Conference Agenda
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Location: BAR/0I88/U Barkhausen-Bau Haus D, Georg-Schumann-Str.11, First floor |
| Date: Monday, 15/Sept/2025 | |
| 1:00pm - 6:00pm |
Doctoral Consortium Location: BAR/0I88/U |
| Date: Tuesday, 16/Sept/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 9:00am |
Opening Remarks Location: BAR/0I88/U |
| 9:00am - 9:45am |
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Andrew Gambino (University of Delaware, USA) Location: BAR/0I88/U Chair: Sven Engesser "Meaningful, Complex, and Collaborative: Building Communication Theory in the Age of Generative AI" |
| 10:00am - 11:15am |
Session 1: Institutional and Societal Perspectives on the Machine Actor Location: BAR/0I88/U Chair: Daniela Mahl The materiality of HMC: Imagining sustainable AI infrastructures Value Frictions: Competing Priorities in the Public and Private Governance of Generative Artificial Intelligence Negotiating norms of ChatGPT use: a cyclical perspective on the expanding appropriation of a generative AI chatbot among university students Hesitation to Report: Understanding Why Bystanders and Victims Refrain from Reporting Offensive Content Building a Better World Through AI Journalism: Global Solutions from Gen Z |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Session 2: Technological Perspectives on the Machine Actor Location: BAR/0I88/U Chair: Esther Greussing Metacognitive Illusions – Rhetoric between AI Strategies and AI Literacies Talking machines, not saying anything, shaping communication: Reflecting on “artificial intelligence” and fake-human/human interactions Are Bots More Biased Than Humans? Assessing Gender Stereotypes of Warmth and Competence in AI-Generated Ratings, Stories, and Images Social Bots in Online Climate Change Discourse: Evidence from COP27 Tweets |
| 1:30pm - 2:45pm |
Session 3: Ontological Perspectives on the Machine Actors – Peculiarities in Classification Location: BAR/0I88/U Chair: Katharina Frehmann Ontological Classification of Machine Agents: Patterns of Assimilation, Accommodation, and Non-Adaption Communicating with machines: Do we need a theory of the artificial mind? Perceiving the Unreal: How Disclosure of the Nonhumanness of Virtual Influencers Affects People’s Perceptions toward Them Do Social Scripts Differ? Exploring Communication Style and Agency in Human-Human vs. Human-AI Chat Interactions Algorithmic Bias in Image-Generating AI: Detection and Reaction |
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
Session 4: Ontological Perspectives on the Machine Actors – Impact of Classification Location: BAR/0I88/U Chair: Katrin Etzrodt AI Writing Stories of Pride – Can Readers Experience Queer Perspectives Through AI-Generated Narratives? Chatbot or Scientist? Evaluating AI vs. Human Source Credibility in Digital Climate Communication Beauty and the Bot: Perceptions of Human and AI Fitness Influencers on Instagram Bot or Not? The Impact of Textual Imperfections on Students’ Perceptions of AI Humanness in Educational Forums Talk, Listen, Connect: Navigating Empathy in Human-AI Interactions How Anthropomorphism and Belief in Positive Machine Heuristic Shape Perceived Privacy Risk and Disclosure Intention to Machines: A Moderated- Moderation Analysis |
| 4:45pm - 5:45pm |
DigiKomm: Business Meeting (hybrid) Location: BAR/0I88/U |
| Date: Wednesday, 17/Sept/2025 | |
| 9:00am - 9:45am |
Keynote: Prof. emerita Leopoldina Fortunati (University of Udine, Italy) Location: BAR/0I88/U Chair: Sven Engesser "The Domestic Sphere: AI’s Next Frontier" |
| 10:00am - 10:45am |
Session 5: Adaptation Patterns in Verbal and Nonverbal Communication with a Machine Actor Location: BAR/0I88/U Chair: Andrew Prahl Face-to-Face Conversations with ChatGPT-Based Robots: Introducing the "CAT Technology Equivalence Model Co-Creation through Communication in Human-Autonomy Teamwork (HAT) Are Agents More Persuasive After They Become Your Avatar? An extension of CASA and Proteus effect theories |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm |
Session 6: The Machine Actor as an Opportunity for Improving Our Skills and Attitudes? Location: BAR/0I88/U Chair: Jihyun Kim Imagining Sustainable Futures (With ChatGPT): Can a Climate Fiction Writing Exercise Foster Environmental Cognitive Alternatives and Creative Self-Efficacy? Persuasive AI: How Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLM) Improve the Design and Evaluation of Digital Health Messages The Impact of Explainable AI on Fairness Perceptions in Academic Performance Prediction: The Role of AI Literacy and Trust in Algorithmic Decision-Making Reducing Political Polarization Through Conversations with Artificial Intelligence Immerse & Befriend: The Role of Synthetic Relationship Perception and Narrative Transportation in a Mental Health App |
| 1:15pm - 2:00pm |
Session 7: The Machine Actor as Transformative Force for Inter-Human Communication and Relationships? Location: BAR/0I88/U Chair: Marco Dehnert How does interacting with AI-based chatbots change how we interact with each other? Emotional connections with AI-enabled chatbots: A qualitative interview study Exploring Synthetic Relationships Through Features of AI Companions |
| 2:15pm - 3:45pm |
Session 8: Methodological and Conceptual Challenges and Approaches Location: BAR/0I88/U Chair: Lisa Weidmüller When Tomorrow is Too Far Away: Methodological Considerations in Futuristic Human-Machine Communication From human experts to artificial authorities? Reconsidering the concept of epistemic authority in the context of generative AI Trust in Voice-Based Assistants: A User-Centered Perspective Measuring AI Literacy: Developing a Comprehensive Self-Assessment Tool Real-Time-Response-Measurement in HMC Research: An Example Based on Trustworthiness Evaluations of Empathic and Humorous Communicative AI as an Intermediary for Science-related Information |
| 3:45pm - 4:00pm |
Closing Remarks Location: BAR/0I88/U |