Dear All, As agentic AI layers onto algorithmic recommendation systems in our digital environments, there is a profound change in the way that society observes, reacts, and reorganizes itself. We are no longer only watching humans interact with their tools: we are watching feedback loops in which automated systems take part in communication and coordination. In order to investigate these dynamics, we are organizing the session "*Born from Turbulence: Sociocybernetics, Systems Theory, and AI-Mediated Society*" at the *XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology* ("Global Sociology in Turbulent Times", Gwangju, Republic of Korea, 4-10 July 2027). We are writing to Air-L because we would particularly like to hear from the empirical internet researchers of the AoIR community. Our basic claim is that the loop should be the unit of analysis that we take into consideration. Be it the analysis of platform behavior, of attention economies, of synthetic media, or of coordinated activities, understanding the dynamics of the feedback loop is crucial. Instead of attributing humanlike intentionality to the machines, we interpret them as participants in communication and mechanisms of structural coupling (Esposito). We welcome contributions addressing, among others: - Scale and agency: how does the localized operation of AI and recommender systems scale up into the macro feedback dynamics of platforms and publics? - Opacity and observation: is it possible for a social system to observe and reorganize itself when the algorithmic loops mediating the observation are proprietary and opaque? - Platform governance: what could notions like circularity, self-reference, and second-order cybernetics contribute to the governance of AI-mediated ecosystems? Topics include: algorithmic visibility, recommender systems, information disorders, automated coordination, and adjacent areas. Papers addressing the central systemic concepts (feedback, circularity, self-reference) under any theoretical framing are especially welcome. The goal is to make a connection between the empirical study of platforms and systems theory. More details: - Abstracts: up to 300 words, in English - Deadline: 14 October 2026, 24:00 GMT *- Submission: https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2027/webprogrampreliminary/Session26872... <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2027/webprogrampreliminary/Session26872.html>* - Congress guidelines: https://www.isa-sociology.org/isa-events/xxi-world-congress-of-sociology/con... Questions are welcome off-list. With best regards, Massimo Terenzi & Fabio Giglietto (Session organizers, RC51 Sociocybernetics)