In this introduction to the Mediated Conversation minitrack of HICSS, the co-chairs discuss a series of themes regarding emerging technologies, media, and society that draw together the five papersrepresenting an interdisciplinary ensemble-that constitute this year's minitrack.

In this introduction to the Mediated Conversation minitrack of HICSS, the co-chairs discuss a theme that draws together the six papers that constitute this year's minitrack, and that represents the central role of mediated conversation in a world dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This brief paper introduces the seven manuscripts presented at the 2022 HICSS Mediated Conversation minitrack.