Call for Papers: Digital interlocutors: Theory and practice
of interactions between human and machines
Computers in Human Behavior
Robots and other machine communicators are emerging in all
aspects of everyday life. They are increasingly performing social and workplace
roles such as teachers, caregivers, surveillance, decision-makers and personal
companionship. They have the ability to improve quality of human life through
assistance, enabling, for instance, independent living or providing support in
work-intensive, difficult and possibly complex situations. They also can be
used as educators and motivators.
This special section of Computers in Human Behavior aims to
examine the role of communication in human-robot interaction or social
robotics. Specifically conceptualized as examining communication between people
and digital interlocutors: theory and practice of interactions with digital
interlocutors in the form of artificial conversation entities, artificially
intelligent software agents, embodied machine communicators (robots) and
technologically augmented persons (cyborgs, wearables, enhancements, etc.) with
the goal of increasing understanding of the personal, relational, and social
implications of communication between humans and machines and the impact of
communication on the degree of personalized interaction. The section will also
consider how social robots converge and diverge from accepted communicative and
behavioral practices. Preference will be given to submissions that focus on
communication or education, but any communicative or social aspect of
human-robot interaction will be considered. Both qualitative and quantitative
methodologies are encouraged.
- Manuscripts examining the following areas will be welcome
- communicative practices between humans and digital
interlocutors
- the integration of artificial entities into private and
professional spaces
- the incorporation of AI into education and other industries
- cultural discourse surrounding digital and robotic
interlocutors
- relationship dynamics between humans and machines
- reinterpretations and representations of humans as digital
entities
Before paper submission opens, potential contributors should
send the guest editor a title, abstract, short synopsis of the contribution as
well as a short CV or Google scholar profile.
Paper Submission opens September 1, 2017
Paper Submission due by October 1, 2017
Decision and Feedback after review December 2017
Final Submission February 2018
Anticipated Publication late spring 2018
The final paper should be in accordance with the Journal’s
Guide for Authors.
Guest editor
Patric Spence, School of Information Science, University of
Kentucky, patric.spence@uky.edu
Call for Papers: Digital interlocutors: Theory and practice
of interactions between human and machines
Computers in Human Behavior
Robots and other machine communicators are emerging in all
aspects of everyday life. They are increasingly performing social and workplace
roles such as teachers, caregivers, surveillance, decision-makers and personal
companionship. They have the ability to improve quality of human life through
assistance, enabling, for instance, independent living or providing support in
work-intensive, difficult and possibly complex situations. They also can be
used as educators and motivators.
This special section of Computers in Human Behavior aims to
examine the role of communication in human-robot interaction or social
robotics. Specifically conceptualized as examining communication between people
and digital interlocutors: theory and practice of interactions with digital
interlocutors in the form of artificial conversation entities, artificially
intelligent software agents, embodied machine communicators (robots) and
technologically augmented persons (cyborgs, wearables, enhancements, etc.) with
the goal of increasing understanding of the personal, relational, and social
implications of communication between humans and machines and the impact of
communication on the degree of personalized interaction. The section will also
consider how social robots converge and diverge from accepted communicative and
behavioral practices. Preference will be given to submissions that focus on
communication or education, but any communicative or social aspect of
human-robot interaction will be considered. Both qualitative and quantitative
methodologies are encouraged.
- Manuscripts examining the following areas will be welcome
- communicative practices between humans and digital interlocutors
- the integration of artificial entities into private and professional spaces
- the incorporation of AI into education and other industries
- cultural discourse surrounding digital and robotic interlocutors
- relationship dynamics between humans and machines
- reinterpretations and representations of humans as digital entities
Before paper submission opens, potential contributors should
send the guest editor a title, abstract, short synopsis of the contribution as
well as a short CV or Google scholar profile.
Paper Submission opens September 1, 2017
Paper Submission due by October 1, 2017
Decision and Feedback after review December 2017
Final Submission February 2018
Anticipated Publication late spring 2018
The final paper should be in accordance with the Journal’s
Guide for Authors.
Guest editor
Patric Spence, School of Information Science, University of
Kentucky, patric.spence@uky.edu
