Call for Abstracts: Operationalising the Audiovisual Turn in Digital Journalism

Special Issue: Operationalising the Audiovisual Turn in Digital Journalism

Journal: Digital Journalism (special issue) Extended Abstracts Deadline: April 17, 2026 (18:00 CET) Full Manuscript Deadline (if invited): October 30, 2026

Special Issue Editors

• Jonathan Hendrickx, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Jorge Vázquez Herrero, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Cruz Negreira, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Sherwin Chua, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Call Overview

This special issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research that contributes to a better understanding of the audiovisual turn in digital journalism. This turn builds on earlier forms of multimedia journalism and digital longform storytelling, and ties in within the previously acknowledged audience, emotional, and labour turns in journalism.

The editors invite scholars to submit empirical and theoretical contributions that critically engage with the notion of the audiovisual turn, including how it has been effectuated and can evolve over time. Submissions from the Global South, as well as cross-national comparisons that reflect platform-specific and regional differences, are particularly encouraged.

Focus Areas

• The de-institutionalisation of audiovisual journalism and news production by considering non-journalistic interloper actors, including influencers and content creators
• The infrastructural platform dependency, algorithmic ambiguity, and/or the ownership of audiovisual journalism in the platformisation era
• A historical evolution of audiovisual journalism from the formats of traditional media to current platforms
• The production, contents, and reception of audiovisual-centric digital journalism (e.g., shortform, vertical videos, and/or audio across news outlets’ proprietary as well as social media platforms)
• The epistemology and/or ontology of audiovisual journalism
• The news experience and audience interaction through shortform videos and other audiovisual formats
• The production and publication of AI-generated audiovisual news or news-like content and its disinformation effects

Submission Instructions

• Extended abstracts of 500–750 words (not including references), plus a full list of authors, affiliations, and abbreviated bios
• Submit your proposal as one PDF file via this Google Form
• Full manuscripts (if invited): 7,000–9,000 words

Timeline

• Extended abstracts deadline: April 17, 2026 (18:00 CET)
• Notification on abstracts: May 8, 2026
• Full article submission deadline: October 30, 2026

More Information

See the full call on the ECREA website.

Digital Journalism is a leading peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis.