Contemporary Trends in Conflict and Communication Technology and Social Media examines the myriad ways conflict communication occurs in mediated spaces whether through social media platforms such as Facebook and on private social enterprise spaces or through formal online dispute resolution ODR technologies. We were experiencing the increase of conflict communication in hybrid spaces prior to the COVID19 pandemic yet the global lockdown that shifted everyone to remote teaching learning and working heightened our attention to the impact of technology and social media on conflict dynamics. While social media is often implicated in the spread of alternative facts false news and intimidation technology and new media also have the capacity to enhance and transform conflict communication in education workplace and sociopolitical settings.