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2026

  1. Abendschein, B., & Edwards, C. (2026). The complicated relationship between artificial intelligence and communication apprehension. In D. Horn & S. Prentiss (Eds.), Exploring communication anxiety and apprehension: Research, pedagogy and practice (pp. 110–121). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003614166-13
  2. Abrams, A. M. H., Nießen, I. L., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. M. (2026). Entitativity of social groups including robots. In HRI Companion '26: Companion Proceedings of the 21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 660–664). https://doi.org/10.1145/3776734.3794478
  3. Abrams, A. M. H., Schenk, A.-S. L., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. M. (2026). Intergroup bias towards robots? Investigating the effects of social categorisation, ingroup identification and the country of origin of robots. International Journal of Social Robotics, 18(2), Article 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-026-01378-y
  4. Afifi, T. D., & Edwards, A. L. (2026). Balancing face-to-face and digital communication: The role of relationship maintenance in dual-earning families. Communication Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502251412924
  5. Ain, Q. U., Chatti, M. A., Yazdian Varjani, N., Kamal, F., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. (2026). Visual or textual: Effects of explanation format and personal characteristics on the perception of explanations in an educational recommender system. In Proceedings of the 34th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (pp. 300–309). https://doi.org/10.1145/3774935.3806179
  6. Beattie, A. J., & Richards, R. J. (2026). Artificial intelligence, artificial impressions? AI, social judgment, and human–machine communication. In J. F. Landy (Ed.), Research handbook on social judgment (pp. 284–302). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035332540.00028
  7. Beattie, A. J., & Westerman, D. (2026). The wrong face at the wrong time: perceptions of emoji use and language fit between chatbots and humans in computer-mediated communication. Review of Communication, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2026.2632061
  8. Choi, M., Craig, M. J., Lin, M. C., & Kim, J. (2026). Virtual reality for intergroup contact: Impact on attitudes and anxiety toward domestic and international students. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 112, 102373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2026.102373
  9. Craig, M. J. A., Choi, M., Zhu, Y., Hassan, T., Noi, S. M., & Silva, D. E. (2026). It listens to me so I feel well and connected: Investigating the influence of TikTok users' perceived algorithm responsiveness and (in)sensitivity on well-being via self-determination. Social Media + Society, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051261417301
  10. Edwards, A. L., & Afifi, T. D. (2026). Maintaining closeness at a distance: Technology's role in mother-daughter relationships during emerging adulthood in their own words. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 43(8), 2221–2241. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075261430497
  11. Edwards, A., Edwards, C., & Abendschein, B. (2026). Social robots and the dialectics of presence and absence. Social Media + Society, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051261479988
  12. Edwards, A., Mukhongo, L. L., Mano, W., Edwards, C., Klekar-Cunningham, C., & Koech, A. K. (2026). Voice of the Ogiek: Play, co-design, and the spiral return of orality in connective AI. In Z. Papacharissi (Ed.), Connective AI: Social (ro)bots, play, democracy (pp. 290–314). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003477587-18
  13. Edwards, C., Craig, M. J., Rijhwani, V., & Abdulrauf, H. (2026). Teaching AI through communication: Rethinking evidence, interaction, and learning. Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 10, 145–152. https://doi.org/10.31446/jcp.2026.1.13
  14. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Rijhwani, V., Mostafa, H. K., Ebo, D., & Doku, D. (2026). Beauty and the bot: Perceptions of human and AI fitness influencers on Instagram. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 42(10). https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2025.2558025
  15. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Spence, P. R., Piccolo, C., & Fortunati, L. (2026). How scientists study innovations on the background of a systematic review in an emerging field of research: The VBA Alexa. Review of Communication, 26(2), 130–143. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2025.2555010
