Human-Machine Communication focuses on the theory and practice of communication with and about digital interlocutors, which may take the form of artificial conversation entities, artificially intelligent software, embodied machine communicators (robots), and technologically-augmented persons (cyborgs), as well as on communication in the context of machine spaces (virtual and augmented realities) and human-machine configurations. Additionally, the journal will publish contributions that shed light on the relationship between human and machine, as constructed through discourse and interaction.
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Current Volume: Volume 13 (2026)
Articles
Unexpected Encounters With Spot in the Wild: Sensemaking as Communicative Boundary Work With Robots
Annette Markham, Constanze M. Leeb, Brooke Ann Coco, Daniel Kirby, Lu Liu, Edoardo Lomi, Lucy Thornton, Kelly Ka-Lai Chan, and Bradley R. Crammond
The Right Kind of Human-Like: Measuring and Testing Human-Likeness Perceptions of Text-Based Conversational Agents
Carolin Ischen, Elizabeth Wang, and Edith G. Smit
10 Questions to Fall in Love with A Chatbot: An Experimental Study on Interpersonal Closeness with Large Language Models (LLMs)
Jessica M. Szczuka, Lisa Mühl, Paula Ebner, and Simon Dubé
Gender and Task Alignment Influences the Credibility of Feminine but Not Masculine AI Conversational Assistants
Joana Videira and David DeAndrea
Tool or Social Actor? How AI Perception and Interaction Modality Influence Perceived Credibility of Communicative AI Over Time
Stefanie H. Klein and Sonja Utz
The Comforting Potential of a Social Robot, Regardless of Looks and Designed Affordances
Peggy van Minkelen and Elly A. Konijn
Beyond Human Bonds: Understanding Relationship Development with Humanized AI Companions
Maria Nikolajczyk, Elisa Maier, Julia Prawitz, and Leyla Dogruel
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Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Autumn Edwards
- Feature Editor
- Katrin Etzrodt
- Associate Editors
- Chad Edwards
- Patric R. Spence
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