Publications
Kühne, R., & Peter, J. (2023). Anthropomorphism in human–robot interactions: A multidimensional conceptualization. Communication Theory, 33(1), 42–52. https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtac020
Peter, J. (2022). Social robots and children. In D. Lemish (Ed.), Routledge international handbook of children, adolescents, and media (2nd ed., pp. 153-161). New York: Routledge
van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., Kühne, R. J., & Barco, A. (2022). On sharing and caring: Investigating the effects of a robot’s self-disclosure and question-asking on children’s robot perceptions and child-robot relationship formation. Computers in Human Behavior, 129, [107135]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107135
Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2021). Can social robots affect children’s prosocial behavior? An experimental study on prosocial robot models. Computers in Human Behavior, 120, 106712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106712
van Straten, C. L. (2021). The next best friend? How children perceive and relate to a social robot. Doctoral dissertation. https://dare.uva.nl/search?identifier=fb9aa7af-34fc-4f1d-b612-2178b5549ab8
de Jong, C., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2021). Children’s intention to adopt social robots: A model of its distal and proximal predictors. International Journal of Social Robotics, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-021-00835-0
van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2021). The wizard and I: How transparent teleoperation and self-description (do not) affect children’s robot perceptions and child-robot relationship formation. AI & Society. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-01202-3
De Jong, C., Peter, J., Kühne, R., van Straten, C., & Barco, A. (2021). Exploring children’s beliefs for adoption or rejection of domestic social robots. Proceedings of the 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 598-603. https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN50785.2021.9515438
Barco, A., de Jong, C., Peter, J., Kühne, R., and Van Straten., C. L. (2020). Robot Morphology and Children’s Perception of Social Robots: An Exploratory Study. In Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 125–127. doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378348
De Jong, C., Kühne, R., Peter, J., Van Straten, C. L., and Barco, A. (2020). Intentional acceptance of social robots: Development and validation of a self-report measure for children. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 102426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2020.102426
Van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2020). Transparency about a robot’s lack of human psychological capacities: Effects on child-robot perception and relationship formation. Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 9(2). doi: 10.1145/3365668
Van Straten, C. L., Kühne, R., Peter, J., De Jong, C., & Barco, A. (2020). Closeness, trust, and perceived social support in child-robot relationship formation: Development and validation of three self-report scales. Interaction Studies, 21(1), 57-84. doi: 10.1075/is.18052.str
Van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., & Kühne, R. (2020). Child-robot relationship formation: A narrative review of empirical research. International Journal of Social Robotics, 12(2), 325-344.doi: 10.1007/s12369-019-00569-0
De Jong, C., Kühne, R., Peter, J., Van Straten, C.L., and Barco, A. (2019). What do children want from a social robot? Toward gratifications measures for child-robot interaction. Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. New Delhi, pp. 1-8. doi: 10.1109/RO-MAN46459.2019.8956319
De Jong, C., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2019). Children’s acceptance of social robots: A narrative review of the research 2000-2017. Interaction Studies, 20, 393–425. doi:10.1075/ is.18071.jon.
Peter, J., Kühne, R., Barco, A., de Jong, C., & van Straten, C. L. (2019). Asking today the crucial questions of tomorrow: Social robots and the Internet of Toys. In Mascheroni, G., & Holloway, D. (Eds.) (2018): The Internet of Toys: Practices, affordances and the political economy of children’s smart play(pp. 25-46). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature).
De Jong, C., Van Straten, C.L., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2018). Children and social robots: Inventory of measures for CRI research. Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impact (ARSO). Genoa, 44-45. doi: 10.1109/ARSO.2018.8625764.
