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Creepy, Invasive, and Exploitative Algorithms: A CPM Analysis of Users’ Privacy Breakdowns and Recalibration Practices with Social Media Algorithms

Social media content filtering algorithms can both provide desired personalized content and ads for users. However, sometimes these recommendations can resemble individual private information. How might users navigate these experiences to best manage …

Vicarious virtual intergroup contact: exploring domestic students’ attitudes toward domestic and international students through watching collaborative gameplay

This study explores the influence of vicarious mediated intergroup contact on individuals’ perceptions of in-group and out-group members, with a focus on observing interactions between domestic and international students. In particular, the research …

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 …