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Oktober 2017 –  Februar 2021

Promotionsstudium

am Lehrstuhl Sozialpsychologie: Medien und Kommunikation, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Oktober 2015 – Oktober 2017

Master-Studium Angewandten Kognitions- und Medienwissenschaft

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Oktober 2012 – September 2015

Bachelor-Studium Angewandte Kognitions- und Medienwissenschaft

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Mai 2022 – heute                        

Postdoktorandin am Lehrstuhl Sozialpsychologie: Medien und Kommunikation

Dezember 2021 – April 2022     

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Fachbereich Wirtschaft & Recht

Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln gGmbH

März 2021 – April 2022              

Senior Research Associate

Institut für experimentelle Psychophysiologie GmbH, Düsseldorf

Januar 2020 – März 2020           

Visiting Scholar am Institute for Creative Technologies

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Oktober 2017 – Dezember 2020             

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl Sozialpsychologie: Medien und Kommunikation

April 2015 – Oktober 2017        

Studentische Hilfskraft am Lehrstuhl Sozialpsychologie: Medien und Kommunikation

April 2015 - Oktober 2017 AHA

Automatisiertes Helferangebot bei Großschadensereignissen (BMBF-Projekt)

Mai 2022 - März 2023 IMPACT

The implications of conversing with intelligent machines in everyday life on people´s beliefs about algorithms, their communication behavior and their relationship building (VolkswagenStiftung-Projekt)

April 2023 - heute VEREINT

Sich VERbundEn fühlen durch INTeraktive Technologien (BMBF-Projekt)

Seit 2023

Association for Computing Machinery

Seit 2018

International Communication Association

Horstmann, A. C. (2021). Actions Speak Louder Than Assumptions: Empirical Investigations on the Perception of Artificial Entities Considering Expectations, Attributions, and Behavior (Doctoral dissertation). https://doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/74074

2023

Horstmann, A. C., Strathmann, C., Lambrich, L., & Krämer, N. C. (2023). Alexa, What's Inside of You: A Qualitative Study to Explore Users' Mental Models of Intelligent Voice Assistants. In Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (pp. 1-10). https://doi.org/10.1145/3570945.3607335

Horstmann, A. C., Schubert, T., Lambrich, L., & Strathmann, C. (2023, September). Alexa, I Do Not Want to Be Patronized: A Qualitative Interview Study to Explore Older Adults' Attitudes Towards Intelligent Voice Assistants. In Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (pp. 1-10). https://doi.org/10.1145/3570945.3607342

Horstmann, A. C. (2023). Hey Robot, Can You Help Me Feel Less Lonely? An Explorative Study to Examine the Potential of Using Social Robots to Alleviate Loneliness in Young Adults. In Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 500-505). https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3580135

2022                   

Horstmann, A. C., & Krämer, N. C. (2022). The fundamental attribution error in human-robot interaction: An experimental investigation on attributing responsibility to a social robot for its pre-programmed behavior. International Journal of Social Robotics, 14, 1137–1153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-021-00856-9

2021

Horstmann, A. C., Gratch, J., & Krämer, N. C. (2021). I just wanna blame somebody, not something! Reactions to a computer agent giving negative feedback based on the instructions of a person. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 154, 102683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2021.102683

2020

Horstmann, A. C., & Krämer, N. C. (2020). Expectations vs. actual behavior of a social robot: An experimental investigation of the effects of a social robot’s interaction skill level and its expected future role on people’s evaluations. PLoS one 15(8), e0238133. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238133

Horstmann, A. C. & Krämer, N. C. (2020). When a robot violates expectations: The influence of reward valence and expectancy violation on people's evaluation of a social robot. In T. Belpaeme & J. Young (Eds.), HRI '20: Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 254-256). New York, NY: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378292

2019

Horstmann, A. C., & Krämer, N. C. (2019). Great expectations? Relation of previous experiences with social robots in real life or in the media and expectancies based on qualitative and quantitative assessment. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 939. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00939

2018

Horstmann, A. C., Bock, N., Linhuber, E., Szczuka, J. M., Straßmann, C., & Krämer, N. C. (2018). Do a robot’s social skills and its objection discourage interactants from switching the robot off? PLoS one 13(7), e0201581. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201581

2017

Horstmann, A. C., Winter, S., Rösner, L., & Krämer, N. C. (2017). S.O.S. on my phone: An analysis of motives and incentives for participation in smartphone‐based volunteering. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 26(1), 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12174

2023

Horstmann, A. C., Szczuka, J. M., Mavrina, L., Artelt, A., Strathmann, C., Szymczyk, N., Bohnenkamp, L. M., & Krämer, N. C. (2023). Can You Explain Why You Did Not Recommend Something Else? An Experimental Study on the Effects of Contrastive Explanations and Person-Likeness on Trust in and Understanding of Algorithms [Conference presentation]. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs (German Society for Psychology), Luxemburg.