  16. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Spence, P. R., Rijhwani, V., & Mostafa, H. K. (2026). The objective buffer: Comparing embodied artificial intelligence agents and human evaluation acceptance of negative performance feedback. Interacting With Computers. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwag039
  17. Etzrodt, K., & Edwards, A. (2026). The epistemic power of human-machine communication. Human-Machine Communication, 12, 7–23. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.12.1
  18. Gosten, S., Abrams, A. M. H., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. M. (2026). Robots confronting sexism in human-robot groups. In HRI Companion '26: Companion Proceedings of the 21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 376–380). https://doi.org/10.1145/3776734.3794419
  19. Görlitz, M., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. M. (2026). Technology paternalism and the reactance deficit: Are our natural protective mechanisms failing us? Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 8, 100290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2026.100290
  20. Harmer, B. M., Hoyle, J. D., Jr., Edwards, A., Fredericks, T., Wells, L., Lecznar, A., … Fogarty, K. (2026). Assessing the influence of a statewide dosing reference aid on prehospital pediatric medication dosing errors: A mixed-methods simulation-based investigation. Prehospital Emergency Care, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2025.2599515
  21. Harmer, B. M., Hoyle, J. D., Jr., Wells, L., Fredericks, T., Edwards, A., Lecznar, A., … Fogarty, K. (2026). A simulation-based root cause analysis of pediatric medication dosing errors in emergency medical services. Prehospital Emergency Care, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2026.2634106
  22. Jung, B., Piercy, C. W., & Spence, P. R. (2026). Normalizing AI: The evanishing effect and rethinking the machine heuristic. Human-Machine Communication, 12, 139–162. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.12.7
  23. Kim, J., Merrill, K., Jr., Jin, X., Collins, C., & Xu, K. (2026). Trust, perceived usefulness, and intentions to adopt robotic health advisors for physical and relational health issues. The Social Science Journal, 63(3), 1101–1113. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2023.2289241
  24. Kim, J., Spence, P. R., & Kelly, S. (2026). Machine teachers and human-AI collaboration: Student differences in perceptions of AI-based education. Interactive Learning Environments. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2026.2667455
  25. Klekar-Cunningham, C., Mukhongo, L. L., Edwards, A., Edwards, C., Abdulrauf, H., Mohaimen, A., & Mano, W. (2026). Indigenous voices in the digital age: SMS technologies for environmental justice among Kenya’s Ogiek. In S. L. Connaughton, J. M. Cruz, & P. F. Masibo Lumala (Eds.), The handbook of communication in Africa: Theory, research, and praxis (pp. 323–345). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003166894-27
  26. Lasisi, O., Mostafa, H., & Piercy, C. W. (2026). Creatives and risk takers' perceptions of AI in the workplace. In S. A. Smith (Ed.), Talent acquisition and AI: Enhancing workforce engagement (pp. 30–53). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003624240-4
  27. Lee, J., Dobmeier, C. M., Heo, M., & Woo, S. S. (2026). Self-disclosure of mental health via deepfakes: Testing the effects of self-deepfakes on affective resistance and intention to seek mental health support. Health Communication, 41(10), 1833–1845. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2599476
  28. Lee, J., Heo, M., Dobmeier, C. M., & Woo, S. S. (2026). When health messages from someone look like you: Deepfake-enabled similarity, perspective-taking, and the moderating role of AI literacy. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1–8). https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3798773
  29. Li, X., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. M. (2026). A systematic review on humans interfering with robots and impeding their tasks: Preliminary findings. In HRI Companion '26: Companion Proceedings of the 21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 191–195). https://doi.org/10.1145/3776734.3794381
  30. Liu, B., Gambino, A., & Wei, L. (2026). Mapping out the context: A functional approach toward understanding when and why people use generative AI in interpersonal communication. Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications, 38(5), 346–359. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000487
