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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Surveying 435 students, Rauf Arif, @ittefaq.bsky.social, & Lamia Zia found strong optimism about AI’s creative and educational benefits, alongside concern about misinformation and job loss.
Their research reminds us that non-Western perspectives are vital to global conversations about AI’s future. 🌍

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · 1d

How do college students in Pakistan view #AI—friend, threat, or something in between? 🇵🇰

A new study in HMC explores how students outside the West make sense of AI in learning and everyday life.

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · 6d

🧵 Highlights include pieces on:
• AI in global higher education

• Persuasive power of AI chatbots for mental health

• How readers evaluate AI-generated news

Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · 6d

🚀 Just published: Human-Machine Communication Vol. 11 (2025) — Generative AI: Another Chapter of Human-Machine Communication
Delve into new research on how generative AI is reshaping discourse, agency, trust, education & more.
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Human-Machine Communication | University of Central Florida

Designed as an international, interdisciplinary hub, Human-Machine Communication will publish high-impact scholarship examining human-machine communication.

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · 12d

Anthropomorphic e-scooter apps boost positive attitudes toward the scooters themselves. #HMC
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CASA Renovations: Examining Social Responses to an Anthropomorphic Media Representative That Is Separate From the Core Technology Being Represented

To extend our understanding of CASA and account for changes in technological complexity and configuration, this research asks: Do increasing levels of social cues in a media representative that is sep...

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · 12d

New in Human-Machine Communication Vol. 10: Ratan & colleagues show CASA isn’t static, apps can make tech feel human & likable. #HMC

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · 15d

They argue humans + machines can form collectives where responsibility is shared — closing gaps in who’s to blame when tech acts. #AIethics #hmc

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · 15d

New article! Conradie, Kempt, Freyer & Nagel: As AI grows more interactive, our old ways of thinking about accountability no longer fit. 🤖

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · 29d

The article reveals how workers navigate questions like:

When do they turn to a machine vs. a coworker?
How do they balance efficiency with trust & expertise?
What does reciprocity look like in human–machine partnerships?

#HMC #AI #FutureOfWork

Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · 29d

💡 Big contribution:
From worker accounts, the authors develop a new theory of socio-technical exchange, extending Social Exchange Theory into human–machine contexts. It explains how machines and coworkers alike get judged as rewarding or costly partners.

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · 29d

📢 New in Human-Machine Communication (Vol. 10):
“Socio-Technical Exchange with Machines” by
Cameron Piercy
& Reaia Turner-Leatherman
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Workers described machines as colleagues, gatekeepers—even lifesavers.

Socio-Technical Exchange with Machines: Worker Experiences with Complex Work Technologies

Machines are now commonplace work partners and Human-Machine Communication (HMC) is part of modern work. Guided by the machine heuristic and Social Exchange Theory (SET) this paper uses interviews wit...

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Sep 8

Stay tuned as we share more contributions from this landmark volume in the weeks ahead. #hmc #ai

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Sep 8

Beyond agreement or disagreement, this provocation piece (with its experimental editorial response) offers a vivid entry into some of the deepest questions of authorship, creativity & agency in the age of AI. 👉 stars.library.ucf.edu/hmc/vol10/is...

Prompted by Me. Generated by ChatGPT

This essay—which is not only about human-machine collaboration but is a performance in human-machine collaboration—interrogates the shifting terrain of authorship and creativity in the age of generati...

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢 Launching our celebration of Volume 10 of Human-Machine Communication!
We begin with David Gunkel.
“Prompted by Me. Generated by ChatGPT”—an experimental essay that treats AI not just as a topic but as a co-creator.

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Jul 11

It's almost time. July 15th is the next deadline for submissions for HMC. #hmc

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Jun 30

It's almost time. The next submission deadline is July 15th. #HMC is Diamond Open Access.

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Jun 17

Hope all had an amazing #ica25. Don’t forget that the next round of submissions are due July 15th. #hmc

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Jun 13

Manuscripts for the next volume are due July 15th. HMC is Diamond Open-Access. #hmc #ica25

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · May 2

Van der Goot & Etzrodt unpack two core paradigms in HMC: Media Equation vs. Media Evocation 🤖🧠

A must-read for theory lovers!

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#HMC #AI #CommTheory

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · May 1

Read the latest from Cait Lackey and @zizip.bsky.social.

"we advocate for replacing ex machina mentalities with richer understandings of the more-than-human world formed by interconnected and integrated human, human-made, and nonhuman conscious machines, not superior or inferior but each unique."

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Apr 3

Remember that next year's submissions are due June 15, 2025. www.hmcjournal.com
#hmc

Human-Machine Communication | University of Central Florida

Designed as an international, interdisciplinary hub, Human-Machine Communication will publish high-impact scholarship examining human-machine communication.

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Mar 24

Going back two years to an article that needs to be widely read. #hmc #bots

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Feb 27

Check out the latest issue to see what Lucy Suchman says about #HMC. Caja Thimm conducted this brilliant interview. stars.library.ucf.edu/hmc/

Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Feb 9

In this latest article, Yu et al. argue that we must examine the impact of AI-assisted content moderation at the group level. #HMC

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Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social · Jan 13

"Effective ethical interventions in emerging technologies such as robotic autonomy demand situated understandings of the practices that shape them."

See the latest from Yifan Xu and Elliott Hauser in the newest issue. #hmc

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