Welcome!

We are the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS). 

You can find out more about what we do here, including the story of how CITAMS evolved out of CITASA.

CITAMS Section Social Media

We invite you to share recent work, announcements, and updates with the CITAMS community. This may include new publications, conference presentations, ongoing projects, workshops, calls, and other scholarly or public-facing activities. You can follow the section’s social media accounts here:

BlueSky: @citams26.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/citams26.bsky.social
LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/17213013/
Instagram: @citams.2026 https://www.instagram.com/citams.2026

If you would like your work or announcements to be featured, please submit them through the submission form. Please read our posting guidelines and we especially encourage members to join the LinkedIn group as a space for connection and exchange within the CITAMS community.


iCS Special Series Call for Papers

Call for Papers: CITAMS Special Issue of Information, Communication & Society
Did you have a paper accepted for presentation at the 2025 or 2026 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association or at the 2025 or 2026 Media Sociology Symposium?

If so, you are invited to submit your paper for consideration in a special issue of Information, Communication & Society(iCS). For the 20th year, iCS will publish a special issue featuring papers accepted at these meetings.

Only papers accepted for presentation at the 2025 or 2026 ASA Annual Meeting or Media Sociology Symposium are eligible for this special issue. Other papers may be submitted for consideration in regular issues of iCS.

The special issue welcomes papers addressing any facet of media, technology, communication, information, or related topics.

iCS is a highly ranked interdisciplinary journal that publishes research on the social, economic, and cultural impacts of new information and communication technologies. The journal positions itself at the center of contemporary debates about the information age.

Submissions must conform to the iCS guidelines. Manuscripts are limited to 7,000 words for the main text and 8,000 words in total, including endnotes, tables, references, and other materials. Manuscripts must be submitted through ScholarOne. If you do not already have an account, you will need to create one.

When submitting, select “Special Issue” and enter “CITAMS 2027” so that your manuscript is routed appropriately. Guest Editor: Gül Seçkin, University of North Texas

Timeline: Complete manuscripts due: November 1, 2026, before midnight Anywhere on Earth (AoE), Anticipated publication: May 2027. Please direct questions to Gül Seçkin at Gul.Seckin@unt.edu.


Latest Newsletter

CITAMS Summer/Fall Newsletter

Editors: Irissa Cisternino, Webster University
Iris Pinzon Arteaga, University at Albany
Erykah Benson, University of Michigan


CITAMS Thanks Our Sponsors!

Publishers: Taylor & Francis:

Information, Communication & Society;

Emerald Group Publishing:

Emerald Studies in Media and Communications

More information here.


CITAMS Logo

citamsWe extend our thanks to Ricci Humphrey for her excellent work creating a logo to match our new section name: Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology of the ASA: CITAMS. Ricci is a designer and photographer based in College Station, TX. We thank her for doing a fabulous job! Like her work?

Contact:  RicciDHumphrey@gmail.com.