, computational methods, case study, as well as mixed-methods designs.
Possible Topics
The special issue will address, but is not limited to, the following topics:
• Theoretical reflections on issues related with AI and global communication
• AI and Digital Sovereignty in the global platform dominance
• Ethics and governance of AI in transnational information flows
• Decolonial Approaches to AI in Global Communication
• Algorithmic mediation of global news and narratives
• Journalism and fact-checking with generative AI tools
• AI in higher education and transnational learning environments
• AI and diplomacy, including mediation, negotiation, and soft power
• Civic engagement, activism, and AI-enabled participation
• Emotion-recognition and affective AI systems used (or misused) in global communication
• Disinformation, algorithmic manipulation, and global surveillance
• Cultural narratives and storytelling through AI-generated contents
• AI in cultural Identity and Global Representations
• Comparative studies of AI adoption in communication across regions
• AI-driven multilingual translation and intercultural communication
Author Guidelines
• Length: up to 7,500 words (excluding references, tables, and figures). Exceptions may be considered for complex or mixed-methods designs.
• Style: manuscripts must follow the Online Media and Global Communication citation and structured abstract format. Please refer to the OMGC citation style with structured abstract at https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/omgc/html#submit
• Submission Portal: Submit manuscripts to: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/omgc Select : Special Issue: AI-Supported Global Communication.
Contact
Email: OMGC@shisu.edu.cn