Dr. C.L. (Caroline) van Straten
Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen
Programmagroep: Youth & Media Entertainment
Bezoekadres
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postadres
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Postbus 15791
1001 NG Amsterdam
Contactgegevens
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Profile
I work as an Assistant Professor at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR). My research investigates human-machine interactions from a communication scientific standpoint. For my doctoral dissertation (defended in 2021), I investigated the emergence of social relationships between children and robots – and I still conduct studies on this topic. In addition, I currently co-supervise a PhD project on human-robot interaction and collaborate with other ASCoR researchers to investigate human-chatbot and human-AI interactions.
Most of my research focuses on two central questions: First, how does human-machine communication differ from interpersonal communication and what does this mean for existing theories about social interaction? And second, how does a ‘responsible’, transparent approach to human-machine communication influence people’s social responses toward technologies?
Next to my research activities, I teach in the College and Graduate School of Communication Science and supervise bachelor, master, and PhD thesis projects. In addition, I coordinate ASCoR’s PhD program and fulfull several other administrative roles within the Communication Science department. For further details, please refer to the information below.
Expertise and research fields
- Social robots
- Human-machine communication
- Interpersonal communication
Administrative role
- PhD Program Coordinator
- Member of the Thesis Quality Bachelor committee
- Member of the PR committee
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Research
Research methods
- Experiments
- Surveys
- Laboratory studies
Current research projects
- CHILDROBOT project: ERC-funded research project investigating children’s acceptance of, prosocial behavioral learning from, and relationship formation with social robots
Research grants & honours
- Top Dissertation Award 2022 from the Children, Adolescents and Media division of the International Communication Association
- Top Student-Led Paper Award 2021 from the Children, Adolescents and Media division of the International Communication Association
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Teaching & PhD supervision
Courses
- Digital Media Lifestyles
- Developing Media Entertainment
- Master thesis supervision
PhD supervision
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Publicaties
2023
van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., & Kühne, R. (2023). Transparent robots: How children perceive and relate to a social robot that acknowledges its lack of human psychological capacities and machine status. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 177, Article 103063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103063 [details]
2022
- van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco , A. (2022). The wizard and I: How transparent teleoperation and self‑description (do not) affect children’s robot perceptions and child‑robot relationship formation. AI & Society, 37(1), 383–399. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-01202-3 [details]
- van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & 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, Article 107135. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107135 [details]
2021
- 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. In 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2021): Vancouver, Canada, 8-12 August 2021 (pp. 598-603). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN50785.2021.9515438 [details]
2020
- Barco, A., de Jong, C., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & van Straten, C. L. (2020). Robot morphology and children's perception of social robots: An exploratory study. In HRI '20: Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction : March 23-26, 2020, Cambridge, United Kingdom (pp. 125-127). Association for Computing Machinery. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378348 [details]
- de Jong, C., Kühne, R., Peter, J., van Straten, C. L., & Barco, A. (2020). Intentional acceptance of social robots: Development and validation of a self-report measure for children. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 139, Article 102426. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2020.102426 [details]
- 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. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.18052.str [details]
- 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. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-019-00569-0 [details]
- 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), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1145/3365668 [details]
2019
- de Jong, C., Kühne, R., Peter, J., Van Straten, C. L., & Barco, A. (2019). What Do Children Want from a Social Robot? Toward Gratifications Measures for Child-Robot Interaction. In IEEE RO-MAN 2019: the 28th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication : "Responsible Robotics and AI for the Real World" : October 14-17, 2019, Le Meridien, Windsor Place, New Delhi, India (pp. 512-519). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN46459.2019.8956319 [details]
2018
- de Jong, C., van Straten, C., Peter, J., Kühne, R., & Barco, A. (2018). Children and social robots: Inventory of measures for CRI research. In 2018 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts: ARSO 2018 (pp. 44-45). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2018.8625764 [details]
- 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. In HAI'18 : proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Human Agent Interaction: December 15-18, 2018, Southampton, United Kingdom (pp. 253-259). The Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3284432.3284440 [details]
2019
- 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 G. Mascheroni, & D. Holloway (Eds.), The internet of toys: Practices, affordances and the political economy of children’s smart play (pp. 25-46). (Studies in Childhood and Youth). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10898-4_2 [details]
2023
- Sharan, N. N., Peter, J., & van Straten, C. L. (2023). "Helping Faces": The Effect of Faces in Reciprocal Helpful Behavior. Poster session presented at Emotions 2023, Tilburg, Netherlands.
Prijs / subsidie
- van Straten, C. (2022). ICA-CAM Top Dissertation Award.
- van Straten, C. (2021). ICA CAM Top student-led paper award.
Mediaoptreden
- van Straten, C. (16-02-2022). Een robot als vriendje [Print] De Ingenieur. Een robot als vriendje. https://www.deingenieur.nl/artikel/een-robot-als-vriendje
- van Straten, C. (27-01-2022). Een robot als vriendje [Print] Didactief: Opinie en Onderzoek voor de Schoolpraktijk. Een robot als vriendje. https://didactiefonline.nl/artikel/een-robot-als-vriendje
- van Straten, C. & Peter, J. (08-10-2020). Kunnen kinderen begrijpen wat een robot (niet) is? [Web]. UvA onderzoeksnieuws: AI technology for people. https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/faculteiten/nl/faculteit-der-maatschappij-en-gedragswetenschappen/nieuws/2020/10/kunnen-kinderen-begrijpen…
Spreker
- van Straten, C. (speaker) (28-9-2022). Social robots in the lives of children, 16th International Conference Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online, Warsaw.
- van Straten, C. (speaker) (7-4-2022). Social robots in the lives of children.
Andere
- van der Wal, A. (organiser), Boerman, S. (organiser), de Jong, C. (organiser), Hendriks, H. (organiser), Jonkman, J. (organiser), Mollen, S. (organiser), Möller, M. (organiser), van Straten, C. (organiser) & Vliegenthart, R. (organiser) (6-2-2020 - 7-2-2020). Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Amsterdam. In February 2020, ASCoR hosted the “Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap”, the annual conference for all communication science scholars in the (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://nefca.eu/etmaal/etmaal-van-de-communicatiewetenschap-2020/
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Nevenwerkzaamheden
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van Straten, C. L., Peter, J., & Kühne, R. (2023). Transparent robots: How children perceive and relate to a social robot that acknowledges its lack of human psychological capacities and machine status. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 177, Article 103063.