[Air-L] Final call for papers

Tue Jan 20 10:38:59 PST 2026

Greetings Harry and AoIR colleagues,

Greetings from the SF Bay Area near Berkeley and Stanford.

Just beginning part 2 of my "Society, Information Technology and the Global
University"  book (Academic Press at World University and School, 2026,
forthcoming) on the global university and World University and School,
building on MIT OCW in 7 languages, and planned in all 200 countries, and
in their main languages for free-to-students' Bachelor, PhD, Law, MD, IB
high sch / similar (for 16-19 year olds), AA / AS, and Master's degrees -
and wiki schools for people-to-people wiki-teaching and wiki-learning in
all 7159 known living languages. In a #GrowWithGoogleWUaS program, World
University and School is seeking to facilitate highest quality free
universal education from home, and in seeking to code for all 7.9 billion
people on the planet from here -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University -
for a variety of reasons.  Much of MIT OCW-centric wiki World University
and School will also grow in a #RealisticVirtualEarth and think Google
Street View with time slider, Maps, Earth, and with TensorFlow AI and STEM
field sites, and classrooms etc too; and please see Peter Norvig's
INCREDIBLE #ToolifyAIWUaS article "Revolutionizing Education with
Machine Learning and AI" #WorldUniversityInSchool updated March 2, 2024 -
https://www.toolify.ai/ai-news/revolutionizing-education-with-machine-learning-and-ai-2574306
- where he mentions a realistic virtual earth for the first time other than
WUaS that I know of.

Might I give as a paper the first chapter in Part 2 of my "Society,
Information Technology and the Global University"  book (possibly in 2026,
or 2027) at 2026 International Conference on Social Media & Society
(#SMSociety), which will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from July
13th-15th? You'll find a Google Docs' link here in World University and
School's 12/15/25 Weekly Business Meeting Agenda item A to the first 8
chapters for my book -
https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2025/12/brooks-range-ak-m-121525-and-1525-open.html
- for which I'm happy to share permissions, if you or AoIR researchers
might be interested. World University and School's OPEN Weekly Business
Meetings are loosely conducted in the Manner of Friends / unprogrammed
Quakers Monthly Business Meeting ... and I'm wondering too Harry Dyer, with
your somewhat Quaker last name (re Friend Mary Dyer in the 1650s) whether
you might have Quaker ancestry that even informs your Digital Sociology
research and related academic querying. (I've also lived for 2 full years
studying in Edinburgh, Scotland -where I became a member of the RSOF
Religious Society of Friends in 2004 -  and would be interested in sharing
my "Society, Information Technology and the Global University"  book in
Scotland, for example; Harry Dyer, do you have Friendly Quaker affinities
by any chance?).

Here's the very beginning of
free Scotland World University and School -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Scotland
(from https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States)

planned in English, Scottish Gaelic, and the Scots languages, eventually
accessible from here -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages
and as LLMs too ...

and check out the Academic Subjects here -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects
(planned in all 7159 known living languages)

and for their MIT OCW courses, eventually for credit for free WUaS degrees
re these versions of OpenCourseWare -
https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/translated-courses/ &
https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/

with an invitation to begin a wiki WUaS subject too about something you
love to teach and learn about, or something you have expertise in, and in
your languages.

How best to proceed please? Might it be possible to share this paper via a
video component to the 2026 International Conference on Social Media &
Society (#SMSociety)?

Thanks,
Scott
Scott GK MacLeod

"Society, Information Technology and the Global University" book
(forthcoming in 2026, Academic Press at WUaS) -
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YJg2icBhxEj7eSiSoiN2mgusX4PK1cQfZRFPRdw5znI/edit?usp=sharing
-

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2025/12/brooks-range-ak.html

https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2025/12/brooks-range-ak-m-121525-and-1525-open.html

Also
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/society%20and%20information%20technology
(in daily blog)

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/global%20university (in
daily blog)

PS

M 1/19/26 Recording of free best STEM #CClicensed #OCW #wikiWUaS
@WorldUnivAndSch @WUaSPress #WUaSNewsAndQA #WUaSWeeklyBusinessMeeting11926
re #FreeWUaSdegrees building on #MITOCW in 7 languages -
https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/translated-courses/ - in all ~200
countries, and in their main languages, emerging from M 1/19/26 Rec of #OCW
#wikiWUaS @WorldUnivAndSch @WUaSPress

-https://youtu.be/dUvelVaMvXI

using 1/12/26 Agenda & News

https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2026/01/roggeveld-mountains-sa-m-11226-11926.html

-https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/01/roggeveld-mountains-sa.html

-https://www.youtube.com/@ScottMacLeodWorldUniversity/videos ~

https://x.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/2013660275015397650

https://x.com/Q_YogaMacFlower/status/2013660414098448657

https://x.com/sgkmacleod/status/2013660359018582333

Vid pic

https://x.com/WUaSPress/status/2013661337151557721

https://x.com/HarbinBook/status/2013661277927907599

https://x.com/sgkmacleod/status/2013661210433012179

https://x.com/TheOpenBand/status/2013661148458230001

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scottgkmacleod_cclicensed-ocw-wikiwuas-activity-7419438433590407168-MazA

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scott-macleod-4691a011a_cclicensed-ocw-wikiwuas-activity-7419438173241663488-vtzA

https://www.linkedin.
com/posts/world-university-and-school_cclicensed-ocw-wikiwuas-activity-7419437891094913025-EEdY
~

PPS
my notes -

Harry Dyer - University of East Anglia
https://share.google/LrVTjaRXW9DKg5z2A

Harry T Dyer | Digital Sociology and Theory
https://share.google/spIVxeHzbCgIBizFT

