About Multimedia

Aims

Multimedia (ISSN 3042-6308) is an open access journal committed to advancing scientific research on the technological foundations of multimedia computing and on its societal applications through computationally driven solutions.

The journal aims to publish research that not only employs computational methods to explore how multimedia technologies influence and shape human behavior, cultural practices, and societal norms on a global scale, but also drives innovations in the technological foundations of multimedia systems—including algorithms, architectures, and computational frameworks. In parallel, it welcomes studies that develop computational solutions grounded in multimedia data and systems to analyze people—as individuals, communities, and societies—their behaviors, their interactions, and their engagement with digital, physical, and natural environments.

Multimedia encourages researchers working at the intersection of computational approaches and the social sciences to contribute methodologically rigorous studies that advance both the technological foundations of multimedia—through the design of architectures, development of algorithms, and deployment of computational applications—and the understanding of social phenomena involving multimedia data and systems. The journal aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and provide a comprehensive perspective on the role of multimedia research in both driving technical innovation and understanding social science.

Scope

The following core areas define the journal's scope:

1. Foundations and Advancements in Multimedia Technologies
Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Generative AI for multimedia content production (e.g., diffusion models, large language models);
• Neuro-symbolic multimedia AI;
• 5G/6G and edge multimedia processing;
• Digital twins and spatial computing for dynamic multimedia modeling of real-world environments.

2. Computational Social Media Analytics
Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Multimodal analysis of social media content;
• Sentiment, emotion, and stance detection;
• Automated detection of misinformation, bots, and trolls;
• Computational modeling of virality and influence dynamics.

3. Human–AI Interaction in Social Contexts
Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Multimodal interaction between humans and AI systems, incorporating speech, gesture, gaze, emotion, and contextual signals;
• Game-based and interactive systems for social impact (e.g., in education, health, and sustainability);
• Embodied and conversational agents (e.g., robots, avatars, virtual assistants) in collaborative settings;
• Human–AI collaboration in co-creation, decision-making, and problem-solving across cultural and social domains.

4. Multimedia Understanding and Generation for Social Insight
Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Semantic analysis of multimedia data—images, video, audio, and multimodal content—to explore human behavior, cultural expression, and social practices;
• Multimodal fusion and cross-modal learning for holistic media understanding;
• Multimodal representation learning to uncover social patterns, communicative strategies, and narrative structures;
• Computational analysis of the social and psychological effects of synthetic media on perception, identity, and public discourse.

5. Ethics, Fairness, and Privacy in Multimedia Systems
Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Fairness, explainability, and trustworthy in multimedia algorithms and systems;
• Detection and mitigation of bias in datasets and models involving multimodal content;
• Privacy-preserving techniques for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of multimedia data;
• Design of inclusive, accessible, and equitable multimedia technologies and interfaces.

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Multimedia will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

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