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Jochen Peter is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and has a research portfolio spanning psychology, social sciences, and computer science. Their work primarily focuses on social robot interaction and human-robot interaction (HRI), with additional interests in artificial intelligence, child development, education, and the ethical and social impacts of AI technologies.

Their recent papers include:

  • "Can social robots affect children's prosocial behavior? An experimental study on prosocial robot models," 2021, published in Computers in Human Behavior
  • "Anthropomorphism in human-robot interactions: a multidimensional conceptualization," 2022, published in Communication Theory
  • "Closeness, trust, and perceived social support in child-robot relationship formation," 2020, published in Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems
  • "Transparency about a Robot's Lack of Human Psychological Capacities," 2020, published in ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
  • "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," 2021, published in Computers in Human Behavior

Jochen Peter has collaborated frequently with several researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include Rinaldo Kühne, Àlex Barco, Caroline L. van Straten, Chiara de Jong, and Navya N. Sharan.

Their publishing presence is notable in several academic venues, with the most frequent including:

  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • International Journal of Social Robotics
  • ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Their main fields of study are psychology, social sciences, and computer science. Within these, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as social psychology, artificial intelligence, developmental and educational psychology, education, and sociology and political science.

Jochen Peter's research topics center around:

  • Social Robot Interaction and HRI
  • AI in Service Interactions
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies

Best Publications

  • Friend networking sites and their relationship to adolescents' well-being and social self-esteem.

    Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter;Alexander P. Schouten

  • Development and validation of a game addiction scale for adolescents

    Jeroen S. Lemmens;Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

  • Online communication among adolescents: an integrated model of its attraction, opportunities, and risks.

    Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

  • Social Consequences of the Internet for Adolescents: A Decade of Research

    Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

  • The Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects Model

    Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

  • Preadolescents' and adolescents' online communication and their closeness to friends

    Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

  • Online Communication and Adolescent Well-Being: Testing the Stimulation versus the Displacement Hypothesis

    Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

  • Framing Politics at the Launch of the Euro: A Cross-National Comparative Study of Frames in the News

    Claes H. De Vreese;Jochen Peter;Holli A. Semetko

  • Adolescents’ identity experiments on the internet

    Patti M. Valkenburg;Alexander P. Schouten;Jochen Peter

  • Psychosocial causes and consequences of pathological gaming

    Jeroen S. Lemmens;Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

  • Norms of online expressions of emotion: Comparing Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp:

    Sophie F Waterloo;Susanne E Baumgartner;Jochen Peter;Patti M Valkenburg

  • Adolescents and Pornography: A Review of 20 Years of Research

    Jochen Peter;Patti M. Valkenburg

  • Developing a model of adolescent friendship formation on the internet.

    Jochen Peter;Patti M. Valkenburg;Alexander P. Schouten

  • Media Effects: Theory and Research.

    Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter;Joseph Bart Walther

  • Adolescents’ Exposure to Sexually Explicit Material on the Internet

    Jochen Peter;Patti M. Valkenburg

  • Adolescents' Identity Experiments on the Internet Consequences for Social Competence and Self-Concept Unity

    Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

  • Precursors and Underlying Processes of Adolescents' Online Self-Disclosure: Developing and Testing an “Internet-Attribute-Perception” Model

    Alexander P. Schouten;Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

  • Adolescents’ Exposure to a Sexualized Media Environment and Their Notions of Women as Sex Objects

    Jochen Peter;Patti M. Valkenburg

  • Getting acquainted through social network sites: Testing a model of online uncertainty reduction and social attraction

    Marjolijn L. Antheunis;Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

  • Adolescents’ internet use: Testing the “disappearing digital divide” versus the “emerging digital differentiation” approach

    Jochen Peter;Patti M. Valkenburg

  • Development and Validation of a Game Addiction Scale

    Jeroen S Lemmens;Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonia Livingstone
Sonia Livingstone London School of Economics and Political Science
Joseph B. Walther
Joseph B. Walther University of California, Santa Barbara
Anna E. Goudriaan
Anna E. Goudriaan University of Amsterdam

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