Dear All, We are editing the volume Internet Studies: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Edward Elgar). We are currently seeking three strong chapters, addressing: Platform Capitalism Unbound, Global Platform Labor, and Sustainable Digital Futures Details: Platform Capitalism Unbound A chapter is needed that analyzes the rise of platform capitalism as a dominant economic and institutional logic, with emphasis on: * Consolidation of infrastructural power by leading technology firms * Value extraction through data monopolization * Vertical integration and AI investment * Regulatory responses and new forms of market concentration in the AI era A combination of political economy, economic sociology, and STS is desirable. Algorithmic Governance of Daily Life An analysis of datafication and algorithmic governance in everyday domains is required: welfare, education, policing, urban management, consumption, and intimate life. Emphasis on bias, accountability, transparency, and the reconfiguration of agency under conditions of pervasive algorithmic steering. Global Platform Labor This is the most critical gap. A chapter is needed on: * Gig work, content moderation, data labeling, and remote microwork * Inequality and precarity between Global North and South * New labor hierarchies * Resistance and cross-border solidarities A strong focus on the Global South, combined with labor studies and digital sociology, is desirable. Envisioning Sustainable Digital Futures A Forward-looking chapter is needed on: * Environmental costs of digital infrastructures and AI (energy, water, minerals, data centers) * AI literacy * Human-centered and socially just design frameworks * A combination of speculative inquiry and policy relevance Submission Guidelines Please submit: - A chapter abstract of 300–500 words (excluding references) - A provisional chapter title - Author name(s), affiliation(s), and a short bio (approx. 100 words per author) - Indication of which part of the book the proposed chapter best fits Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2026 Final chapters should be approximately 8,000–10,000 words (including footnotes, references, and any tables/figures) and will undergo peer review. Tentative Timeline - Abstract submission deadline: 30 October 2026 - Notification of acceptance: Late October / early November 2026 - Full chapter submission: April 2028 - Revised chapters due: July 2028 - Manuscript delivery to publisher: Early 2028 How to Submit Send your abstract and author information to: Ilan Talmud (talmud@soc.haifa.ac.il) Subject line: Chapter Proposal: Internet Studies in Transition We strongly encourage proposals from early-career researchers, scholars from the Global South, women, and those working across disciplinary boundaries. Co-authored chapters are welcome. This volume aims to be a high-quality, coherent, and impactful contribution to the field — an essential reference for researchers, students, policymakers, and practitioners navigating the AI-platform era. We look forward to receiving your proposals. Editor: Prof. Ilan Talmud Department of Sociology, University of Haifa Prof. Ilan Talmud, Ph.D. ايلان تلمود Pronouns: He / Him / His Department of Sociology, University of Haifa Wired Youth: The Online Social World of Adolescence. Revised and Extended 2nd Edition, Routledge (221 pp.). Embedded Digital Money: The Social Unfolding of Bitcoin, Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN: 9781035353880582, forthcoming. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8642-9582 https://sites.google.com/soc.haifa.ac.il/profilantalmud/home Office phone: 972-4-8240992 Secretaries: 972-4-8240995 04- 8249643/048249645 FAX: 972-4-8240819