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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>Deadline Extended: Annual Conference of the Search Engines and Society Network (SEASON 2026)</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are pleased to announce that the submission deadline for
<b>SEASON 2026 has been extended to <u>10 May 2026</u></b><u>!</u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you were working on a contribution and needed a little more time, now you have it. We warmly encourage you to submit, whether your work is complete
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The conference takes place
<b>15–17 September 2026</b> at HAW Hamburg, Germany. Original CFP information is included below:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">On behalf of the Search Engines and Society Network (SEASON), we invite submissions for the 2026 edition of the Search Engines and Society Annual
Conference (SEASON 2026), to be held at HAW Hamburg, Germany, from 15-17 September 2026.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Following the success of SEASON 2025, which brought together an engaged and diverse international community of researchers, practitioners, and
students, SEASON continues as a dedicated conference series for critical and interdisciplinary research on search engines and their societal implications.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">SEASON explores the multifaceted role of search engines in today’s culture and society. The conference fosters interdisciplinary dialogue and
collaboration to deepen our understanding of search engines as cultural, societal, political, and technical artefacts, as well as their role in everyday practices.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We invite submissions for:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Long presentations </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Short presentations </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Interactive sessions (e.g., panels and workshops) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Posters</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Social and cultural aspects of relevance </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Epistemic implications of search-engine use </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Search engines and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Search engines and information disorders (e.g., disinformation, data voids) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-AI and changing patterns of search engine use </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Search engines and environmental crises </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Political economy of search </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Accountability and responsibility of search engine providers </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Search engine bias and fair search </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Ethical and affective dimensions of search </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Media and information literacy </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Search engines in everyday life and educational settings </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Search engines and specific communities </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Methods and data collection for search engine research </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Comparative and historical studies of web search </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Approaches to opening the “black box” of search engine rankings </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We welcome conceptual and empirical contributions from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, including the humanities, social sciences, and
technical disciplines. Interdisciplinary approaches, work in progress, submissions from practitioners, and student contributions are especially encouraged.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Submission categories and formats:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Long presentations: Extended abstracts, max. 1000 words (excluding references) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Short presentations: Abstracts, max. 500 words (excluding references) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Interactive sessions: Proposals (60–90 minutes), max. 1000 words (excluding references) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Posters: Abstracts, max. 500 words (excluding references) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Submission guidelines:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-Submissions must be in PDF format </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">-APA referencing style </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Please submit via EasyChair: </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=season2026__;!!CF15FET90Tp8!COHCijg3b8ae6mP2w2pTm7S7dbyE_gN1iLeNecDMLmeVzpCVWjWapCh-nEIt5ECoqRj9BgcWU1o_4yAWhEjjjhDTC3IJGbhA$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=season2026__;!!CF15FET90Tp8!COHCijg3b8ae6mP2w2pTm7S7dbyE_gN1iLeNecDMLmeVzpCVWjWapCh-nEIt5ECoqRj9BgcWU1o_4yAWhEjjjhDTC3IJGbhA$" data-outlook-id="2d678ccf-b8ae-4b17-b027-6ea443be7430" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=season2026</u></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Submission deadline:<b> </b><s>30 April 2026</s> <b>extended to 10 May 2026. </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Accepted contributions will be made available to conference participants ahead of the event. All accepted abstracts will be freely accessible
after the conference.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">SEASON 2026 Website:
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With best regards,<br>
The SEASON 2026 Organizing Team</span></p>
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