  31. Monk, J. K., Jamison, T. B., Basinger, E. D., Ogan, M. A., Abendschein, B., & Talley, K. E. (2026). Constructing meaning in digital lives: A theory-driven and practical approach to using online forums in family science. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 18(3), 652–667. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.70057
  32. Mukhongo, L. L. (2026). Decolonizing digital hegemonies: Reframing, disrupting, and occupying online spaces. In T. Sabry, W. Mano, & A. Medrado (Eds.), Decolonising approaches to users and audiences in the Global South: Context, theory and method (pp. 88–104). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003452669-5
  33. Mukhongo, L. L., Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Klekar-Cunningham, C., Mano, W., Abdulrauf, H., & Mohaimen, A. (2026). Technological affordances, low-power AI, and climate justice among the Ogiek in Kenya’s Mau forest. New Media & Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251413711
  34. Pantazes, T. C., & Rainear, A. M. (2026). A Chronicle Inside Higher Ed: Efficiency and integrity framing of artificial intelligence in two major higher education publications. In R. Luttrell & N. D. Bowman (Eds.), Provoking generative AI futures: Merging theory and praxis (pp. 355–367). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003487623-24
  35. Riedl, M. J., Horne, B. D., Craig, M. J. A., Kotowski, M. R., & Luther, C. A. (2026). Antecedents of disclosure: What transparency measures social media users in the United States want from paid political influencers. Social Media + Society, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051261480944
  36. Rijhwani, V., Craig, M. J. A., & Edwards, C. (2026). Too much or too little? Vocal accommodation and social evaluation of voice-based assistants in relational roles. Communication & Change, 2, Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44382-026-00033-4
  37. Rijhwani, V., Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Lin, X., & Abendschein, B. (2026). Message over modality: Toward a source-agnostic message evaluation framework for AI-delivered social support. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440261496513
  38. Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. M., Bock, N., Theofanou-Fülbier, D., & Zepf, S. (2026). Actions, speech, and looks: What shapes how we feel about in-vehicle AI assistants? In Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1–29). https://doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3790435
  39. Song, H., Konrad, F., Abrams, A., Tsarskaia, N., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. (2026). Judge a robot by its cover? The impact of delivery purpose labels on willingness to help, perception, and evaluation of robot abuse. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 7, 100268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2026.100268
  40. Soares, R., Jin, X., Spence, P. R., & Sellnow, T. L. (2026). Cognitive and modality constraints in crisis messages as boundary conditions for convergence. Communication Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2026.2718826
  41. Spence, P. R., Edwards, A., Edwards, C., & Westerman, D. K. (2026). Just press “teach”? A longitudinal study of human expectations and responses to a robot instructor. Communication Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2026.2676286
  42. Spence, P. R., Lachlan, K. A., Youk, S., & Jung, B. (2026). Identity masking as a heuristic cue in risk communication: Effects on risk perception and behavioral intentions. Western Journal of Communication. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2026.2722212
  43. Vareberg, K. R., Westerman, D., & Kelly, S. (2026). From LOL to LEARN: A longitudinal exploration of authentic textisms on student perceptions. Communication Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2025.2593233
  44. Westerman, D., & Bowman, N. D. (2026). Predictable panics, but with purpose: Understanding our perceptions of generative AI. In R. Luttrell & N. D. Bowman (Eds.), Provoking generative AI futures: Merging theory and praxis (pp. 15–33). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003487623-3
  45. Westerman, D., & Bowman, N. D. (2026). The mundanity of AI. Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 10, 165–170. https://doi.org/10.31446/jcp.2026.1.16
  46. Westerman, D., Bowman, N. D., & Liu, X. (2026). The good, the bad, and the learning: Students’ reported sources for learning about the positives and negatives of AI. Review of Communication. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2026.2655121
  47. Edwards, A., Spence, P. R., & Edwards, C. (in press). Human-machine communication. In D. D. Sellnow, R. Freihaut, Y. Xu, & T. L. Sellnow (Eds.), Encyclopedia of crisis management. Edward Elgar Publishing.

