Special Issue, Thematic Dossier: “Democracy and Big Techs: War of Affects”

2025-06-26

The UNIFOR Law School Journal announces Call for Papers No. 20/2025, inviting national and international researchers and members of the academic community to submit scientific articles for the thematic dossier “Democracy and Big Techs: War of Affects.”

Curated by Professors Dr. José Luiz Quadros de Magalhães and Dr. Nélida Reis Caseca Machado, this dossier aims to foster critical and interdisciplinary reflections on the impact of digital platforms on democracy and the emotional life of contemporary societies.

The concept of the “war of affects” highlights the use of technologies, algorithms, and artificial intelligence in emotional manipulation, political polarization, and disinformation.

Unpublished articles addressing, among other topics, the following themes will be accepted:

  • Democracy and regulation of digital platforms;

  • Affects, algorithms, and political behavior on networks;

  • Disinformation, fake news, and emotional manipulation;

  • Freedom of expression and content moderation;

  • Cancel culture and digital affects;

  • Digital governance and fundamental rights;

  • Ethics of technology and Big Tech accountability;

  • Social justice, digital inclusion, and affective resistance.

Submissions will be accepted from July 1 to October 15, 2025, via the journal’s platform, under the “special issue article” category, with publication expected in November 2025.

Articles must be original, comply with ABNT formatting standards, and may be written in Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, or Italian.

The peer review process will follow a double-blind evaluation, according to the journal’s editorial guidelines available in the author instructions.

The full call for papers is available at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IdGBhMSQyI-NabPqNKcFeDau6HOfwWfv/view?usp=sharing

For further information, please contact:
UNIFOR Law School Journal – revistadireito@uniformg.edu.br