*communication +1 *is pleased to present: *Machine Communication* *Edited by David Gunkel and Zachary McDowell* With this special issue we explore the boundaries of communication beyond the human subject and the restrictions of humanism by considering that which is radically other – the machine. These articles seek to interrogate the opportunities and challenges that emerge around, within, and from interactions and engagements with machines of all types and varieties. By examining the full range of human-machine interactions, machine-machine interactions, or other hitherto unanticipated configurations, we believe we have assembled a collection of ground-breaking essays that push the boundaries of our discipline and probe the new social configurations of the 21st century. *Contributors include: * Zachary McDowell David Gunkel Andrea Guzman Anna Nacher John Novak Jason Archer Victor Mateevitsi Steve Jones Sun-ha Hong Samuel Goyet Cléo Collomb Sandra Robinson Lisa Tam Rajiv Khosla To the authors we extend our deep gratitude for their contributions. To the readers we extend our invitation for input and suggestions. The following pages begin a conversation we hope will continue. And it is to those whom have spoken we shall turn. For free access to the issue, and all of *communication +1,* please visit http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cpo/. *communication +1 *is an open access journal supported by University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries and the Department of Communication * Editor in Chief: Briankle G. Chang, University of Massachusetts Amherst * Managing Editor: Zachary J. McDowell, University of Massachusetts Amherst *Advisory Board* Kuan-Hsing Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Sean Johnson Andrews, Columbia College Chicago Nathalie Casemajor, University of Québec Outaouais Bernard Geoghegan, Coventry University, United Kingdom Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill David Gunkel, Northern Illinois University Peter Krapp, University of California Irvine Catherine Malabou, Kingston University, United Kingdom Jussi Parikka, University of Southampton, United Kingdom John Durham Peters, University of Iowa Gil Rodman, University of Minnesota Florian Sprenger, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany Johnathan Sterne, McGill University Ted Striphas, University of Colorado, Boulder Greg Wise, Arizona State University best Zach -------------------- Zachary J. McDowell, PhD University of Massachusetts Amherst Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Digital Government Research Fellow, Wiki Education Foundation Managing Editor, communication +1 www.zachmcdowell.com