2025

  1. Abrams, A. M., Plum, L., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. M. (2025). Teaming up with robots: Analysing potential and challenges with healthcare workers and defining teamwork. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 4, 100136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2025.100136
  2. Billard, A., Albu-Schaeffer, A., Alami, R., Asfour, T., Cheng, G., Ivaldi, S., Leroux, C., Kragic, D., Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A., Nosengo, N., & Sabelli, C. (2025). Human-robot interaction: Successes, hurdles, and remaining challenges. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 32(4), 101–106. https://doi.org/10.1109/mra.2025.3619329
  3. Bock, N., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. (2025). Development and validation of the Attitudes Toward Algorithms Scale: A universal scale to measure individuals' attitudes toward algorithmic decision-making. Human-Machine Communication, 10, 169–206. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.10.8
  4. Choi, M., Lin, M. C., Craig, M. J., & Kim, J. (2025). Vicarious virtual intergroup contact: exploring domestic students' attitudes toward domestic and international students through watching collaborative gameplay. Communication Quarterly, 73(3), 265–285. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2025.2478833
  5. Craig, M. J. (2025). Human-machine communication privacy management, privacy fatigue, and the conditional effects of algorithm awareness on privacy co-ownership in the social media context. Computers in Human Behavior, 173, 108786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2025.108786
  6. Craig, M. J. A., & Child, J. T. (2025). Creepy, invasive, and exploitative algorithms: A CPM analysis of users' privacy breakdowns and recalibration practices with social media algorithms. Human-Machine Communication, 10, 223–242. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.10.10
  7. Edwards, A. (2025). Pragmatism and robot rights: A practical exploration. In J. Seibt, P. Fazekas, & O. S. Quick (Eds.), Social robots with AI: Prospects, risks, and responsible methods (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 397). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/faia241563
  8. Edwards, A., & Etzrodt, K. (2025). Being and becoming in human–machine communication: Core commitments and conceptual foundations of a trans-ontological field. Human-Machine Communication, 10, 7–30. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.10.1
  9. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., & Spence, P. (2025). Creating communication and media research labs: A blueprint for success. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93054-6
  10. Frederick, A., Lin, X., Edwards, C., & Edwards, A. (2025). AI and human generation of classroom content: Adult learners' perceptions. Communication Education, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2025.2466502
  11. Fortunati, L., Edwards, A., & Abbate, J. (2025). Introduction: (re)writing gender in Internet histories. Internet Histories, 9(1–2), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2025.2458990
  12. Fortunati, L., Edwards, A., Ye, W., Manganelli, A. M., Edwards, C., Caballero, S., Mukhongo, L., & Ferrin, G. (2025). Making sense of the role of ChatGPT in education: An examination of student views in China, Italy, Kenya, Uruguay, and the US. Human-Machine Communication, 11, 81–105. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.11.5
  13. Hansen-Ampah, A., Altepost, A., Elaroussi, F., Hirsch, L., Merx, W., Oppermann, L., Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A., Rothermel, A. M., & Schiffer, S. (2025). Conceptualization of demonstrators for human-technology interaction with a three-layer model. In S. Jin, J. H. Kim, Y.-K. Kong, J. Park, & M. H. Yun (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Volume 1 (pp. 207–214). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-0211-0_32
  14. Horne, B., & Craig, M. J. A. (2025). Despite Meta ending its third-party fact-checking program, most people still want fact-checkers on social media [Report]. University of Tennessee. https://doi.org/10.7290/iii037fjd
  15. Kim, J., Jin, X., Xu, K., Chen, X., & Yang, H. (2025). What do people say about Replika, an AI chatbot, on social media? Investigating diverse perspectives on the implications of Replika through a topic modeling analysis. The Social Science Journal, 62(3), 688–703. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2024.2421610
  16. Kim, J., Kelly, S., & Spence, P. R. (2025). Machine teachers in the classroom: How self-efficacy shapes student perceptions of human-AI collaboration in AI-based education. Communication Studies, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2025.2544831
  17. Korzynski, P., Edwards, A., Gupta, M. C., Mazurek, G., & Wirtz, J. (2025). Humanoid robotics and agentic AI: Reframing management theories and future research directions. European Management Journal, 43(4), 548–560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2025.06.002
  18. Lin, X., Lachlan, K. A., Spates, S. A., Spence, P. R., Kaufmann, R., & Jung, B. (2025). Revisiting identity cues and helpfulness heuristics in online learning: Does knowing who helps matter? Communication Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2025.2558959
  19. Nah, S., & Spence, P. R. (2025). Generative AI: Another chapter of human-machine communication. Human-Machine Communication, 11, 7–12. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.11.1
  20. Pan, S., Fortunati, L., & Edwards, A. (2025). Grooming an ideal chatbot by training the algorithm: Exploring the exploitation of Replika users' immaterial labor. New Media & Society, 27(10), 5489–5507. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251338271
  21. Ratan, R., Jang, D., Kim, T., Earle, K., Hales, G. E., Lei, Y. S., Lim, C., & Gambino, A. (2025). CASA renovations: Examining social responses to an anthropomorphic media representative that is separate from the core technology being represented. Human-Machine Communication, 10, 113–146. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.10.6
  22. Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A., Arndt, J., Pieczykolan, A. et al. (2025). Within, between, forced choice, or Likert scale? How methodological decisions influence recognition rates in HRI recognition studies. International Journal of Social Robotics, 17, 693–706. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-025-01231-8
  23. Song, H., Preuschoff, P., Grzeschik, B. et al. (2025). No need for speed? The impact of delivery robot speed on passersby's perceived comfort and safety and preferred signaling distance. International Journal of Social Robotics, 17, 1277–1288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-025-01269-8
  24. Spence, P. R., Lin, X., Lachlan, K. A., & Kaufmann, R. (2025). Quickening the shift from disruption to opportunity: Administrators and AI in higher education. Communication Education, 74(1), 114–122. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2024.2449047

