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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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  4. 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 BibTeXRIS
  5. 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 BibTeXRIS
  6. 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 BibTeXRIS
  7. 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 BibTeXRIS
  8. 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 BibTeXRIS
  9. 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 BibTeXRIS
  10. 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 BibTeXRIS
  11. 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 BibTeXRIS
  12. 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 BibTeXRIS
  13. 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 BibTeXRIS
  14. 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 BibTeXRIS
  15. 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 BibTeXRIS
  16. 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 BibTeXRIS
  17. 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 BibTeXRIS
  18. 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 BibTeXRIS
  19. 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 BibTeXRIS
  20. 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 BibTeXRIS
  21. 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 BibTeXRIS
  22. 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 BibTeXRIS
  23. 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 BibTeXRIS
  24. 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 BibTeXRIS
  25. 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 BibTeXRIS
  26. 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 BibTeXRIS
  27. 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 BibTeXRIS
  28. 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 BibTeXRIS
  29. 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 BibTeXRIS
  30. 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 BibTeXRIS
  31. 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 BibTeXRIS
  32. 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 BibTeXRIS
  2. 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 BibTeXRIS
  3. 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 BibTeXRIS
  4. 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 BibTeXRIS
  5. 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 BibTeXRIS
  6. 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 BibTeXRIS
  7. 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 BibTeXRIS
  8. 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 BibTeXRIS
  9. 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 BibTeXRIS
  10. 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 BibTeXRIS
  11. 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 BibTeXRIS
  12. 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 BibTeXRIS
  13. 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 BibTeXRIS
  14. 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 BibTeXRIS
  15. 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 BibTeXRIS
  16. 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 BibTeXRIS
  17. 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 BibTeXRIS
  18. 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 BibTeXRIS
  19. 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 BibTeXRIS

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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS

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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS

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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS

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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jcp/vol1/iss1/14/
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS

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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS

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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS

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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS
  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 BibTeXRIS