Lambrich, L., Schubert, T., Strathmann, C., & Horstmann, A. C. (2023). Alexa, Can You Really Help Me? Older Adults’ Perspective on the Opportunities and Threats of Intelligent Voice Assistants [Conference presentation]. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs (German Society for Psychology), Luxemburg.

Strathmann, C., Horstmann, A. C., Lambrich, L., & Krämer, N. C. (2023). Talking Like You When Talking with You - An Experimental Study on Users' Communication Style Adaptation to A Voice Assistant's Politeness and Machine-Likeness [Conference presentation]. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs (German Society for Psychology), Luxemburg.

Horstmann, A. C., Szczuka, J., Mavrina, L., Artelt, A., Strathmann, C., Szymczyk, N., Bohnenkamp, L. M., & Krämer, N. (2023). Enhancing the Understanding of Algorithms With Contrastive Explanations: An Experimental Study on the Effects of Explanations and Person-Likeness on Trust in and Understanding of Algorithms [Conference presentation]. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.

2022

Horstmann, A. C., Mühl, L., Storch, D., Böhm-Fischer, A., Beyer, L., & Schnieder, S. (2022). Digitale Anwendungen zur Unterstützung minderjähriger Geflüchteter: Zielgruppenorientierte Entwicklung einer Smartphone-App mit integrierter, automatisierter Trauma-Detektion [Digital Applications to Support underage refugees: Target Group-Oriented Development of a Smartphone App With Integrated, Automatic Trauma Detection] [Conference presentation]. 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, DGPs), Hildesheim, Germany.

Mühl, L., Horstmann, A. C., Wittenborn, A., Storch, D., & Krajewski, J. (2022). Neue Technologien zur Erfassung von posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung: Ein digitales Screening-Tool zur stimmbasierten Detektion [New Technologies for the Detection of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Digital Screening Tool for Voice-Based Detection] [Conference presentation]. 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, DGPs), Hildesheim, Germany.

Horstmann, A. C., Mühl, L., Mössing, W., Lindhaus, M., Storch, D., Bühren, M., Röttgers, H. R. & Krajewski, J. (2022). AI-Enhanced Communication Between Robots and Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Requirements for a Robotic Learning Assistant [Conference presentation]. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.

Horstmann, A. C., Mühl, L., Storch, D., Böhm-Fischer, A., Beyer, L., & Schnieder, S. (2022). Austausch auf Augenhöhe: Qualitative Evaluation eines digitalen Peer-Beratungskonzept für Personen mit Migrationshintergrund [Exchange at Eye Level: Qualitative Evaluation of a digital peer counceling concept for individuals with a migration background] [Conference presentation]. 25th Conference of the Association for Applied Economic Psychology (Gesellschaft für angewandte Wirtschaftspsychologie, GWPs), Cologne, Germany.

Horstmann, A. C., Mühl, L., Storch, D., & Schnieder, S. (2022). Technology-Based Support for Unaccompanied Minor Refugees: An Empirical Investigation of Influencing Factors on the Evaluation of an Online Peer Counseling Concept [Conference presentation]. 64th Conference of Experimental Psychologists (Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, TeaP), Cologne, Germany.

Horstmann, A. C., Hemsen, B., Krajewski, J., & Schnieder, S (2022). Development of a Textile-Integrated Sensor System to Assist the Rehabilitation After Cruciate Ligament Injuries: Comparison of User Experience and Usability Evaluation of Initial Prototypes [Conference presentation]. 64th Conference of Experimental Psychologists (Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, TeaP), Cologne, Germany.

Fischer, A., Mühl, L., Horstmann, A. C., Storch, D., Schnieder, S., & Beyer, L. (2022). Requirement analysis for a Smartphone-app to support adolescent refugees considering insights from an ELSI-workshop [Conference presentation]. Psychological Science and Well-Being Conference 2022, Singapore.

2021

Horstmann, A. C., Mühl, L., Köppen, L., Storch, D. & Krajewski, J. (2021). Hey robot, help me grow up! Requirement analysis for a learning platform and a robotic learning assistant to help children with autism overcome behavioral and social challenges [Conference presentation]. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs (German Society for Psychology), Aachen, Germany.

