[Air-L] Call for Chapters: Athletes in AI Mediatization

[Groshek, Jacob]

Dear AoIR Colleagues,
Happy Tuesday!
I'm excited to post this Call for Chapters here on Athletes in AI Mediatization, which I am editing and excited for additional submissions as part of our larger Core ReFrame Youth Sports Culture project.
Summary of the full paper call follows below, as does the link for submissions.  Please feel free to reach out with any questions.
Call for Chapters: Athletes in AI Mediatization<https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/9674>
I'm happy to help - soft deadline for proposals is coming up soon, thanks so much for your consideration.  If you'd like to learn more about the Core ReFrame, please feel free message me off list, too 🙂
Kindly,
Jacob
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Dr. Jacob Groshek
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Call for Chapters: Athletes in AI Mediatization
Editor: Jacob Groshek, Digital Wellness Lab, Boston Children's / Harvard Medical<https://digitalwellnesslab.org/>, United States
Call for Chapters
Proposals Submission Deadline: February 22, 2026
Full Chapters Due: May 17, 2026
Submission Date: May 17, 2026
Introduction
The book will be about how athletes of all ages are changing how they use AI media and how their uses of AI media are changing athletics.  Examples include, but are not limited to, AI-enabled cameras on field, wearable devices, mobile and social media, and the evolving nature of recruiting at all levels in response to Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) transforming sports in relation to not only educational but also financial opportunities for athletes.  This book is also geared towards newly emerging sports like flag football and pickleball that are exploding in participants and becoming increasingly recognized as collegiate, Olympic, and professional sports.
Objective
A core component of the book will also be digital wellness concerns of balancing performance on the field with expectations and the performative nature of curating and sharing and communicating about sports, outcomes, debates, and more on social media and beyond.  Athletes are in the media microscope like never before, and the pressure to succeed is immense and almost insurmountable for ages as young as pre-kindergarten.  This book is both a reflection of the contemporary athletic media environment and an outline of best practices for players, parents, coaches, and organizers.
Target Audience
Student athletes, parents of athletes, youth sports media scholars, youth sports league organizers and professional sports organizations
Recommended Topics
Athletes, AI, Mediatization, Sports, Coaching, Youth, Social Media, Mobile Devices, Training, Tracking, Performance, Facial Recognition, Recruiting, Marketing, Name-Image-Likeness (NIL), Digital Wellness
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before February 22, 2026, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by March 8, 2026 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters of a minimum of 10,000 words (word count includes references and related readings) are expected to be submitted by May 17, 2026, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ <https://igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/> prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Athletes in AI Mediatization. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.
All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing, an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference", "Medical Information Science Reference", "Business Science Reference", and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global Scientific Publishing specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com<https://www.igi-global.com/>. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2027.
Important Dates
February 22, 2026: Proposal Submission Deadline
March 8, 2026: Notification of Acceptance
May 17, 2026: Full Chapter Submission
June 28, 2026: Review Results Returned
July 26, 2026: Final Acceptance Notification
August 2, 2026: Final Chapter Submission
Inquiries
Jacob Groshek Digital Wellness Lab, Boston Children's Hospital Jacob.Groshek at childrens.harvard.edu
Classifications
Medicine and Healthcare; Media and Communications; Social Sciences and Humanities