[Air-L] Fwd: First Monday shutting down after 30 years

Petter Ericson pettter at cs.umu.se
Mon Feb 9 01:06:44 PST 2026 

Hi all,

Has anyone reached out to the editor in chief with these offers of support?

Like many, I was surprised and saddened to hear the news, though I haven't
published there myself. The announcement was also quite sparse in details.

Best,

/P

On 09 February, 2026 - Minna Vigren (LUT) via Air-L wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I’m happy to help to try to save First Monday too. 
> 
> Minna
> 
> /////////////////////
> Minna Vigren
> Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
> Communication Sciences (room 4652)
> LUT University, Finland 
> minna.vigren at lut.fi
> https://www.minnavigren.net
> 
> Project
> Imagining Sustainable Digital Futures (Research Council of Finland, 2022–2025)
> https://www.minnavigren.net/imagining-sustainable-digital-futures
> 
> Recent publications
> 
> Vigren, M., Kurko, A. & Rautiainen-Keskustalo (2025). Digitaalisen maailman rikkinäisyys:  Medialaitteiden korjaaminen, kunnossapito  ja hoiva planetaarisena toimintana. Media & viestintä 48 (3): 143–166. https://doi.org/10.23983/mv.157396
> 
> Vigren, M. (2025). Towards alternative digital tomorrows: Fostering imaginative capacities in speculation workshops. Jandrić, P., Suoranta, J., Teräs, M., & Davis, H. (Eds.). Postdigital (Re)Imaginations: Critiques, Methods, and Interventions. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-01539-6.
> 
> Kiskola, J. et al. (2025). Generative AI and News Consumption: Design Fictions and Critical Analysis. CHI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
> Article No.: 250, pp. 1–18.
> https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713804
> 
> Ketonen-Oksi, S. & Vigren, M. (2024). Methods to imagine transformative futures. An integrative literature review. Futures 157, article number 103341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2024.103341
> 
> Vigren, M. (2024). Imagining alternative mediated futures: Critical speculation as a method. In SAGE Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonising Research. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529692563
> 
> 
> > Spencer-Smith, Charlotte Kumiko via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org> kirjoitti 9.2.2026 kello 5.25:
> > 
> > NOTE: This email is originating from outside of LUT University, exercise caution with any instructions in the content, attachments or links.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I would also be happy to assist the effort to save First Monday.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Charlotte Spencer-Smith, Postdoc (AAU)
> > 
> > Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC)
> > Austrian Academy of Sciences / University of Klagenfurt
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > Von: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> im Auftrag von Holly Kruse via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > Gesendet: Sonntag, 8. Februar 2026 03:37
> > An: AoIR-L
> > Betreff: [Air-L] Fwd: First Monday shutting down after 30 years
> > 
> > Me too. I would be happy to help try to save First Monday. Not only has it
> > been an important place for many of us to publish our work, it has also
> > been a source to which I can point my undergraduate students, where they
> > can easily find relevant, accessible, high-quality, peer-reviewed,
> > full-text original research, and they have absolutely used it and been glad
> > to have First Monday as a resource.
> > 
> > Holly
> > 
> > Holly Kruse, Ph.D.
> > Professor
> > Department of Communications
> > Rogers State University
> > 1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd.
> > Claremore, Oklahoma 74017
> > holly.kruse at gmail.com or hkruse at rsu.edu
> > *Gender and Technology: An Introducti*on (Polity) out in the U.S. in
> > February 2026
> > <https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Gender+and+Technology:+An+Introduction-p-9781509531455>
> > 
> > 
> > On Feb 7, 2026, at 10:40 AM, Jaigris Hodson via Air-L <
> > air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
> > 
> > If we need a group of volunteers to continue the important work of this
> > journal, I would step up. I too have fond memories of publishing here.
> > 
> > Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
> > ________________________________
> > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of An Nguyen via
> > Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2026 3:09:25 AM
> > To: Zimmer, Michael <michael.zimmer at marquette.edu>; air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > Cc: ejv at uic.edu <ejv at uic.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] First Monday shutting down after 30 years
> > 
> > This is heart-breaking news! My first academic paper was published on First
> > Monday in 2003, when it had started to garner a global respect. I have had
> > three more on FM since then but that thrilling moment in 2003 is still very
> > fresh in my memory - it was such a huge morale and confidence booster for a
> > PhD student.
> > 
> > The journal has gone from strengths to strengths and is still very
> > influential - so it is really sad to see it go. Thanks to Edward for
> > steering the ship in the past three decades. If there's any collective
> > effort to save it, I would be delighted to contribute my dues.
> > 
> > All the best,
> > 
> > An Nguyen
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Zimmer, Michael
> > via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > Sent: Friday, February 6, 2026 9:36:37 PM
> > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > Cc: ejv at uic.edu <ejv at uic.edu>
> > Subject: [Air-L] First Monday shutting down after 30 years
> > 
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> > 
> > 
> > Really sad to hear that First Monday is shutting down after 30 years of
> > publication. It was one of the first journals devoted to internet research,
> > and a true pioneer in open access: no fees, no paywalls, and authors
> > retained their copyright.
> > 
> > My very first publication appeared there in 2004, and I know an entire
> > generation of us got our start in its pages. Many thanks to Ed and everyone
> > who contributed to building and sustaining such an important venue. End of
> > an era.
> > 
> > https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/announcement/view/99<https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/announcement/view/99>
> > 
> > ~ Michael
> > 
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