13 November 2014

Call for papers: "Advanced Digital Human Models for Social Interaction on the Internet"

For a special issue of the International Journal of the Digital Human.

The goal of this special issue is to present a comprehensive multi-disciplinary view of advanced digital human models for social interaction on the Internet. The emphasis of the special issue is on digital human models with novel and exceptional abilities. Manuscripts must therefore contain appropriate and interesting theoretical, experiential, and application self-views and comparative-views of digital human models with novel and exceptional abilities. The aim is to show that digital human models can be used to simplify user interfaces, increase communication, and improve information transfer during social interaction on the Internet.
 
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • The state of the art in digital human models for social interaction on the Internet
  • Theoretical models used to analyse social interactions on the Internet
  • Theoretical models used to create or improve avatars in virtual worlds
  • Observational studies on the effects of avatars on social interactions on the Internet
  • Issues related to security, trust, privacy, commitment, values, integrity, knowledge and social contexts in social interactions on the Internet
  • Trends in digital human models for social interaction on the Internet
 
Important Dates
Submission of manuscripts: 31 March, 2015
Notification to authors: 1 June, 2015
Final versions due: 31 July, 2015

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