2024

  1. Abbate, J., Adair, C., Dame-Griff, A., Edwards, A., Fortunati, L., Larsen, D., … Schafer, V. (2024). Researching gender in the history of the Internet and the Web. A roundtable at the SHOT 2023 conference. Internet Histories, 9(1–2), 216–228. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2024.2335023
  2. Abendschein, B., Lin, X., Edwards, C., Edwards, A., & Rijhwani, V. (2024). Credibility and altered communication styles of AI graders in the classroom. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12979
  3. Craig, M. J. A., & Choi, M. (2024). The role of affective and cognitive involvement in the mitigating effects of AI source cues on hostile media bias. Telematics and Informatics, Article 102097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2024.102097
  4. Craig, M. J., Lin, X., Edwards, C., & Edwards, A. (2024). Can you repeat that again? Investigating the mediating effects of perceived accommodation appropriateness for accommodative voice-based assistants. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 100102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100102
  5. Edwards, A., Edwards, C., Fortunati, L., Manganelli, A. M., & De Luca, F. (2024). Mass robotics: How do people communicate with, use, and feel about Alexa? A cross-cultural, user perspective. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 100060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100060
  6. Etzrodt, K., Kim, J., van der Goot, M. J., Prahl, A., Choi, M., Craig, M. J. A., Dehnert, M., Engesser, S., Frehmann, K., Grande, L., Leo-Liu, J., Liu, D., Mooshammer, S., Rambukkana, N., Rogge, N., Sikström, P., Son, R., Wilkenfeld, N., Xu, K., Zhang, R., Zhu, Y., & Edwards, C. (2024). What HMC teaches us about authenticity. Human-Machine Communication, 8, 227–251. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.8.11
  7. Fortunati, L., & Edwards, A. (Eds.). (2024). The De Gruyter handbook of robots in society and culture (Vol. 3). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110792270
  8. Fortunati, L., & Edwards, A. (2024). Domestic appliances and household robots: The changing landscape of housework and family. The De Gruyter Handbook of Robots in Society and Culture, 3, 411. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110792270-022
  9. Fortunati, L., Edwards, A., & Edwards, C. (2024). The perturbing mediatization of voice-based virtual assistants: The case of Alexa. Human-Machine Communication, 7, 99–119. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.7.6
  10. Jin, X., Spence, P. R., & Nah, S. (2024). Integrating big-data tools to study AI and human–machine communication: Methodology strengths, future directions, and applications. The De Gruyter Handbook of Robots in Society and Culture, 3, 355. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110792270-019
  11. Kim, J., Etzrodt, K., Prahl, A., & Edwards, C. (2024). Communicating with machines: Future trajectories in the field of human-machine communication. Global Journal of Media Studies, 11(1), 71–105. https://doi.org/10.26599/GJMS.2024.9330006
  12. Kim, J., Kelly, S., Colón, A. X., Spence, P. R., & Lin, X. (2024). Toward thoughtful integration of AI in education: Mitigating uncritical positivity and dependence on ChatGPT via classroom discussions. Communication Education, 73(4), 388–404. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2024.2399216
  13. Spence, P. R., Lin, X., Lachlan, K. A., & DiCairano, J. (2024). Exemplification in communication research: Three studies examining the theory. Communication Studies, 76(1), 72–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2024.2398222
  14. Spence, P., Edwards, C., & Craig, M. J. A. (2024). Interacting with social robots: The influence of their distinctive cues, behavioral capabilities, and affordances on social interaction and well-being. In L. Fortunati & A. Edwards (Eds.), De Gruyter handbook of robots in society and culture. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110792270-018
  15. Spence, P. R., & Lin, X. (2024). Social media and crisis research. In M. M. Skoric & N. Pang (Eds.), Research handbook on social media and society (pp. 84–97). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800377059.00016
  16. Spence, P. R., Kaufmann, R., Lachlan, K. A., Lin, X., & Spates, S. A. (2024). Examining perceptions and outcomes of AI versus human course assistant discussions in the online classroom. Communication Education, 73(2), 121–142. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2024.2308832
  17. Westerman, D., & Bowman, N. D. (2024). On the emergence of cyborgic face-to-face communication: Augmented reality, augmented sociality, and extra-dyadic cues. In Emerging technologies: Theories, futures, provocations (pp. 199–215). Peter Lang Publishing Group.

2023

  1. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., & Rijhwani, V. (2023). When in doubt, lay it out: Over vs. under-accommodation in human-robot interaction. Language Sciences, 99, 101561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2023.101561
  2. Edwards, C., Edwards, A. P., Abendschein, B., Frederick, A., & Koch, K. (2023, March). Robots as social cues: The influence of follow cargo robot use on perceptions of leadership quality and interpersonal impressions. In Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 297–300).
  3. Prahl, A., & Edwards, A. P. (2023). Defining dialogues: Tracing the evolution of human-machine communication. Human-Machine Communication, 6, 7–16. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.6.1
  4. Rainear, A., Spence, P. R., & Lachlan, K. A. (2023). Needs and practices for AI-mediated messaging in uncertain circumstances. In S. Nah (Ed.), Research handbook on artificial intelligence and communication (pp. 315–324). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803920306.00029
  5. Rijhwani, V., & Edwards, C. (2023). 'Hey Siri, You're Dumb!': Investigating blurting instances of voice-based assistants. Interacting with Computers, iwad047. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwad047
  6. Spence, P. R. (2023). Why wasn't I ready for that? Suggestions and research directions for the use of machine agents in organizational life. In S. Nah (Ed.), Research handbook on artificial intelligence and communication (pp. 325–336). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803920306.00030
  7. Spence, P. R., Kaufman, R., Lachlan, K. A., Lin, X., & Spares, S. A. (2023). Extending the understanding of online discussions: A replication of online students' perceptions of identity and helper heuristics. Communication Education, 72(4), 367–381. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2023.2169315

