Iliana Depounti

Dados Biográficos

ID4448674
NOMEIliana Depounti
PRENOMESIliana
SOBRENOMEDepounti
ASSINATURADEPOUNTI I
AFILIAÇÕESLoughborough University
ORCID0000-0003-1854-3065
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES7
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2023
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • Wild dreams and small routines

    Open AccessIliana Depounti, Simone NataleARTICLEInformation Communication & Society2026

    With the rise of generative AI (genAI) models such as ChatGPT, communicative interactions between humans and machines are everyday experiences for large masses of people. While there is a growing body of research examining users’ perspectives of such systems, there is still much to be understood about users’ lived experiences with communicative AI. Our thematic analysis of twenty (20) qualitative interviews with keen and daily female Replika user…

  • ‘You Cannot Expect Such Validation in Real Life

    Open AccessIliana Depounti, Paula SaukkoARTICLEAoIR Selected Papers of Internet…2025

    There is long-standing research on women’s use of media for romantic/erotic fantasy, including novelettes (Radway, 1984), porn (Juffer, 1998) and erotica apps Bellas & McAllister, 2023). This presentation explores the similarities and differences between earlier forms of media romancing and the use of an AI companion. Emerging research on AI chatbots uses frameworks that assign novelty to human-machine communications. In this study, we focus on t…

  • Decoding Artificial Sociality

    Open AccessIliana Depounti, Simone NataleARTICLENew Media & Society2025Citada por: 1Referências: 5

    Conducting conversations with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as ChatGPT is becoming an everyday experience for large masses of people. However, we still know very little about the emerging communicative dynamics facilitated by these technologies. This special issue tackles a dimension of AI that is becoming increasingly relevant and ubiquitous: artificial sociality, defined as technologies and practices that construct the appearan…

  • Artificial Sociality

    Open AccessSimone Natale, Iliana DepountiARTICLEHuman-Machine Communication2024

    This article proposes the notion of Artificial Sociality to describe communicative AI technologies that create the impression of social behavior. Existing tools that activate Artificial Sociality include, among others, Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, voice assistants, virtual influencers, socialbots and companion chatbots such as Replika. The article highlights three key issues that are likely to shape present and future debates abo…

  • Ideal technologies, ideal women

    Open AccessIliana Depounti, Paula Saukko et al.ARTICLEMedia Culture & Society2023Citada por: 6Referências: 59

    There is extensive literature on how expectations and imaginaries about artificial intelligence (AI) guide media and policy discussions. However, it has not been considered how such imaginaries are activated when users interact with AI technologies. We present findings of a study on how users on a subreddit discussed ‘training’ their Replika bot girlfriend. The discussions featured two discursive themes that focused on the AI imaginary of ideal t…