PHD RESEARCHER · COMMUNICATION CONSULTANT
MY PHD RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
From Crowd to
Analyzing human–AI interaction and the transformation of participation and communication in public discourse through conversational assistants (chatbots).
Why this research matters to me?
My work has always been driven by a curiosity about human communication, meaning-making, and the ongoing challenge of understanding one another. Today, that curiosity extends beyond human-to-human interaction.
For much of modern history, public communication unfolded through shared spaces. People encountered common events, narratives, and information, even when they interpreted them differently.
Conversational AI introduces another possibility. Individuals can increasingly turn to personalized systems for information, interpretation, advice, and reflection.
My doctoral research focuses on this transformation and what it may mean for human communication, public discourse, and the relationship between the individual and the wider public.
We are no longer communicating only with one another. We are also communicating with and through intelligent systems.
AN EMERGING CONCEPT
The Algorithmic Individual
Building on psychological discussions of the algorithmic self, my doctoral work brings this conversation into communication science through the concept of the Algorithmic Individual.
I propose and develop the concept of the Algorithmic Individual to explore what may happen as increasingly personalized human–AI interactions become part of how people process and make sense of their reality.
The question is not simply how algorithms influence us.
It is what happens when these daily interactions begin to shape how we:
→ Create meaning and form opinions
→ Interpret information and navigate uncertainty
→ Communicate with others in physical and digital spaces
→ Participate in public life and political realities
The Algorithmic Individual is not defined by AI use alone. My research asks how deeply these personalized interactions may be changing the way we think, speak, and connect with one another.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Much of the research and public discussion around artificial intelligence focuses on its impact on media and information systems: misinformation, automated content, algorithmic bias, changing information environments.
These questions matter.
My research approaches the transformation from another direction. Conversational AI is not only producing or distributing information. It is becoming something people talk to, developing interpretations through personalized conversations with intelligent systems.
This creates a different communicative relationship. We are not simply receiving AI-generated information. We are entering ongoing, adaptive dialogues with systems that respond, explain, reframe, and participate in meaning-making.
At the center of my research is a broader question: how might the growing role of conversational AI change the underlying architecture of communication itself?
My work brings together questions of
AI
Communication
Identiy
Media
Publics
Democracy
Politics
WHAT I AM EXPLORING
Three interconnected dimensions, one qualitative study
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Human–AI Interaction
First dimension examines the relationship between individuals and conversational AI, with particular attention to identity, agency, and algorithmically mediated communication.
2
Participation and the Public Sphere
Second dimension explores how AI mediation may reshape public participation, and the relationship between the individual and the wider public.
3
The Communication Ecosystem
Third dimension explores how AI may become an increasingly influential actor within communication ecosystems, and what this could mean for information, power, participation, and influence.
Politics
Publics
Media
Politics
The ecosystem so far
Media
What my research proposes
AI
Publics
Fig 1 - Change in Communcuiation ecosytem, AI as mediator.
RESEARCH AREAS & INTERESTS
A CHANGING COMMUNICATION LOGIC
The user talks. The system responds.
The user asks again. The system adapts.
MASS COMMUNICATION
One → Many
DIGITAL MEDIA
Many ↔ Many
CONVERSATIONAL AI
One ↔ Algorithm
Digital media transformed audiences from primarily passive recipients into interactive users people could search, click, comment, share, and participate. Conversational AI introduces another shift.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
The Algorithmic Individual is a proposed framework that I am continuing to develop, examine, and refine throughout my doctoral research.
As artificial intelligence and human–AI communication evolve, so will the questions needed to understand them.
What remains at the center of my work is one of the defining questions of our time:
How does human communication change when artificial intelligence becomes part of the conversations through which we understand ourselves and the world around us?
The future of artificial intelligence is not only a technological question. It is a communication question, and ultimately a human one.
RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION
Where communication research meets practice
I welcome opportunities to connect with:
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- Researchers and scholars
- Universities and research institutions
- Interdisciplinary research projects
-Organizations working at the intersection of communication and technology
- Professionals exploring the social implications of AI
- Public engagement and knowledge-sharing initiatives
Interested in the research, a possible collaboration, or simply want to talk about an idea?