2022

  1. Abendschein, B., Edwards, A., & Edwards, C. (2022). Novelty experience in prolonged interaction: A qualitative study of socially-isolated college students' in-home use of a robot companion animal. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, 733078. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.733078
  2. Edwards, A., Gambino, A., & Edwards, C. (2022). Factors of attraction in human-machine communication. Publizistik, 67(4), 517–529. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11616-022-00756-6
  3. Edwards, A., & Edwards, C. (2022). Does the correspondence bias apply to social robots?: Dispositional and situational attributions of human versus robot behavior. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, 788242. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.788242
  4. Edwards, A., Edwards, C., Abendschein, B., Espinosa, J., Scherger, J., & Vander Meer, P. (2022). Using robot animal companions in the academic library to mitigate student stress. Library Hi Tech, 40(4), 878–893. https://doi.org/10.1108/lht-07-2020-0148
  5. Fortunati, L., & Edwards, A. (2022). Gender and human-machine communication: Where are we? Human-Machine Communication, 5, 7–47. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.5.1
  6. Fortunati, L., Edwards, A., Edwards, C., Manganelli, A. M., & de Luca, F. (2022). Is Alexa female, male, or neutral? A cross-national and cross-gender comparison of perceptions of Alexa's gender and status as a communicator. Computers in Human Behavior, 137, 107426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107426
  7. Fortunati, L., & Edwards, A. P. (2022). Framing the psycho-social and cultural aspects of human-machine communication. Human-Machine Communication, 4, 7–26. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.4.1
  8. Lin, X., Lachlan, K. A., & Spence, P. R. (2022). "I thought about it and I may follow what you said": Three studies examining the effects of elaboration and source credibility on risk behavior intentions. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research, 5(1), 9–28. https://doi.org/10.30658/jicrcr.5.1.2
  9. Richards, R. J., Spence, P. R., & Edwards, C. (2022). Human-machine communication scholarship trends: An examination of research from 2011 to 2021 in communication journals. Human-Machine Communication, 4, 45–65. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.4.3
  10. Scherger, J., Espinosa, J., Edwards, A., Edwards, C., Abendschein, B., & Vander Meer, P. (2022). "Do students dream of electric cats (or dogs)?: Using robotics for a unique exam week activity in the library." University Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications, 55. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/library_pubs/55

2021

  1. Abendschein, B., Edwards, C., Edwards, A. P., Rijhwani, V., & Stahl, J. (2021). Human-robot teaming configurations: A study of interpersonal communication perceptions and affective learning in higher education. Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 4, 123–132. https://doi.org/10.31446/jcp.2021.1.12
  2. Abendschein, B., Edwards, C., & Edwards, A. (2021). The influence of agent and message type on perceptions of social support in human-machine communication. Communication Research Reports. https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2021.1966405
  3. Banks, J., Edwards, A., & Westerman, D. (2021). The space between: Nature and machine heuristics in evaluations of organisms, cyborgs, and robots. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 24(5), 324–331. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0165
  4. Craig, M. J. A., & Edwards, C. (2021). Feeling for our robot overlords: Perceptions of emotionally expressive social robots in initial interactions. Communication Studies, 72(2), 251–265. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2021.1880457
  5. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Spence, P. R., Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A., Westerman, D., Guzman, A., & Rodriguez-Hidalgo, C. (2021, March). Building bridges and not walls: Expanding the human-machine communication connections within HRI. In Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 682–684). https://doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3444866
  6. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Albrehi, F., & Spence, P. (2021). Interpersonal impressions of a social robot versus human in the context of performance evaluations. Communication Education, 70(2), 165–182. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2020.1802495
  7. Rainear, A. M., Jin, X., Edwards, A., Edwards, C., & Spence, P. R. (2021). A robot, meteorologist, and amateur forecaster walk into a bar: Examining qualitative responses to a weather forecast delivered via social robot. Communication Studies, 72(6), 1129–1145. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2021.2011361
  8. Spence, P., Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Rainear, A., & Jin, X. (2021). "They're always wrong anyway": Exploring differences of credibility, attraction, and behavioral intentions in professional, amateur, and robotic-delivered weather forecasts. Communication Quarterly, 69(1), 67–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.1877164

2020

  1. Beattie, A. J., Edwards, A., & Edwards, C. (2020). A bot and a smile: Interpersonal impressions of chatbots and humans using emoji in computer-mediated communication. Communication Studies, 71(3), 409–427. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2020.1725082
  2. Craig, M. J., Edwards, C., & Edwards, A. (2020). "But they're my avatar": Examining character attachment to android avatars in Quantic Dream's Detroit: Become Human. In Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 169–170). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378298
  3. Edwards, A., Edwards, C., & Gambino, A. (2020). The social pragmatics of communication with social robots: Effects of robot message design logic in a regulative context. International Journal of Social Robotics. doi:10.1007/s12369-019-00538-7
  4. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., & Rijhwani, V. (2020). Rate my robot: The effect of word-of-mouth (WOM) on perceptions of a social robot's teaching performance. In 2020 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ro-man47096.2020.9223496
  5. Espinosa, J., Scherger, J., Abendschein, B., Edwards, A., Edwards, C., & VanderMeer, P. F. (2020). A purrfect partnership: The library and robotics lab introduce robot animals to ease student stress as a finals week event. American Library Association Conference, Chicago (virtual).
  6. Fortunati, L., & Edwards, A. (2020). Opening space for theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues in human-machine communication. Human-Machine Communication, 1, 7–18. doi:10.30658/hmc.1.1
  7. Westerman, D., Edwards, A., Edwards, C., Zhenyang, L., & Spence, P. (2020). I-It, I-Thou, I-Robot: The perceived humanness of AI in human-machine communication. Communication Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2020.1749683
  8. Westerman, D., Edwards, A., Edwards, C., & Spence, P. R. (2020). Social robots and social presence: Interpersonally communicating with robots. International Journal of Telepresence.