Harry.T.Dyer at uea.ac.uk

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<http://amazon.com/author/scottmacleodworlduniversity>

Society, Information Technology, and the Global University (2026,
forthcoming)

Scottish Small Piping album #2 - Honey Piobaireachd
<https://scottmacleodpiobaireachdscottishsmallpipesbagpiping.bandcamp.com/>
 (2022)
- https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand (Berkeley)

- Poetry! Order Book #5 Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually
<https://www.amazon.com/Light-Float-Sit-Watsu-Virtually/dp/0578834685>
 (2021)

Scottish Small Piping album #1 Honey in the Bag ~ Out of the Air tune
<https://scottmacleodhoneyinthebagscottishsmallpipesbagpiping.bandcamp.com/track/out-of-the-air-j-scott-gk-macleod>
 (2020)

Order Book #4 To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is
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 (2019)

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Loving Bliss
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- Scott GK MacLeod
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On Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 06:44 Harry Dyer (EDU - Staff) via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> Dear AoIR community,
>
> This is a final announcement for paper submissions for the 2026
> International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety), which will
> take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 13th-15th. As a reminder, the
> deadline for extended abstract submissions (1000-1500 words abstracts) is
> Monday, January 26, 2026 at midnight (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time). We
> look forward to receiving your submissions and seeing you in Glasgow!
>
> #SMSociety is a biennial gathering of leading social media researchers
> from around the world. It is the premier venue for sharing and discovering
> new peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research on how social media affects
> society. #SMSociety provides participants with opportunities to exchange
> ideas, present original research, learn about recent and ongoing studies,
> and network with peers.
>
> The call can be found below:
>
> https://socialmediaandsociety.org/smsociety-2026/
>
> The 2026 conference is co-organized by the Digital Cultures and Economies
> Research Hub<
> https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/london-college-of-communication/research-at-lcc/digital-cultures-and-economies-research-hub>
> at the University of the Arts London (UAL), the University of East Anglia<
> https://www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-centres/critical-cultural-studies-in-education>
> (UEA), and the hosts at the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy<
> https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/research/urban-studies-social-policy-research/>
> at Glasgow University.
> The conference's three-day program will feature panels and paper
> presentations, workshops, tutorials, networking events, and a poster
> session.
> In keeping with the conference's inter- and transdisciplinary focus, we
> welcome both quantitative and qualitative scholarly and original
> submissions that crosses disciplinary boundaries and expands our
> understanding of current and future trends in social media research across
> many fields including (but not limited to): Communication, Computer
> Science, Critical Data Studies, Education, Journalism, Information Science,
> Law, Management, Political Science, Psychology, Public Policy, Public
> Administration, Science and Technology, Sociology, Urban Studies, among
> others.
>
> TOPICS OF INTEREST (the list is not exhaustive)
>
>   *   Affordances
>   *   AI and LLMs
>   *   Algorithms
>   *   Computational, digital and data methods
>   *   Creators and Influencers
>   *   Cyberbullying, Trolling and Antisocial Behavior
>   *   Digital Education
>   *   Digital Intimacies
>   *   Discourse and Public Opinion
>   *   Health and Wellbeing
>   *   Infrastructures, platformisation and datafication
>   *   Marketing and Promotional Social Media
>   *   Misinformation and Disinformation
>   *   Online and Offline Communities
>   *   Platform Cultures
>   *   Platform Governance and Regulation
>   *   Emerging and Established Social Technologies, Apps and Platforms
>   *   Politics, Policy, and Regulation
>   *   Privacy, Security and Trust
>   *   Social Media Cultures and Everyday Life
>   *   Use and Users
>   *   Vibes, memes and trends
>
> SUBMISSION DETAILS
>
>   *   Submission types and guidelines<
> https://socialmediaandsociety.org/submission-types-and-guidelines/>: You
> can submit an extended abstract for a paper or poster presentation, and/or
> propose a panel, workshop or hands-on tutorial<
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftm_yw8HDDrnuliY7GkhIy4UkebDWviCI_awBnrtaLaAuooQ/viewform?usp=dialog
> >
>
> SUBMISSION DEADLINES
>
>   *   Papers (Extended Abstracts): January 26, 2026 (1000-1500 words)
>   *   Panels: February 16, 2026 (2000-3000 words)
>   *   Workshops & Tutorials: February 16, 2026 (2000-3000 words)
>   *   Posters (Extended Abstracts): March 13, 2026 (1000-1500 words)
>
> ORGANISING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
>
>   *   Zoetanya Sujon - Reader and the Programme Director for
> Communications and Media courses at London College of Communication (LCC),
> University of the Arts London, UK
>   *   Harry Dyer - Associate Professor of Education, School of Education &
> Lifelong Learning, University of East Anglia, UK
>   *   Mark Wong - Senior Lecturer and Subject Group Lead of Social and
> Urban Policy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of
> Glasgow, UK
>   *   Devina Sarwatay - Presidential Fellow City St. George's, University
> of London, UK
>   *   Estaban Morales Velasquez - Assistant Professor / Media and Digital
> Cultures Centre for Media and Journalism Studies University of Groningen, NL
>   *   Irida Ntalla - Senior Lecturer in Digital Storytelling at London
> College of Communication (LCC), University of the Arts London, UK
>   *   Daniel Jordan - Postgraduate Research Student University of Glasgow,
> UK
>   *   Yingwen Wang - Postgraduate Research Student London College of
> Communications, University of the Arts London, UK
>   *   Yue Qin - Postgraduate Research Student London College of
> Communications, University of the Arts London, UK
>
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