*Call for Papers: Oxford Intersections: Social Media and Language * Dear AOIR colleagues: In 2025, Oxford University Press launched a new type of resource: Oxford Intersections. Oxford Intersections reflects the critical role that peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research plays in helping policy- and decision-makers tackle the world’s most complex and urgent environmental, cultural, political, and social challenges. Topics of Interest: We invite abstracts (by Oct. 20) for the Social Media and Language section of the Social Media in Society and Culture Intersection. This section brings together and promotes cutting-edge research from varied methodological and theoretical perspectives to explore how online users employ language and other semiotic resources creatively and strategically — including everyday communication, entertainment, activism, influence, and conflict — while addressing the evolving roles of digital environments, AI, and algorithms in shaping discourse and negotiating identities and ideologies in digital spaces. Authorship: Oxford Intersections welcomes contributors from diverse backgrounds, spanning disciplines, institutions, geographies, and career stages. Authors may include researchers, academics, professionals, practitioners, and PhD students. Authors must hold a research degree (master’s or higher). Submission Guidelines: Manuscripts should be original and not previously published or under consideration elsewhere. If accepted, articles should run between 6,000-10,000 words and will be rigorously peer-reviewed before publication. To be considered, submit abstracts of no more than 500 words with your CV to Cynthia Gordon at gordonc@georgetown.edu. Key Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline: October 20, 2026 Notification of Acceptance of Abstract: November 5, 2026 Final Manuscript Due: February 20, 2026 (Early submissions are welcome.) More about Oxford Intersections: Oxford Intersections is indexed in major academic databases including EBSCO and ProQuest, with Scopus indexing forthcoming. The Social Media and Language section, like the other sections of the Social Media in Society and Culture Intersection, is not a handbook or an encyclopedia; it consists of original research articles, of a similar length to journal articles but within a unique planned structure designed to utilize the digital medium to bring together all the intersecting and cross-connected aspects of a deeply interdisciplinary subject, under the larger umbrella. Accepted manuscripts will undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure academic standards and relevance to the overall ethos of the Intersections project. They will be posted online as the final versions are accepted, meaning authors will not need to wait for other contributors. Please see more here: https://academic.oup.com/intersections/pages/about Section Editors: Cynthia Gordon, Georgetown University Hanwool Choe, University of Hong Kong Alla Tovares, Howard University For additional information, please contact OxfordIntersections.Editorial@oup.com, reach out to Cynthia Gordon at gordonc@georgetown.edu, and/or see: · Why publish in Oxford Intersections? <https://academic.oup.com/oxford-intersections/pages/why-publish?utm_campaign=86957puqa-86957puwp-Tb-Gb-Fa-Cg-Ac&utm_source=outlook&utm_medium=email&utm_content=text&utm_term=author+invitation> · What is an Intersections article? <https://academic.oup.com/oxford-intersections/pages/what-is-an-intersections-article?utm_campaign=86957puqa-86957puwp-Tb-Gb-Fa-Cg-Ac&utm_source=outlook&utm_medium=email&utm_content=text&utm_term=author+invitation> · The publishing process <https://academic.oup.com/oxford-intersections/pages/publishing-process?utm_campaign=86957puqa-86957puwp-Tb-Gb-Fa-Cg-Ac&utm_source=outlook&utm_medium=email&utm_content=text&utm_term=author+invitation> Sincerely, Cynthia Gordon (and on behalf of Hanwool Choe and Alla Tovares) Cynthia Gordon Professor Department of Linguistics Georgetown University gordonc@georgetown.edu https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014TpEoAAK/cynthia-gor... Poulton 252