2019

  1. Banks, J., & Edwards, A. (2019). A common social distance scale for robots and humans. 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), New Delhi, India, pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/RO-MAN46459.2019.8956316
  2. Banks, J., Westerman, D., & Edwards, A. (2019). Nature and machine heuristics: Activation and dominance in response to organisms, cyborgs, and machines. In 2019 2nd APA Conference on Technology, Mind, and Society (TMS). APA.
  3. Craig, M. J., Edwards, C., & Edwards, A. (2019). Video games, morality, and robots: Examining player's moral decision making in Quantic Dream's Detroit Become Human. Presented at the 69th annual convention of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., USA.
  4. Craig, M. J., Edwards, C., Edwards, A., & Spence, P. R. (2019, March). Impressions of message compliance-gaining strategies for considering robot rights. In 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (pp. 560–561). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/hri.2019.8673117
  5. Edwards, A., Westerman, D., Edwards, C., & Spence, P. R. (2019). Communication is…transhuman. In A. Tyma & A. Edwards (Eds.), Communication is…perspectives on theory (pp. 49–66). Cognella.
  6. Edwards, C. (2019). "Alexa, how do I teach my students about you?": Meeting the challenges of AI and robotics in the communication classroom. Panel presented at the 105th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD.
  7. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Kim, J., Spence, P. R., de Graaf, M., Nah, S., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. (2019, March). Human-machine communication: What does/could communication science contribute to HRI? In 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (pp. 673–674). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/hri.2019.8673138
  8. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Stoll, B., Lin, X., & Massey, N. (2019). Evaluations of an artificial intelligence instructor's voice: Social identity theory in human-robot interactions. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, 357–362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.027
  9. Edwards, A., Edwards, C., Westerman, D., & Spence, P. R. (2019). Initial expectations, interactions, and beyond with social robots. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, 308–314. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.042
  10. Luo, Z., Westerman, D., & Banks, J. (2019). Extending the self: Player-avatar relations and presence among US and Chinese gamers. Journal for Virtual Worlds Research, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v12i3.7395
  11. Packard, C., Boelk, T., Andres, J., Edwards, C., Edwards, A., & Spence, P. R. (2019, March). The pratfall effect and interpersonal impressions of a robot that forgets and apologizes. In 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (pp. 524–525). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/hri.2019.8673101
  12. Spence, P. R. (2019). Searching for questions, original thoughts, or advancing theory: Human-machine communication. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, 285–287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.09.014
  13. Spence, P. R., Edwards, A., Edwards, C., & Jin, X. (2019). 'The bot predicted rain, grab an umbrella': Few perceived differences in communication quality of a weather Twitterbot versus professional and amateur meteorologists. Behaviour & Information Technology, 38(1), 101–109. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2018.1514425
  14. Spence, P. R., Edwards, A., Edwards, C., Nemer, D., & Lachlan, K. (2019). Rage against the machine: Negative reactions and antisocial interactions with social bots and social robots. In E. Downs (Ed.), The dark side of media and technology. Peter Lang.
  15. Spence, P. R., Edwards, C., Edwards, A., & Lin, X. (2019, March). Testing the machine heuristic: Robots and suspicion in news broadcasts. In 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (pp. 568–569). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/hri.2019.8673108
  16. Rainear, A. M., Lachlan, K. A., & Fishlock, J. (2019). Exploring retention and behavioral intentions when using social robotics to communicate a weather risk. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, 372–379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.029
  17. Westerman, D., Cross, A. C., & Lindmark, P. G. (2019). I believe in a thing called bot: Perceptions of the humanness of "chatbots." Communication Studies, 70(3), 295–312. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2018.1557233

2018

  1. Beattie, A. J., Edwards, C., & Williams, M. (2018). Telepresence group leaders receive higher ratings of social attractiveness and leadership quality. In HRI'18 Companion: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Chicago, IL. ACM. doi:10.1145/3173386.3176952
  2. Edwards, A., Edwards, C., & Gambino, A. (2018). Preference for rhetorical messages from a social robot in regulatory situations. In Proceedings of Technology, Mind, and Society (TechMindSociety '18). ACM. doi:10.1145/3183654.3183687
  3. Edwards, A., Edwards, C., & Spence, P. R. (2018). Life is a lab: Developing a communication research lab for undergraduate and graduate education. Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 1(1), 76–84. https://doi.org/10.31446/jcp.2018.14
  4. Edwards, A., & Edwards, C. (2018). Human-machine communication in the classroom. In M. L. Houser & A. M. Hosek (Eds.), Handbook of instructional communication II (2nd ed.). Routledge.
  5. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., & Omilion-Hodges, L. (2018). Receiving medical treatment plans from a robot: Evaluations of presence, credibility, and attraction. In HRI'18 Companion: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Chicago, IL. ACM. doi:10.1145/3173386.3177050
  6. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Spence, P. R., & Lin, X. (2018). I, teacher: Using artificial intelligence (AI) and social robots in communication and instruction. Communication Education, 67(4), 473–480. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2018.1502459
  7. Edwards, C., Stoll, B., Edwards, A., Spence, P., & Gambino, A. (2018). "I'll present to the human": Effects of a robot evaluator on anticipatory public speaking anxiety. In A. Gutzman (Ed.), Human-machine communication: Rethinking communication, technology, and ourselves. Peter Lang.
  8. Goble, H., & Edwards, C. (2018). A robot that communicates with vocal fillers has…uhhh…greater social presence. Communication Research Reports, 35, 256–260. https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2018.1447454
  9. Lachlan, K. A., Rainear, A. M., Spence, P. R., Fishlock, J., Vanco, B., & Xu, Z. (2018). Comparing responses to risk messages across traditional and robotic platforms: Source credibility, risk perception, and affective response. In V. Petrova (Ed.), Advances in engineering research (Vol. 19). Nova Science.
  10. Spence, P. R., Edwards, A., & Edwards, C. (2018). Attitudes, prior interaction, and petitioner credibility predict support for considering the rights of robots. In HRI'18 Companion: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Chicago, IL. ACM. doi:10.1145/3173386.3177071

