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New Special Issue on Generative AI Governance in iCS

  • 1.  New Special Issue on Generative AI Governance in iCS

    Posted 22 hours ago

    Dear ICA Community,

    We are delighted to share the publication of our special issue on Generative AI Governance in Information, Communication & Society.

    Special Issue Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rics20/29/6

    This special issue brings together interdisciplinary and international perspectives on how generative AI governance is unfolding across media systems, institutions, infrastructures, labour relations, creative industries, journalism, and digital platforms. Collectively, the contributions examine how generative AI is reshaping communication systems and reconfiguring governance across technological, legal, political, and societal domains.

    At a time when generative AI technologies are rapidly transforming information and communication environments worldwide, this collection highlights that governance is not merely a question of regulation, but also one of institutional power, platform ordering, labour struggle, public accountability, inclusion, and democratic futures.

    Table of Contents

    1. Kuai, Joanne, and Fabian Ferrari. 2026. "Generative AI Governance: From Regulatory Design to Institutional Reordering." Information, Communication & Society 29 (6): 1803–1812. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2026.2639565
    2. Fu, Pengfei, Zhi Lin, and Wilfred Yang Wang. 2026. "Operationalizing AI Governance: Data Annotation, La Qi and Manual Alignment in China." Information, Communication & Society 29 (6): 1813–1835. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2526162
    3. Grohmann, Rafael, Andre Campos Rocha, and Guilherme Guilherme. 2026. "Worker-Led AI Governance: Hollywood Writers' Strikes and the Worker Power." Information, Communication & Society 29 (6): 1836–1854.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2521375
    4. Ta, Na, Jing Zeng, and Zhanghao Li. 2026. "Governance of Discriminatory Content in Conversational AIs: A Cross-Platform and Cross-Cultural Analysis." Information, Communication & Society 29 (6): 1855–1872.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2537803
    5. Kaye, D. Bondy Valdovinos, Kylie Pappalardo, and Joanne Gray. 2026. "In the Style of: Exploring Industry, Creator and Legal Implications of Copying Style through Generative AI." Information, Communication & Society 29 (6): 1873–1889.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2496905
    6. McKelvey, Fenwick, Bart Simon, and Luciano Frizzera. 2026. "Generative AI and the Information Commons: Controversy, Copyright, and Closure." Information, Communication & Society 29 (6): 1890–1911.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2565328
    7. Napoli, Philip M., and Suher Adi. 2026. "On Moving Fast and Breaking Things . . . Again: Social Media's Lessons for Generative AI Governance." Information, Communication & Society 29 (6): 1912–1928.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2513668
    8. Su, Chris Chao, and Ngai Keung Chan. 2026. "Assembling Platform Governance as Private Ordering in the Age of Generative AI: Platform Interdependence in Policy Evolution." Information, Communication & Society 29 (6): 1929–1953.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2513672
    9. Zhuang, Kuansong Victor, and Gerard Goggin. 2026. "Governing Generative AI for Disability and Inclusion." Information, Communication & Society 29 (6): 1954–1970.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2570735
    10. Ananny, Mike. 2026. "AI Governance as Scale Work: Synthetic Journalism across Scalar Collisions." Information, Communication & Society 29 (6): 1971–1981.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2597508
    11. Helberger, Natali. 2026. "Commentary: The GenAI Governance Gap." Information, Communication & Society 29 (6): 1982–1987.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2026.2638354

    We would like to sincerely thank all contributing authors, reviewers, and the editorial team at Information, Communication & Society for their support and collaboration throughout this process. We hope this collection contributes meaningfully to ongoing global conversations about the governance and societal implications of generative AI.

    Guest Editors

    Joanne Kuai, joanne.kuai@rmit.edu.au

    Fabian Ferrari, f.l.ferrari@uu.nl



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    Joanne Kuai
    RMIT University
    Melbourne
    Australia
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