2023

  • Paper (peer-reviewed)

    Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., van Oosten, J.M.F., & Araujo, T. (2023). Who are the (Non-)Adopters of Smart Speakers? A Cross-Sectional Survey Study of Dutch Families. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap, OnlineFirst June 2023. https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/TCW2023.X.001.WALD

  • Conference presentation (peer-reviewed)

    Wald, R., Piotrowski, Araujo, T., & J., van Oosten, J.M.F. (2023). “Hey Google, We Need Help!” The Need for Regulatory Frameworks to Safeguard the Implementation of Smart Speakers in Families. Presentation at the International Communication Association Pre-Conference ‘Building the conditions for responsible human-centric AI systems’, Toronto, May 24, 2023.

  • Paper (peer-reviewed)

    Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., Araujo, T., & van Oosten, J.M.F. (2023). Virtual Assistants in the Family Home. Understanding Parents’ Motivations to Use Virtual Assistants With Their Child(ren). Computers in Human Behavior , 139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107526.

2022

  • Conference paper (peer-reviewed)

    Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., van Oosten, J.M.F., & Araujo, T. (2022). Who are the (Non)Adopters of Smart Speakers? A Cross-Sectional Survey Study of Dutch Families. Paper presentation at the European Communication Research and Education Association Conference, Aarhus, October 19-22, 2022.

  • Conference poster (peer-reviewed)

    Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., van Oosten, J.M.F., & Araujo, T. (2022). “Hey Google, Come In!” The Domestication of Google Assistant in Dutch Family Homes. Poster presentation at the European Communication Research and Education Association CYM Pre-Conference ‘The Datafied Child’, October 12, 2022.

  • Conference paper (peer-reviewed)

    Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., Araujo, T., & van Oosten, J.M.F. (2022). Virtual Assistants in the Family Home. Understanding Parents’ Motivations to Use Virtual Assistants With Their Child(ren). Paper presentation at the International Communication Association Conference, Paris, May 26-30, 2022.

  • Conference paper (peer-reviewed)

    Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., Araujo, T., & van Oosten, J.M.F. (2022). Virtual Assistants in the Family Home. Understanding Parents’ Motivations to Use Virtual Assistants With Their Child(ren). Paper presentation at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Brussels, Feb 10-11, 2022.

2021

  • Conference paper (peer-reviewed)

    Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., Araujo, T., & van Oosten, J.M.F. (2021). Virtual Assistants in Families. A Cross-Sectional Survey Study to Understand Families’ Decisions to Use Virtual Assistants in the Family Home. Presentation of a preregistration plan at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Feb 4-5, 2021.

  • Paper (peer-reviewed)

    Følstad, A., Araujo, T., Law, E.LC. […] Wald, R. et al. (2021). Future directions for chatbot research: an interdisciplinary research agenda. Computing, 103, 2915–2942. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00607-021-01016-7

  • Conference paper (peer-reviewed)

    Wald, R., Heijselaar, E., & Bosse, T. (2021). Make your own: The Potential of Chatbot Customization for the Development of User Trust. Adjunct Proceedings of the 29th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 382–387. https://doi.org/10.1145/3450614.3463600

2020

  • Opinion paper (peer-reviewed)

    Wald, R., Heijselaar, E., & Bosse, T. (2020). Custom-Made Chatbots. About the Potential of active User-Chatbot-Customization for the User Experience Design. CONVERSATIONS 2020 – the 4th International Workshop, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 23-24.

“I remember when my daughter asked the assistant if it's going to snow. She then stood by the window and cheered when the assistant said ‘yes’.“

– Father, 53, Google Home user