Find yourself already missing Australia? Didn't get to make it to Australia for AoIR? Then submit your papers to the the ICA Annual Conference that will take place May 2020 in Gold Coast, Australia. Below is the Call for Papers from the Human-Machine Communication Interest Group. Deadline is 16:00 UTC, 1 Nov. 2019. The HMC Interest Group welcomes submissions focused on the many aspects of the creation of meaning between humans and technologies designed to enact the role of communicator and the implications of people’s interactions with these technologies for individuals, organizations, and society. Relevant topics also include the study of the development and design of technologies as communicative subjects; the integration of these technologies into media-related industries (e.g., automated journalism); the augmentation of the body with technology (e.g., human augmentics); cultural discourse surrounding technologies that function as communicators; and the historical, philosophical, theoretical, and methodological development of HMC as a distinct subfield of communication. Papers regarding topics not specified here but directly related to the focus of the Interest Group are also welcome. Authors are encouraged, but not required, to engage with the conference theme of “Open Communication.” Submissions are welcome from the various theoretical and methodological approaches to communication research. Authors are encouraged to clearly state the aims/goals of the paper and how they will be achieved; to articulate how their work relates and contributes to HMC and communication research; and to clearly and completely explain theoretical and methodological aspects of their work. Authors should select specific keywords that describe the type of manuscript being submitted, the subject of the manuscript, and the approach and method used. To ensure papers are reviewed by a diverse pool of qualified reviewers, all authors submitting to the conference who have a PhD or have advanced to the rank of PhD candidate are highly encouraged to sign up to review. Submission Types: (Overview. Please consult website for more details). Papers: Maximum length is 8,000 words excluding tables and references. Paper awards: The Interest Group will present awards to the Top Student Paper and to the Top Paper. To be considered for the Top Student Paper Award 1) all authors must be students and 2) the paper must be designated as a student paper within the submission system. Students also are eligible to win the Top Paper Award. Interactive Posters: Authors who think their research is better presented in an interactive visual format are encouraged to note this when submitting their manuscript. Note: Some papers may be selected for presentation as posters. Poster award: The Interest Group will present one award to the Top Poster. Extended abstracts: The extended abstract format is intended for works in progress. Extended abstracts will be presented as part of high-density sessions and/or the poster session but are NOT eligible for paper or poster awards. Detailed CFP: https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/HMC_CFP General conference information: https://www.icahdq.org/page/2020CFP General information regarding the HMC Interest Group: https://humanmachinecommunication.com Questions regarding the conference, contact Chad Edwards, vice-chair, chad.edwards@wmich.edu General questions regarding the interest group, contact Andrea L. Guzman, chair, alguzman@niu.edu _______________ Andrea L. Guzman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Northern Illinois University alguzman@niu.edu Recent Publications: Artificial Intelligence and communication: A Human-Machine Communication research agenda (with Seth C. Lewis) New Media & Society: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1461444819858691 Automation, journalism, and Human–Machine Communication: Rethinking roles and relationships of humans and machines in news (with Seth C. Lewis & Thomas R. Schmidt) Digital Journalism: https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2019.1577147 <https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2019.1577147> Human-Machine Communication: Rethinking Communication, Technology, & Ourselves: https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/64309?format=PBK