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On the heels of the 25th ACM Conference on Intelligent Virtual Machines (IVA25), new NSF-funded work by Dr. Jaime Banks, Jianghui Li, Zhixin Li, and myself is now available as part of the published confernece proceedings. Scraping multiple subreddits on machine companions and parners, and using LLM to assist in identifying themes, we considered how people talk about the nature of their connection to their chat agent in their own words.
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People change, especially during college; but social media now easily allow us to look back at the 'old you' and how you've grown and changed over the years. New work by Alina Niftulaeva, Omolola Lasisi, Millicent Elewosi, Matthew Edor, and myself looks at how employers are affected by older vs. newer self-disclosures from an applicant, and whether getting 'better' or 'worse' as a human further impacts hiring decisions. The good news: Your old dumb stuff is bad; but not as good as the newer good stuff.
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Back to where it began, I'll be at the biennial MediaPsych conference. There, Matt Merkling will be presenting some of our team's latest work on identity shift and the Proteus effect, Zhixin Li will present work (with Dr. Jaime Banks, Jianghui Li), and myself) on how humans talk about their AI companions, and I'll chair a special session containing works to be published in a forthcoming issue of JMP. See you in Duisburg-Essen!
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We're giving Denver another shot, following rescheduling ICA21 due to COVID. This June, we're a mile high in Denver, meeting and collaborating with colleagues, scholars, and friends from around the world. I've got three papers being presented, addressing suspicion in warranting theory, parent's perceptions of their kids' social media use, and the interpersonal effect of multitasking during videochats. Check out the ICA25 program for more, and I will see you in the Rockies!
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A Little
About Caleb |
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Born at an early age just outside Flint, Michigan, Caleb T. Carr is
a Professor of Communication,
and sometimes refers to himself in the third person. His research
primarily explores computer-mediated communication as it converges organizational and interpersonal
phenomena, decision making and the development and presentation
of identity online; he also cares about your interests.
In addition to scholarly pursuits, he has performed in London’s
West
End, water skied with alligators, and yodeled in the Alps.
His career path has allowed him to pursue his passions of
research, teaching, and skiing;
though he sometimes restructures those priorities. He takes
his cheesesteaks
“with.”
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A Little More About
Caleb's Research |
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Although he has had training in qualitative
analysis and rhetorical criticism, Caleb is epistemologically
a quantitative researcher, who typically uses
experiments and surveys to answer research questions.
His research focuses on how individuals and organizations
are blurring the line between personal and professional
through technology. As effective lenses through
which to explore these issues, Caleb's research
has often used online
discussions and group decision tasks, the
popular online multiplayer game World
of Warcraft, and online communities in his
experiments. In survey research, interesting data
is often authored from human resource practitioners
and managers in organizations.
Curriculum
Vitae
Word (*.doc) Format
Adobe (*.pdf) Format
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Yet More About Caleb's
Teaching |
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Though an avid and involved researcher, Caleb
also enjoys teaching, particularly the opportunity
to take material from the lab straight into the
classroom to keep students abreast of the latest
developments in their discipline. Caleb has taught
many courses in several departments to an equally
diverse array of students. With teaching experience
in Business, Communication, and Telecommunication,
he has taught to both traditional (i.e., undergraduates
living on-campus) and non-traditional (i.e., returning,
older, and telecommuter) students in both on-ground
and online courses.
Current
Schedule
COM227: Communication in Organizations and Professional Settings
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