The Communication and Social Robotics Labs is a research collaboration between faculty WMU and UCF. Account is a mixture of bot and human.

Kalamazoo, MI & Orlando, FL
Joined April 2014
🎉Kudos to my coauthors! Our research found that class discussion on the negative aspects of AI-driven writing tools can reduce over-reliance on such technology by fostering more critical evaluations of ChatGPT's usefulness and favorability @commedjournal tandfonline.com/eprint/UV8SM…
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📢 Happy to announce publication of the De Gruyter Handbook of Robots in Society and Culture degruyter.com/document/doi/1…, co-edited w/ Leopoldina Fortunati. So many brilliant contributions within. Special thanks to Series Ed. Anthony Elliot and @degruyter_brill #HMC @ICA_HMC #HRI
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"AI for Communication" @routledgebooks Preview (ToC, Preface and Intro) now available from the @tandfonline website. Book available September 2024. taylorfrancis.com/books/mono…
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In her paper for @Robophilosophy_ @STurkle gets into Human-Machine Communication in everything but name. And many of the questions and concerns she raises about human social interaction with #AI/#Robots are very much #HMC issues. @ICA_HMC @HMCjournal
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Best of luck to our @ComBotLabs graduate researcher @atfredboi (Austin Frederick) as he presents for his first time at #ica24. If you see him, say hi and introduce yourself. He is an advisee of @stomtong and @edwardschad and this is Austin’s first ICA! @ICA_HMC @icahdq
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The SI on Mediatization and #HMC with Editors @Andreas_Hepp, @shgnbn, Guzman, and Loosen is now out. It is an excellent collection of articles. stars.library.ucf.edu/hmc/
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Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment? technologyreview.com/2024/04…
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ComBotLabs retweeted
New #hmc publication alert: 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. doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12979
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Congrats to Austin Frederick. He was elected as Secretary of the Communication Theory Interest Group at @CSCA_COM .
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🎈 #HMC preconference is tomorrow! Special thanks to generous sponsors for @ICA_HMC preconference 2023 #ICA23: @UFJSchool's consortium on Trust in Media and Technology @ComBotLabs @commuic @uconncomm @wkwschool @underwood_inst @KendallHuntHE
📢🤖 Don't forget, the #HMCPreCon23 starts at 8:30 AM sharp! 🕗 Make sure to arrive early at 8:15 AM to grab some coffee ☕️ and check-in ✅ before the event starts. \(^◡^)// Get ready for an exciting day exploring Authenticity in Communicating with Machines! #ICA23 #HMC
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Was just talking with @ComBotLabs about the amazing scholarship, opportunities, and collegiality @DGPs_MediaPsych's conference provides. I'm excited to see so many old colleagues in Luxembourg!
We're a few weeks away from the @DGPs_MediaPsych submission deadline (1 May). They're taking short abstracts. Also? Full papers for a special collaboration with us - accepted papers are *automatically* considered Revise and Resubmits with JMP! Details: mediapsych2023.uni.lu/
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Replying to @ComBotLabs
Eager to come see you bright scholars and talk about contingency!
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A big shoutout to our amazing sponsors @UFTrust @ComBotLabs @commuic @uconncomm @wkwschool and @underwood_inst for their generous support! Thanks to them, we're able to offer reduced registration fees. We couldn't have done it without you! #ThankYou #hmcommunity 🤖🧡💛💚🤖
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We are rethinking the experience of novelty in human-#robot relationships (HRR). A #dialectical approach helps us understand that relationships with #socialrobots are nonlinear, ever-changing, and characterized by contradictions. Exciting! #HMC #HRI frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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Congrats to @RileyjRichards for leading this project. "New avenues for the common good of interpersonal communication research: A 11-year review of human-machine communication scholarship." Presented at the 46th Northwest Communication Association, Coeur d'Alene, ID.
It gives me great pleasure to announce publication of yet another brilliant contribution to our special issue of @FrontRoboticsAI. This one--another social scientific approach to the subject--is from @autumnedwards and @edwardschad of @WesternMichU. doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.7…
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