When people use electronic media for their communication, Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) theories describe the social and communicative aspects of people’s interpersonal transactions. When people interact via a remote-controlled robot, many of the CMC theses hold. Yet, what if people communicate with a conversation robot that is (partly) autonomous? Do the same theories apply? This paper discusses CMC theories in confrontation with observations and research data gained from human–robot communication. As a result, I argue for an addition to CMC theorizing when the robot as a medium itself becomes the communication partner. In view of the rise of social robots in coming years, I define the theoretical precepts of a possible next step in CMC, which I elaborate in a second paper.

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机器人沟通理论：一、媒介是沟通的伙伴

当人们使用电子媒体进行交流时，计算机介导的交流 (CMC) 理论描述了人们人际交往的社会和交流方面。当人们通过遥控机器人进行交互时，许多 CMC 论文都成立。然而，如果人们与（部分）自主的对话机器人进行交流会怎样？相同的理论是否适用？本文讨论了 CMC 理论与从人机通信中获得的观察和研究数据的对抗。因此，当机器人作为媒介本身成为通信伙伴时，我主张对 CMC 理论进行补充。鉴于未来几年社交机器人的兴起，我定义了 CMC 下一步可能的理论戒律，我将在第二篇论文中详细阐述。