2017

  1. Edwards, A., & Edwards, C. (2017). The machines are coming: Future directions in instructional communication research. Communication Education, 66, 487–488. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2017.1349915
  2. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., & Spence, P. R. (2017). Robotic communication. In M. Allen (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods (pp. 1518–1522). SAGE. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483381411.n532
  3. Lin, X., Xu, Z., Rainear, A. M., Rice, R., Spence, P. R., & Lachlan, K. A. (2017). Research in crises, data collection suggestions and practices. In S. Elswick (Ed.), Data collection: Methods, ethical issues, and future directions (pp. 49–64). Nova Science Publishing.
  4. Edwards, A., Omilion-Hodges, L. M., & Edwards, C. (2017). How do patients in a medical interview perceive a robot versus human physician? Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 109–110. doi:10.1145/3029798.3038308
  5. Stoll, B., & Edwards, C. (2017). Human-computer interaction. In M. Allen (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods (pp. 672–674). SAGE.
  6. Richards, R., Coss, C., & Quinn, J. (2017). Exploration of relational factors and the likelihood of a sexual robotic experience. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 97–103. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57738-8_9

2016

  1. Edwards, A., & Harris, C. (2016). To tweet or 'subtweet'?: Impacts of social networking post directness and valence on interpersonal impressions. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 304–310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.050
  2. Edwards, A., Edwards, C., Spence, P. R., Harris, C., & Gambino, A. (2016). Robots in the classroom: Differences in students’ perceptions of credibility and learning between “teacher as robot” and “robot as teacher.” Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 627–634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.06.005
  3. Edwards, C., Beattie, A., Edwards, A., & Spence, P. (2016). Differences in perceptions of communication quality between a Twitterbot and human agent for information seeking and learning. Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 666–671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.07.003
  4. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Spence, P. R., & Westerman, D. (2016). Initial interaction expectations with robots: Testing the human-to-human interaction script. Communication Studies, 67, 227–238. doi:10.1080/10510974.2015.1121899
  5. Goble, H., Edwards, C., & Beattie, A. (2016). The social presence of twitterbots and racial identity: The impact on credibility and interpersonal attraction. Iowa Communication Journal, 48, 23–35.
  6. Lachlan, K. A., Spence, P. R., Rainear, A., Fishlock, J., Xu, Z., & Vanco, B. (2016). You're my only hope: An initial exploration of the effectiveness of robotic platforms in engendering learning about crises and risk. Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 606–611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.081
  7. Stoll, B., Edwards, C., & Edwards, A. (2016). "Why, aren't you a sassy little thing?": The effects of robot-enacted guilt trips on credibility and consensus in a negotiation. Communication Studies, 67, 530–547. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2016.1215339

2015

  1. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Stoll, B., Massey, N., & Spence, P. (2015). Social identity in human-robot interaction: An examination of age group identification on perceptions of social robots. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  2. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Spence, P. R., & Westerman, D. (2015). Initial interaction expectations with robots: Testing the human-to-human interaction script. Presented at the 101st Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV.

2014

  1. Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Spence, P. R., & Shelton, A. K. (2014). Is that a bot running the social media feed? Testing the differences in perceptions of communication quality for a human agent and a bot agent on Twitter. Computers in Human Behavior, 33, 372–376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.08.013
  2. Lachlan, K. A., Spence, P. R., Edwards, A., Reno, K., & Edwards, C. (2014). If you are quick enough, I will think about it: Information speed and trust in public health organizations. Computers in Human Behavior, 33, 377–380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.08.014
  3. Spence, P. R., Westerman, D., Edwards, C., & Edwards, A. (2014). Welcoming our robot overlords: Initial expectations about interaction with a robot. Communication Research Reports, 31, 272–280. doi:10.1080/08824096.2014.924337