Dear Comm & Digital Culture Friends, Just a reminder that it is just about time to hit the "Motivational Panic" button of inspiration to submit your proposal for PCA 2025! Deadline is November 30 - so... yep. I'm including an ad you can share on your socials or in your groups, as well as the CFP below. Along with our normal Fall term crunches, we've had pretty big institutional changes in my "day job," so I'm right there with you if you feel challenged for time. Do your best and get your proposal in as soon as you can. I'm looking forward to hearing from you! --------------------CFP------------------------- “I’m not a Robot: Being Human in the Digital World” We are witnessing digital mediation of the human experience at an increasingly rapid pace. From communication to production, and from community to consumption, digital media has changed our human practices in both expansive and reductive ways; digital culture is shaping the human of the 21st-century. To use recent discourse around the usage of generative A.I. products as an example, how do machine learning technologies complicate human identification and interrupt human (pedagogical, economic, epistemic) processes? The Communication and Digital Culture Area of Popular Culture Association is seeking submissions for presentations dealing with the effects of digital media on “being human.” Topics for presentations and panels on “being human” might include: Autonomy, Creativity, Privacy, Community, Conflict, Ethics, Love, Trust, Art, Work, Intellectual Property, Skills, Vocation, Education, Laws, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- Out short link is www.bit.ly/PCA-2025