Van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., Kühne, R., De Jong, C., & Barco, A. (2018). Technological and interpersonal trust in child-robot interaction: An exploratory study. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, 253-259. doi: 10.1145/3284432.3284440
Barco, A., Van Straten, C.L., De Jong, C., Peter, J., & Kühne, R. (2018). Current technical and practical impediments to research on social robots. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Robots in Therapy and Education (pp. 19-20). Retrieved from https://newfriends2018.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ProceedingsNF18-1.pdf
Peter, J., & Kühne, R. (2018). The new frontier in communication research: Why we should study social robots. Media and Communication, 6(3), 73–76.
Peter, J. (2017). New communication technologies and young people: The case of social robots. In R. Kühne, S. E. Baumgartner, T. Koch, & M. Hofer (Eds.), Youth and media. Current perspectives on media use and effects (pp. 203–217). Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos.
Peter, J. (2017). Social robots and the robotification of childhood. In S. Chaudron, R. Di Gioia, M. Gemo, D. Holloway, J. Marsh, G. Mascheroni, … D. Yamada-Rice (Eds.), Kaleidoscope on the Internet of Toys: Safety, security, privacy and societal insights (EUR 28397) (pp. 14–16). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
Presentations
van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., & Kühne, R. (2023, February). “You” versus “children”: A longitudinal experiment on the effects of social robots’ use of (im)personal address forms when talking to children. Presentation at “Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2023”, February 2-3, Enschede, The Netherlands.
De Jong, C., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2022, May). Children’s acceptance of a domestic social robot: How it evolves over time. Paper presented at the 72nd annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
Kühne, R., Peter, J., & de Jong, C. (2022, May). Longitudinal changes in children’s anthropomorphism of social robots. Presentation at the preconference “Human-machine communication: Bridging worlds, bridging networks” at the 72nd annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., & Kühne, R. (2022, May). How children relate to a social robot that acknowledges its lack of human psychological capacities. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 26-30, Paris, France.
De Jong, C., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2021, May). Children’s intention to adopt social robots: A model of its distal and proximal predictors. Paper presented at the 71st annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), (online)
van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2021, May). The wizard and I: How transparent teleoperation and self-description (do not) affect child-robot perception and relationship formation. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA; converted to virtual due to COVID-19).
van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2020, May). On sharing and caring: How self-disclosure and question-asking affect child-robot relationship formation. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 21-25, Gold Coast, Australia (converted to virtual due to COVID-19).
Van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., Kühne, R., De Jong, C., & Barco, A. (2019, May). Does transparency about a robot’s lack of human psychological capacities affect children’s robot evaluations? An experimental study. Presentation at the Preconference “Communicating with Machines: Boundless Imagination” of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, Washington DC, USA.
Peter, J., Kühne, R., Barco, A., de Jong, C., & van Straten, C. L. (2019, March) Communication Research and Human-Robot Interaction: Bringing in Interpersonal Communication Theory. Presentation at HRI Workshop: Human-Machine Communication: What Does/Could Communication Science Contribute to HRI? 2019 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’19). Daegu, South Korea.
De Jong, C., Peter, J., Kühne, R., Van Straten, C.L., and Barco, A. (2019, February). What do children expect from social robots? A uses-and-gratifications approach. Presentation at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, February 7-8, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
De Jong, C., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2018, August). Children’s acceptance of social robots: A narrative review of the research 2000-2017. Presentation at the Workshop on Social Cues in Robot Interaction, Trust and Acceptance (SCRITA) of the 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), August 30, Nanjing, China.
Kühne, R., Peter, J., & Möller, A. M. (2018, May). Anthropomorphism in human-robot interactions. Presentation at the Preconference “Communicating with Machines: Theory and Practice” of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, Prague, Czech Republic.
Peter, J., & Kühne, R. (2018, May). Asking today the crucial questions of tomorrow: The case of children and social robots. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, Prague, Czech Republic.
Kühne, R., & Peter, J. (2016, June). A cross-nationally comparative look at the determinants of attitudes toward robots. Presentation at the Postconference “Communicating With Machines: The Rising Power of Digital Interlocutors in Our Lives” of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 9-13, Fukuoka, Japan.