Theo Araujo

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
71 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Theo Araujo is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Artificial Intelligence and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Theo Araujo has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 27 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 18 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Theo Araujo's work include Digital Marketing and Social Media (21 papers), AI in Service Interactions (19 papers) and Social Media and Politics (16 papers). Theo Araujo is often cited by papers focused on Digital Marketing and Social Media (21 papers), AI in Service Interactions (19 papers) and Social Media and Politics (16 papers). Theo Araujo collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United Kingdom. Theo Araujo's co-authors include Claes H. de Vreese, Peter Neijens, Natali Helberger, Sanne Kruikemeier, Rens Vliegenthart, Jakob Ohme, Guda van Noort, Jana Kollat, Anke Wonneberger and Hilde Voorveld and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of Medical Internet Research and Journal of Advertising.

In The Last Decade

Theo Araujo

66 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Living up to the chatbot hype: The influence of anthropom... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2020 2023 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Living up to the chatbot hype: The influence of anthropomorphic design cues and communicative agency framing on conversational agent and company perceptions
    2018 686 citations Theo Araujo Computers in Human Behavior profile →
  2. In AI we trust? Perceptions about automated decision-making by artificial intelligence
    2020 514 citations Theo Araujo, Natali Helberger et al. profile →
  3. Digital Trace Data Collection for Social Media Effects Research: APIs, Data Donation, and (Screen) Tracking
    2023 61 citations Theo Araujo, Laura Boeschoten et al. Communication Methods and Measures profile →

Peers

Theo Araujo
Asbjørn Følstad Norway
Laura Brandimarte United States
Petter Bae Brandtzæg Norway
Stefano Puntoni United States
Natali Helberger Netherlands
Casey Fiesler United States
Iryna Pentina United States
Vinh Nhat Lu Australia
Sanne Kruikemeier Netherlands
Andrea Bonezzi United States
Asbjørn Følstad Norway
Theo Araujo
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Countries citing papers authored by Theo Araujo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Theo Araujo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Theo Araujo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Theo Araujo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Theo Araujo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Theo Araujo. Theo Araujo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Piotrowski, Jessica Taylor, et al.. (2025). The Google family home. Smart speaker use in Dutch families and the impact of parents’ individual and contextual characteristics. Journal of Children and Media. 20(1). 13–32.
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Boeschoten, Laura, et al.. (2024). Best practices for studies using digital data donation. Quality & Quantity. 59(S1). 389–412. 2 indexed citations
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Oosten, Johanna M. F. van, et al.. (2024). Smart Speaker Data Donations in Families: The Project Rosie Perspective. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 680–685. 1 indexed citations
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Piotrowski, Jessica Taylor, et al.. (2024). Who are the (Non-)Adopters of Smart Speakers? A Cross-Sectional Survey Study of Dutch Families. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschappen. 52(1). 4–28. 2 indexed citations
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Strycharz, Joanna, Corine S. Meppelink, Brahim Zarouali, Theo Araujo, & Hilde Voorveld. (2024). The blind spot in data donations: who is (not) willing to donate digital data in social scientific research. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 6(2). 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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Araujo, Theo & Peter Neijens. (2024). Communication Research into the Digital Society. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations
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Malthouse, Edward C., Ewa Masłowska, Joanna Strycharz, Martin P. Block, & Theo Araujo. (2024). Data Quality Measures for Computational Research: Ensuring Informed Decisions with Emerging Data Sources. Journal of Advertising. 53(5). 644–660. 2 indexed citations
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Strycharz, Joanna, et al.. (2024). Google knows me too well! Coping with perceived surveillance in an algorithmic profiling context. Computers in Human Behavior. 165. 108536–108536. 2 indexed citations
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Pouwels, J. Loes, Theo Araujo, Wouter van Atteveldt, Marko Bachl, & Patti M. Valkenburg. (2023). Integrating Communication Science and Computational Methods to Study Content-Based Social Media Effects. Communication Methods and Measures. 18(2). 115–123. 4 indexed citations
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Araujo, Theo, et al.. (2023). Hey Google, What is in the News? The Influence of Conversational Agents on Issue Salience. Digital Journalism. 13(4). 774–796. 3 indexed citations
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Boeschoten, Laura, et al.. (2023). Port: A software tool for digital data donation. The Journal of Open Source Software. 8(90). 5596–5596. 8 indexed citations
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Piotrowski, Jessica Taylor, et al.. (2022). Virtual assistants in the family home. Understanding parents’ motivations to use virtual assistants with their Child(dren). Computers in Human Behavior. 139. 107526–107526. 17 indexed citations
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Følstad, Asbjørn, Theo Araujo, Effie Lai‐Chong Law, et al.. (2021). Future directions for chatbot research: an interdisciplinary research agenda. Computing. 103(12). 2915–2942. 127 indexed citations
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Araujo, Theo, et al.. (2021). How Audience Diversity Affects Consumers’ Creation of Brand Posts on Facebook: A Cross Cultural Examination. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. 51(3). 271–290. 2 indexed citations
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Araujo, Theo, et al.. (2020). Patients’ Convergence of Mass and Interpersonal Communication on an Online Forum: Hybrid Methods Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(10). e18303–e18303. 6 indexed citations
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Vermeer, Susan & Theo Araujo. (2019). Keep the Ball Rolling: Information Diffusion within Large Sports-Related Networks through Social Mediators. Communication & Sport. 8(6). 803–824. 5 indexed citations
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Voorveld, Hilde, et al.. (2018). How advertising in offline media drives reach of and engagement with brands on Facebook. International Journal of Advertising. 37(5). 785–805. 22 indexed citations
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Trilling, Damian, Bob van de Velde, Anne C. Kroon, et al.. (2018). INCA: Infrastructure for Content Analysis. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 329–330. 8 indexed citations

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