Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026): April–June 2026

Volume 4, No. 2 (April–June 2026) of Language, Technology, and Social Media brings together 23 unique authors from a total of 6 countries, namely Indonesia, Iraq, Oman, South Africa, Australia, and China, across 10 peer-reviewed articles. This issue examines digital discourse and public communication through research on protest representation within hybrid media systems, Arabic–English code-switching and emotional expression in podcasts, and the use of social media during political and societal crises. It further explores the epistemological governance of generative artificial intelligence, digitally mediated power and cultural hegemony, and the implications of AI-generated music for language, identity, authenticity, and social-media circulation. Complementary studies address multicultural literacy through Indonesian folktales, pesantren-based oral communication and public-speaking development, metacognitive awareness across English-language skills, and user-centered digital civic education supported by website-based learning and sustainable-development principles.