Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026): June 2026 | Language, Technology, and Social Media

Volume 4, No. 2 (June 2026) of Language, Technology, and Social Media brings together 23 authors from six countries across ten peer-reviewed articles. This issue examines the evolving intersections of language, technology, culture, and digital communication, including social media’s role in protest representation and crisis communication, Arabic–English code-switching in podcast discourse, and ethical governance in the age of generative AI. It also features studies on multicultural literacy through Indonesian folktales, AI, cultural hegemony, and identity in literary and musical traditions, as well as pesantren-based public speaking, metacognitive awareness in English language learning, and user-centered digital civic communication for education and sustainable development.