Scientist
Büsra Sarigül
Büsra Sarigül
Member of the Everyday Media Lab
Since June 2022, Büsra Sarigül has been working as a research associate and PhD student in the Everyday Media lab at the IWM. In her research, she focuses on the communication qualities of social agents in the context of multimodal integration.
Büsra Sarigül studied Psychology (B.Sc. 2016) at Ankara University. She completed her master's degree in Interdisciplinary Social Psychiatry at the same university in 2020. In her master's thesis, she explored how the appearance of robots shapes predictions and whether these predictions are similar to predictions made for humans. During her studies, she has been involved in various projects as a research assistant at Radboud University, University of Amsterdam, University of St Andrews and Goethe Institut.
Büsra Sarigül
Schleichstr. 6
72072 Tübingen
Room 6.603
+49 7071 979-309b.sariguel@iwm-tuebingen.deLab membership
Projects
Projects with a current term and projects that have taken place in the last 5 years are shown.
Exploring the effect of voice variation in human - agent interaction
Everyday Media lab
Duration 06/2022 - open
Go to ProjectBetter informed or more creative by using ChatGPT?
Everyday Media lab
Duration 01/2023 - open
Go to ProjectA longitudinal study on the perceptions and dynamics of human-AI interaction
Everyday Media lab - Multimodal Interaction lab - Perception and Action lab - Knowledge Construction lab
Duration 08/2024 - 04/2026
Go to Project
Publications
Articles (peer-reviewed)
- Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2025). Believe it or not? Investigating the credibility of voice assistants in the context of social roles and relationship types. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 41(10), 6253–6265. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2375797
- Anderl, C., Klein, S. H., Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., Han, J., Fiedler, P., & Utz, S. (2024). Conversational presentation mode increases credibility judgements during information search with ChatGPT. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 17127. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67829-6
Open AccessPreregistration 1 | 2 DataStudy materialCode
- Sarigül, B., & Urgen, B. A. (2023). Audio–visual predictive processing in the perception of humans and robots. International Journal of Social Robotics, 15(5), 855-865. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-023-00990-6
- Sarigül, B., Saltik, I., Hokelek, B., & Urgen, B. A. (2020). Does the appearance of an agent affect how we perceive his/her voice? Audio-visual predictive processes in human-robot interaction. Proceedings of ACM HRI conference (HRI’20), March 23-26, 2020, Cambridge, UK (pp. 430-432). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378302
Books and book chapters
- Cucicov, D., Mihaylova, T., & Sarigül, B. (2022). "Hi! How can AI help you?” An exploration of emotional chatbots. In G. Dimitrova-Dimova (Ed.). EthicAI=LABS 2021 Project Report (pp. 29-33). Goethe Institut, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Research data
- Anderl, C., Klein, S. H., Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., Han, J., Fiedler, P., & Utz, S. (2024). Dataset for: Conversational presentation mode increases credibility judgements during information search with ChatGPT [Data set]. https://osf.io/5dqxe/
Presentations und Conferences
Talks
- Heijselaar, E., Block Santos, L. L., Sarigül, B., & Müller, B. (2024, June 20-21). Are robots really uncanny? A ManyLabs study to assess the uncanny valley after real-life human-robot interaction. European Communication Science Event (ECSE). Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands. [Talk]
- Müller, B., Block Santos, L. L., Sarigül, B., & Heijselaar, E. (2024, February 8-9). Are robots really uncanny? Assessing the uncanny valley after real-life interaction using four different robots. 26th ETMAAL Conference 2024. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. [Talk]
- Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2024, June 20-24). Believe it or not? Investigating the credibility of voice assistants in the context of social roles and relationship types. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Gold Coast, Australia. [Talk]
- Utz, S., Sarigül, B., Klein, S. H., Anderl, C., Fiedler, P., & Han, J. (2024, June 20-24). Information search with ChatGPT: An experimental comparison of credibility judgments across different applications. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Gold Coast, Australia. [Talk]
- Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2024, September 16-19). Voice as authority: Exploring the impact of social roles and speech styles on perceived credibility and intelligence of voice assistants (VAs). 53. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) / 15. Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (ÖGP). Universität Wien, Austria. [Talk]
- Sarigül, B., & Utz, S. (2023, May 25-29). How credible are you? Examining gender stereotypes with voice assistants in terms of credibility and perceived intelligence. The 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Toronto, Canada. [Talk]
- Utz, S., Anderl, C., Fiedler, P., Han, J., Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Klein, S. H. (2023, September 6–8). How credible is ChatGPT? An experimental comparison of ChatGPT, Alexa, and Wikipedia. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society, DGPs). Luxembourg. [Talk]
Poster presentations
- Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2024, April 11). Voice as authority: Exploring the impact of social roles and speech styles on perceived credibility and intelligence in voice assistants. Closing Conference of the Human-Agent Interaction Network: Interactions with Language-Based AI. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. [Poster presentation]
- Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2023, September 6–8). Believe it or not: Investigating the credibility of voice assistants through the effects of relationship types. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society, DGPs). Luxembourg. [Poster Presentation]
Teaching
- Sarigül, B. (Winter semester 2024/25). Structure validating procedures. Lecture (Master). International School of Management (ISM) Stuttgart.