Hello everyone, For your consideration. Please also circulate through you networks. At this year's AoIR conference, there will be a half-day preconference regarding people's interactions with social technologies and the personal, social, and cultural implications thereof: "The Medium as Message and Messenger: Human-Machine Communication in the Next-Generation Internet." The workshop will begin with lightening talks from workshop organizers discussing key questions in their area of expertise. Workshop participants will then break into small groups to discuss research in shared areas of interest. Finally, the entire group will come together to discuss how to best move research in this area forward as social technologies continue to develop. This is a great networking opportunity and will serve as an excellent orientation for researchers interested in moving into this area, including graduate students. There is no call for papers. Interested participants can register for the workshop as part of their conference registration, but SPACE IS LIMITED, so early registration is encouraged. This workshop is being sponsored by Aarhus University, European Commission H2020, Next Generation Internet, University of Illinois at Chicago, the Communication and Social Robotics Lab/Western Michigan University, Northern Illinois University. More information: https://aoir.org/aoir2018/preconfwrkshop/#MM <https://aoir.org/aoir2018/preconfwrkshop/#MM>Also, there is a Human-Machine Communication email list that anyone is welcome to join. It is very low-traffic, and used mainly for CFPs. https://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=HMC-SCHOLARS <https://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=HMC-SCHOLARS>Best wishes, Andrea ______ Andrea L. Guzman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Northern Illinois University alguzman@niu.edu Read an advance copy of "What is Human-Machine Communication, Anyway?" https://bit.ly/2LKcpVf, the introduction to Human-Machine Communication: Rethinking Communication, Technology, & Ourselves forthcoming from Peter Lang.