*CFP* "COVID-19 NOW AND THEN: REFLECTIONS ON MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND THE PANDEMIC", SPECIAL ISSUE, MOBILE MEDIA & COMMUNICATION JOURNAL

In this special issue, Mobile Media & Communication Journal is looking for future oriented pieces that analyze how the pandemic has shaped and changed our mobile communication, sociability and networked urban mobility practices around the world. We welcome papers that might take the lessons learned during this pandemic and consider how these lessons can help us in the future. We particularly welcome contributions that analyze the impacts of the pandemic in the practices of minoritized populations, especially in the Global South.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• The future of urban networked mobility in both Global North and South
• The shift to more sustainable forms of micromobiity, particularly focusing on the integration between transportation and mobile apps
• New forms of experiencing urban and public spaces via mobile technologies that take into account active mobility and walking
• The mobile-guided gig economy for delivery of services
• The development of location-based apps that can help us prepare for the next pandemic
• The future of contact-tracing apps, and their relationship with privacy and surveillance
• The shift in the nature of hybrid spaces from urban to domestic spaces
• The role of mobile augmented-reality and mobile videoconferencing for remote work
• The role of mobile communication in helping low-income and minoritized communities

Submitted articles can come from various theoretical and methodological perspectives, as long as they engage with mobile communication scholarship and focus on the future and lessons learned from the pandemic from a mobile media and communication perspective.

Please submit an extended abstract of no more than 1,000 words (including references) that states the paper’s main argument, contribution, and takeaway. The abstract should clearly explain how the full submission will contribute to the aims of this special issue. Please email extended abstracts tocovid19nowandthen@gmail.com by 30 August 2021. Abstracts should be accompanied by a short biography for each author (approx. 200 words). Also, include the names, titles, and contact information for 2-3 suggested reviewers.

 

Extended abstracts submission (1,000 words): 30 August, 2021
Full papers submission (8,000 words): 1 March, 2022
Final acceptance: 15 January, 2023