Source Themes

Can you repeat that again? Investigating the mediating effects of perceived accommodation appropriateness for accommodative voice-based assistants

The widespread use of Voice-Based Assistants (VBAs) in various applications has introduced a new dimension to human-machine communication. This study explores how users assess VBAs exhibiting either excessive or insufficient communication …

Interacting with social robots: The influence of their distinctive cues, behavioral capabilities, and affordances on social interaction and well-being

Social robots have the potential to significantly impact human behavior in social settings, presenting both opportunities and challenges. This chapter explores the multifaceted influences of social robots’ cues, behavioral capacities, and affordances …

What HMC teaches us about authenticity

This paper delves into what the application of authenticity to Human-Machine Communication (HMC) can teach us about authenticity and us as HMC researchers and as a community. Inspired by the 2023 pre-conference “HMC — Authenticity in communicating …

The role of affective and cognitive involvement in the mitigating effects of AI source cues on hostile media bias

With an experimental design, this study examined the effect of source cues (Human vs. AI) on hostile media bias through heuristic machine evaluation of machine and human social media profiles. This study also explored the effects of affective and …

Nonverbal communication in human-machine communication: Wait, robots can have faces?

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Robots, AI, automation, and those who define them

Feeling for our robot overlords: Perceptions of emotionally expressive social robots in initial interactions

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'But they're my avatar: Examining character attachment to android avatars in Quantic Dream's Detroit: Become Human

This study examines how players describe their rationale behind decisions made during gameplay of Detroit Become Human and how responses may coincide with character attachment (CA). Semi-structured interviews were conducted to examine the presence of …

'Impressions of message compliance-gaining strategies for considering robot rights

This experiment was conducted to determine interpersonal impressions of two types of compliance-gaining strategies (warning and obligation) used to ask for the consideration of robot rights. Findings demonstrated that the strategy of obligation …

HMC in the educational context

Techonlogies in HMC can interrupt a lot of our pedagogical techniques and has the opportunity to change what education looks like for many. Using robots in the classroom is not a new endeavor. From social robots as stand-ins for math tutoring, …