Call for papers thematic dossier: Museums in the digital society

2025-08-04

CALL FOR PAPERS

 THEMATIC DOSSIER

Museums in the digital society (vol. 40, 2026)

Guest editors: Ruth Fernández1, Pablo Escandón2 and Eva Hernández2

Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2026

Dixit invites academics, researchers, and professionals to contribute to a thematic dossier with academic articles on the role of museums in the digital society.

Museums are conceived as social institutions (Martín Serrano, 2008) in continuous transformation; cyberculture (Lévy, 2007) and new media (Manovich, 2006) have changed consumption, content, audiences, and experiences both in situ and on devices, thereby also changing and expanding exhibition formats, which now take advantage of media convergence (Jenkins, 2009). Museums, as spaces for communicative mediation (Escandón, 2020), are influenced by technology, and the use of media for the explanation, dissemination, and dissemination of content is vital for these repositories of culture and heritage in their search for new audiences.

The aim of this dossier is to bring together research that contributes to the analysis and reflection on communication or media practices linked to the field of museography, new technologies and new media in museum and exhibition spaces, and the impact of AI on museography and user experience.

Manuscripts addressing any of the following topics will be welcome:

  • Institutional communication by museums through social media.
  • Innovative museum campaigns linking transmedia strategies.
  • Museums and AI: uses and applications for content creation and dissemination.
  • Studies on museum audiences in relation to new technologies.
  • Virtual reality and augmented reality in the museum environment.
  • Accessibility and expanded and complementary narratives.
  • Digital museums, mobile museums, and cybermuseums.

 Important information

  • Submissions are only accepted via the website.
  • Academic articles should not exceed 8,000 words (including abstracts, references, notes, tables, and figures), with a limit of 35 references.
  • Submissions should be sent to the section “Dossier | Museums in the Digital Society.”
  • The deadline for submitting papers is January 15, 2026.
  • Editorial and section policies: About the journal | Dixit
  • Guidelines for submitting original works: Submissions | Dixit
  • Inquiries: [email protected]

 

References

Escandón, P. (2020). Cibermuseos quiteños. Estado y propuesta de comunicación digital. UASB-E, El Conejo.

Jenkins, H. (2009). Convergence Culture. Paidós.

Lévy, P. (2007). Cibercultura. La cultura de la sociedad digital. Anthropos; UNAM.

Manovich, L. (2006). El lenguaje de los nuevos medios. Paidós.

Martín Serrano, M. (2008). La mediación social. Akal.

Supplementary bibliography

Anderson, M. (2019). Towards cultural democracy: Museums and their communities. Museum International, 71(1-2), 140-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/13500775.2019.1638070

Cuomo, M. T., Tortora, D., Foroudi, P., Giordano, A., Festa, G., & Metallo, G. (2021). Digital transformation and tourist experience co-design: Big social data for planning cultural tourism. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 162, 120345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120345

Fernández-Hernández, R., Vacas-Guerrero, T., & García-Muiña, F. E. (2021). Online reputation and user engagement as strategic resources of museums. Museum Management and Curatorship, 36(6), 553-568. https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2020.1803114

Fernandez-Lores, S., Crespo-Tejero, N., & Fernández-Hernández, R. (2022). Driving traffic to the museum: The role of the digital communication tools. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 174, 121-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121273

Kotler, N. (2001). New ways of experiencing culture: the role of museums and marketing implications. Museum management and curatorship, 19(4), 417-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/09647770100801904

Siri, A. (2024). Emerging Trends and Future Directions in Artificial Intelligence for Museums: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis Based on Scopus (1983-2024). Geopolitical, social security and freedom journal. https://doi. org/10.2478/gssfj-2024-0002.


1 Ruth Fernández

Doctorate in Tourism from Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC). Master's Degree in Communication Management and New Technologies (URJC-ESIC), Master's Degree in Communication and Advertising Management (ESIC), Bachelor's Degree in Communication from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), and Advanced Diploma in Commercial Management and Marketing (ESIC). She is the director of the academic department of Communication and Advertising and a professor of undergraduate and graduate courses at ESIC University (Madrid). She specializes in the study of new technologies, tourism, and museums. She has published articles in national and international journals, as well as book chapters in international publishing houses.

2 Pablo Escandón

Doctorate in Contemporary Communication and Information (USC), Master's Degree in Information and Knowledge Society (UOC), Master's Degree in Digital Journalism (UAM), Bachelor's Degree in Communication and Literature (PUCE). He coordinates the postgraduate programs in Transmedia Communication and Political Communication at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (Ecuador campus). He researches topics related to digital narratives and expanded writing, digital museums and cybermuseums, digital literature, and writing for platforms. He is also a writer of fiction and documentaries.

3 Eva Hernández

PhD in Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid, where she is a researcher and lecturer in film analysis. Double graduate in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication. Her work focuses on the study of audiovisual media, with special attention to the position of women in cinema. Her research is based on text theory and psychoanalysis, the focus of her doctoral thesis on Sleeping Beauty (Disney, 1959), supervised by Professor Jesús González Requena. She has participated as an author, editor, and coordinator in various academic publications on communication, and coordinates cultural and scientific events such as the H Congress.