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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.

See Call for Papers for the latest deadlines for the next volumes.

Current Volume: Volume 13 (2026)

Articles

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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

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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