Horstmann, A. C., & Krämer, N. C. (2019). I blame you anyways! An experimental study on the perceived responsibility of a social robot’s pre-programmed behavior [Conference presentation]. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs (German Society for Psychology), Aachen, Germany.

Mühl, L., Horstmann, A. C., Storch, D., & Schnieder, S. (2021). How can we use technology to understand and support traumatized refugee minors? Analyzing requirements for a low-threshold screening tool and online support portal at the basis of a comprehensive psychosocial diagnostic model [Conference presentation]. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs (German Society for Psychology), Aachen, Germany.

Mühl, L., Horstmann, A. C., Wittenborn, A., Storch, D., & Krajewski, J. (2021). Screen Me, Smartphone! Using an AI-Screening Tool to Assist Underage Refugees in Recognizing Potential Traumatization. In Mensch und Computer 2021 (pp. 54-58). https://doi.org/10.1145/3473856.3474011

Horstmann, A. C., & Krämer, N. C. (2019). Who's to Blame? Reactions to Negative Feedback Transferred via a Person-Instructed Computer Agent [Conference presentation]. 71st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). (Top Paper in ICA’s Human-Machine Communication Interest Group)

2020

2019

Horstmann, A. C., & Krämer, N. C. (2019). What you know is what you expect? The influence of previous experiences with real or fictional social robots on expectations based on qualitative and quantitative assessment [Conference presentation]. 11th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs (German Society for Psychology), Chemnitz, Germany.

Horstmann, A. C. (2019, May). Great expectations? Relation of previous experiences with social robots in real life or through media and expectancies based on qualitative and quantitative assessment [Conference presentation]. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C.. (Top Student Paper in ICA’s Communication and Technology Division)

Horstmann, A. C. (2019, May). It’s okay because I like you: The role of a social robot’s reward valence in people’s evaluation of an expectancy violation [Conference presentation]. Human-Machine Communication Pre-Conference of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C..

Horstmann, A.C., & Krämer, N.C. (2019, March). Große Erwartungen? Zusammenhang von Erfahrungen mit sozialen Robotern im echten Leben oder durch Medien und Erwartungen basierend auf qualitativen und quantitativen Daten [Great expectations? Relation of previous experiences with social robots in real life or in the media and expectancies based on qualitative and quantitative assessment] [Conference presentation]. 8th interdisciplinary Workshop Cognitive Systerms: Humans, Teams, Systems, and Automata, Duisburg, Germany.

2018

Horstmann, A. C., Bock, N., Linhuber, E., Szczuka, J. M., Straßmann, C., & Krämer, N. C. (2018, September). Please don't switch me off! Do a robot´s social skills and its objection influence people's behavior towards the robot? [Conference presentation]. 51st Conference of the German Society for Psychology, Frankfurt, Germany.

Horstmann, A. C., Rösner, L., Conrad, L., & Heidemann, R. (2018, September). Fake news or real truth?! Ergebnisse einer Think Aloud Befragung zur Erkennung von Falschnachrichten [Fake news or real truth?! Results of a think aloud protocol regarding the detection of fake news] [Conference presentation].  51st Conference of the German Society for Psychology, Frankfurt, Germany.

Rösner, L., Horstmann, A. C., & Krämer, N. C. (2018, September). Fake News! Qualitative Studie zur Wahrnehmung von Warnhinweisen und Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung von Falschinformationen im Internet [Conference presentation].  51st Conference of the German Society for Psychology], Frankfurt, Germany.

Horstmann, A. C., Bock, N., Eitelhuber, D., Lehr, J., Linhuber, E., Sczcuka, J. M., & Straßmann, C. (2018, May). Switching off robot: The influence of social interaction and objection on behaviors towards robots [Conference presentation]. 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech Republic. (Top Student Paper in ICA’s Communication and Technology Division).

2017

Horstmann, A. C., Bock, N., Eitelhuber, D., Lehr, J., Linhuber, E., Sczcuka, J., Straßmann, C., & Krämer, N. C. (2017, September). Please don‘t switch me off - An experimental study on switching off a robot [Conference presentation]. 10th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs (German Society for Psychology), Landau, Germany.

2016

Horstmann, A. C., Winter, S., Rösner, L., & Krämer, N. C. (2016, September). S.O.S. auf meinem Smartphone – Motive und Anreize für die Nutzung mobiler Technologien zur freiwilligen Hilfe [Conference presentation]. 50th Conference of the German Society for Psychology, Leipzig, Germany.