Dear colleagues,

This is a call for papers for a special issue of Communication and Change on AI in Business and Strategic Communication: Organizational Transformations, Stakeholder Relationships, and Emerging Communication Practices.

Guest Editors:

Dr. Hua Jiang, Syracuse University, USA

Dr. Yi Luo, Montclair State University, USA

Dr. Arunima Krishna, Boston University, USA

Overview:

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the landscape of business and strategic communication across industries, organizations, and global contexts. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in organizational communication processes, important questions emerge regarding transparency, trust, authenticity, ethics, creativity, labor, collaboration, and human–machine interaction. AI is not only influencing communication efficiency and personalization but also redefining professional roles, organizational cultures, and stakeholder expectations in business and strategic communication environments.

This Special Issue invites original research that examines the evolving role of AI in business communication, strategic communication, and related fields. We welcome theoretically grounded, methodologically rigorous, and practically relevant scholarship that advances understanding of how AI is shaping organizational dynamics, stakeholder relationships, and other strategic communication practices. We encourage interdisciplinary perspectives while emphasizing clear contributions to communication scholarship and practice.

Themes of Interest (including, but not limited to):

Theme 1: AI and Organizational Transformation

AI and strategic communication management
AI-enabled internal communication
AI and leadership communication
AI and employee engagement
Human-AI collaboration in organizational communication
AI and data-driven decision-making
AI and predictive analytics
AI and communication intelligence
AI and future of communication professions

Theme 2: AI and Stakeholder Relationships

Stakeholder engagement and relationship management
AI and dialogic management
AI, employee well-being, and organizational outcomes
Trust, credibility, and authenticity
Audience perceptions and user experiences

Theme 3: Emerging Practices in AI-Mediated Business and Strategic Communication

AI and crisis communication
AI and corporate reputation management
AI and content creation
AI and social listening
AI and campaign evaluation
AI’s role in storytelling and branding
Impact of chatbots on business and strategic communication
Virtual influencers
AI and media relations
AI and social impact

We welcome diverse methodological approaches, including quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, computational, experimental, ethnographic, and critical approaches.

Important Dates:

September 15, 2026: Please submit an abstract (600–1,200 words) to cac@fudan.edu.cn.
October 15, 2026: Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified.
March 15th, 2027: Full papers (6,000 – 10,000 words) will be submitted via the journal’s online submission system.
Early 2028: The special issue is expected to be published online.

For more information, please see https://link.springer.com/journal/44382/updates/53007998.

Submission Guidelines:

Authors should follow the journal’s standard formatting and submission procedures. Please indicate that your manuscript is intended for the Special Issue on AI in Business and Strategic Communication in the email subject line.

Contact: For any inquiries about the special issue, please contact the special issue editor, Dr. Hua Jiang (hjiang07@syr.edu).

About the Journal:

Communication and Change (C&C) is a peer-reviewed, open-access international journal dedicated to advancing the understanding of communication in the context of rapid technological and societal transformation. With emerging technologies such as AI and big data reshaping communication practices, social structures, and media landscapes, Communication and Change seeks to foster innovative research and theory-building that explores the dynamic interplay between communication and change.

C&C is published by Springer and is institutionally based at the School of Journalism, Fudan University. Professor James E. Katz at Boston University and Professor Baohua Zhou at Fudan are the journal’s co-Editors-in-Chief.