AASS Seminar - What is Human-Machine Communication? The Evolving Role of Technology in Communication Research

The research centre AASS arranges a seminar with Andrea L. Guzman, Northern Illinois University.

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Abstract

Within the past decade, people have started to communicate
with technologies in increasingly human-like ways, marking a fundamental
shift in how communication is defined and studied. In this talk,
Dr. Andrea L. Guzman explains the emergence of Human-Machine
Communication as an area of research within the study of communication
and how a communication approach can serve as an important lens for
understanding people's interactions with social machines, developing new
technologies, and identifying and addressing emerging social and ethical
issues.

Speaker's bio

Andrea L. Guzman is an associate professor of
communication at Northern Illinois University and co-director of The
Human-Machine Communication Lab. Her research focuses on HMC theory and
people's perceptions of AI including voice-based assistants and
automated news-writing programs. Guzman is editor of Human-Machine
Communication: Rethinking Communication, Technology, and Ourselves and
co-editor of the forthcoming, The SAGE Handbook of Human-Machine
Communication. Guzman's research has been published in top journals,
such as New Media & Society and Computers in Human Behavior, and has
been presented at leading interdisciplinary and disciplinary
conferences. Guzman is the inaugural chair of the Human-Machine
Communication Interest Group of the International Communication
Association. https://andrealguzman.net