Hipertext.net | Call for Papers:

Artificial Intelligence in Narrative Media: Generative AI in Contemporary Storytelling


Guest Editors:

Szilvia Ruszev
University College London - UK
s.ruszev@ucl.ac.uk

Temenuga Trifonova
University College London - UK
t.trifonova@ucl.ac.uk

Frederic Guerrero-Solé
Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Spain
frederic.guerrero@upf.edu


Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2025
Notification of acceptance: October 15th, 2025
Publication: November 2025


Introduction

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are increasingly integrated into creative industries, their impact on narrative, authorship, and visual language becomes a topic for critical research. AI tools can assist production at any stage, from ideation, scriptwriting, and automating media editing, to visual effects, synthesising voices, reshaping traditional workflows and lowering barriers for creators worldwide.

The integration of AI also presents a range of challenges and risks, including concerns about authorship and intellectual property, biases and stereotypes in representation, ethics, authenticity, labour relations and technological monopolies, and the impact on creativity.

This call invites contributions that explore the emerging paradigms, aesthetics, and ethical challenges of AI-assisted narratives in cinema and the broader audiovisual field.

Both theoretical contributions and practice-based research at the intersection of AI and narrative innovation, with a focus on how AI reshapes the production, form, and reception of cinema and visual productions will be positively valued. We also encourage submissions that investigate the evolving workflows and layered complexities involved in integrating generative AI into film and audiovisual production, including its implications for creative processes, labour dynamics, and production methodologies.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

I. Narratives by AI

• The Impact of AI on Visual Narratives. The influence of AI on narrative structure and the creative process, including new forms of storytelling enabled by LLMs, text to image and text to video generation tools, and other generative AI technologies. Exploration of speculative storytelling.
• Collaborative Authorship and Human-AI Co-Creation. Rethinking the role of the screenwriter, film director, or editor in AI-augmented workflows. Algorithmic Creativity.
• Aesthetic Shifts in Audiovisual Culture. How generative AI is influencing style and cinematic language.
• Biases and Stereotypes in AI-Assisted Narratives. Critical perspectives on representation, bias, and cultural framing in AI-generated content. The impact of algorithmic bias in AI-generated scripts, characters, spaces, and narratives.
• Cross-Cultural Adoption and Integration. How generative AI tools are adopted, integrated and adapted in diverse cultural contexts.

II. Narratives about AI

• Legal and Ethical Perspectives. Legal and ethical questions surrounding the use of AI in the creative and media industries: intellectual property, labour rights, authenticity in AI generated works etc.
• Audience Reception and Dynamics. Viewers’ perception of AI-generated content and narratives, including issues of perceived effects, authenticity, originality and trust.
• Representations of AI in audiovisual media.


Dates and contacts

Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2025
Notification of acceptance: October 15th, 2025
Publication: November 2025

Hipertext.net website: https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/

Types of articles:
● Scientific Articles/ Papers. Texts with a length between 4,000 and 9,000 words, excluding the bibliography. Recommended structure: Introduction, Theoretical Framework, Methodology, Results, Discussion, References.
● Reports/Analysis articles: Texts with a length between 4,000 and 9,000 words, excluding the bibliography.
● Letters (brief communications): Letters or brief communications: Texts with a length between 1,500 and 3,000 words. Recommended structure: Introduction, Case Report, Discussion, References.

All proposals must be submitted using the journal's template: https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/28

Authors are encouraged to review the journal's guidelines:
https://raco.cat/index.php/Hipertext/about/submissions


Publication Fees:
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Languages:
Submissions can be in English, Spanish or Catalan.
Once an article is accepted, the authors may decide to translate it and publish it in one of the other languages as well.

Review:
Peer review

Contact:
Pere Freixa, Editor-in-chief, hipertext@upf.edu

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