Hello AoIR community, I hope all are well and hopefully have some time to rest coming up! I am writing to remind that the *deadline* for our special issue in Journal of Information Technology & Politics <https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/journal-information-technology-politics-conspiracy/?utm_source=TFO&utm_medium=cms&utm_campaign=JPG15743> on *the future of conspiracy scholarship* is *12/31/2023*. As a reminder, please submit full papers to the JITP submission portal <https://accounts.taylorfrancis.com/identity/#/login?authorize=true&client_id=59f21242bb410562f60413514f5108d80ede3086581e834d9027687f7a875502&response_type=code&scope=mail&redirect_uri=http:%2F%2Fapi.taylorandfrancis.com%2Fv1%2Fauthclient%2Fcallback%2F172.68.27.89&state=&flow=&brand=rptnf> and select our special issue when prompted. Please write to me at zelly[@]utexas.edu with any and all questions! Happy holidays! Zelly -- *Zelly Martin *| PhD Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant Center for Media Engagement | Moody College of Communication | The University of Texas at Austin mediaengagement.org/propaganda/ <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediaengagement.org%2Fpropaganda%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C902c266d1ca346f0bbf108da758b7af0%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C637951539186087039%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PFDp64b6bsl3PSx9nTmFKqW9FQnUfYOFGksh%2F8%2FmZsM%3D&reserved=0>| @zellycmartin Latest publication: Zelly C Martin, Inga K Trauthig, Katlyn Glover, and Samuel C Woolley. (2023). The political use of encrypted messaging applications: Evidence from southeast Asia and its implications for the global public sphere. *First Monday*. https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v28i10.13172