The organization of the VIII International Conference on Online Journalism (#8COBCIBER) invites interested researchers to submit, *by June 30, 2024,* communication proposals to be presented at the conference. Communications should be about Cyberjournalism, with special preference for the topic of this #8COBCIBER, *"Platforms and players: embracing innovation, facing challenges".* It is suggested that proposals may address, among others, the following topics: *- Social implications of the “platformization” process;- Innovation in social media platforms;- Relevant platforms and actors in disinformation;- New actors in the face of cyberjournalistic authority;- Artificial Intelligence and cyberjournalism;- Cybermedia, attention economy and Algorithms;- Privacy and security of cyber media and cyber journalists;- Corporate communication in digital environments vs. Cyberjournalism;- Media literacy and cyberjournalism;- Consumption of online news and psychosocial effects;- Business models and monetization in cyberjournalism;- Cyberjournalism and diversity (social, cultural, etc.);- Cyberjournalism and gamification;- New cyberjournalisms;- Cyberjournalism and audience(s);- Cyberjournalism as a response to “news deserts”;- Strategies to mitigate growing news avoidance* Proposals, in the form of an extended abstract, may be written in *English, Portuguese, Spanish or French.* Each must include a description of *400 to 500 words*, which includes, in particular, the topic and its relevance, hypothesis or argument, conceptual and methodological framework, expected results and up to five keywords. Researchers must fill out this form to submit their proposals. The #8COBCIBER Scientific Committee will evaluate the proposals, and the *result will be communicated to all authors by July 31st*. The final articles may be published in *an edition of the journal* Estudos em Comunicação / Communication Studies <https://ojs.labcom-ifp.ubi.pt/ec/>(Scopus, Q3), which will have a call for papers aligned with the Congress theme, or in a *book to be published by Livros LabCom*. In both cases, *publications will take place in 2025*, and authors must deliver *complete articles by June 30, 2025.* #8COBCIBER is organized by ObCiber - Cyberjournalism Observatory <https://obciber.com/>, CITCEM - Transdisciplinary Research Center for Culture, Space and Memory <https://citcem.org/en/> and FLUP - Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto <https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/en/web_page.inicial>. More information: https://obciber.com/8-international-conference-on-online-journalism/ -- Inês Amaral Professora Associada | Associate Professor Universidade de Coimbra • Faculdade de Letras | University of Coimbra • Faculty of Arts and Humanities Largo da Porta Férrea | 3004-530 • Coimbra • Portugal Tel. | Phone: +351 239 410 090 E-mail: ines.amaral@uc.pt www.uc.pt | www.uc.pt/fluc