Overview
Background
Dr Leah Henrickson is a Lecturer in Digital Media and Cultures at the University of Queensland. She is the author of Reading Computer-Generated Texts (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and other peer-reviewed articles about how we understand text generation systems and output, artificial intelligence, and digital media environments. Dr Henrickson also studies digital storytelling for critical self-reflection, pedagogy, community building, and commercial benefit. She is the author of Digital Storytelling: An Introduction (Polity, 2025).
Dr Henrickson is especially keen to collaborate on projects involving digital methods and media, hermeneutics, histories of communications media, and unconventional text production and dissemination.
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Fields of research
Works
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2025
Journal Article
You are an old man in a cave: The authenticity of vagueness
Henrickson, Leah (2025). You are an old man in a cave: The authenticity of vagueness. Communication Teacher, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/17404622.2025.2516227
2025
Journal Article
Digital authoring, Reading, publishing: introduction
Henrickson, Leah and Brooker, Sam (2025). Digital authoring, Reading, publishing: introduction. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 31 (1-2), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/13614568.2025.2466351
2025
Journal Article
Prompting meaning: a hermeneutic approach to optimising prompt engineering with ChatGPT
Henrickson, Leah and Meroño-Peñuela, Albert (2025). Prompting meaning: a hermeneutic approach to optimising prompt engineering with ChatGPT. AI and Society, 40 (2) 101359, 903-918. doi: 10.1007/s00146-023-01752-8
2024
Journal Article
Gespräche mit niemandem
Henrickson, Leah (2024). Gespräche mit niemandem. Text+Kritik, 142-150.
2024
Journal Article
Belonging through Creative Connections: a feasibility study of an arts-based intervention to facilitate social connections between university students
Henrickson, Leah, Jennings, Grace and Bewick, Bridgette M. (2024). Belonging through Creative Connections: a feasibility study of an arts-based intervention to facilitate social connections between university students. Cogent Education, 11 (1) 2373181, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/2331186X.2024.2373181
2024
Other Outputs
An influencer’s AI clone started offering fans ‘mind-blowing sexual experiences’ without her knowledge
Henrickson, Leah and Carlon, Dominique (2024, 06 25). An influencer’s AI clone started offering fans ‘mind-blowing sexual experiences’ without her knowledge The Conversation
2024
Journal Article
Conversations with no one
Henrickson, Leah (2024). Conversations with no one. Poetics Today, 45 (2), 291-299. doi: 10.1215/03335372-11092924
2024
Other Outputs
Australian AI in the Archive
Henrickson, Leah, Tang, David, Nolan, Maggie and Mills, Catriona (2024). Australian AI in the Archive. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: AustLit.
2024
Other Outputs
Australian writers have been envisioning AI for a century. Here are 5 stories to read as we grapple with rapid change
Henrickson, Leah, Tang, David, Mills, Catriona and Nolan, Maggie (2024, 04 04). Australian writers have been envisioning AI for a century. Here are 5 stories to read as we grapple with rapid change The Conversation
2024
Journal Article
The Lovelace effect: perceptions of creativity in machines
Natale, Simone and Henrickson, Leah (2024). The Lovelace effect: perceptions of creativity in machines. New Media and Society, 26 (4) 14614448221077278, 1909-1926. doi: 10.1177/14614448221077278
2024
Journal Article
Tell me a story: a framework for critically investigating AI language models
Munn, Luke and Henrickson, Leah (2024). Tell me a story: a framework for critically investigating AI language models. Learning, Media and Technology, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/17439884.2024.2327024
2024
Journal Article
On constructive bewilderment: using special collections material for teaching digital practices
Henrickson, Leah, Hall, Benjamin and Procter, Timothy (2024). On constructive bewilderment: using special collections material for teaching digital practices. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 50 (2) 102852, 102852. doi: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102852
2024
Book Chapter
Mit den Toten chatting. Die Hermeneutik von Thanabots
Henrickson, Leah (2024). Mit den Toten chatting. Die Hermeneutik von Thanabots. Quellcodekritik: Zur Philologie von Algorithmen. (pp. 245-275) Berlin, Germany: August Verlag. doi: 10.52438/avaa1004
2023
Conference Publication
Positioning large language model artificial intelligence tools within discourse analysis : Opportunities, challenges and ethical considerations
Anand, Pranit, Li, Dongmei, Keen, Joel and Henrickson, Leah (2023). Positioning large language model artificial intelligence tools within discourse analysis : Opportunities, challenges and ethical considerations. ASCILITE 2023 Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-6 December 2023. Tugun, QLD, Australia: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. doi: 10.14742/apubs.2023.524
2023
Book Chapter
Artificial intelligence in politics
Henrickson, Leah (2023). Artificial intelligence in politics. Handbook of digital politics. (pp. 242-271) edited by Stephen Coleman and Lone Sorensen. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781800377585.00026
2023
Journal Article
Introduction: books on screen
Dietz, Laura and Henrickson, Leah (2023). Introduction: books on screen. Participations, 19 (3), 259-271.
2023
Journal Article
Chatting with the dead: the hermeneutics of thanabots
Henrickson, Leah (2023). Chatting with the dead: the hermeneutics of thanabots. Media, Culture and Society, 45 (5), 949-966. doi: 10.1177/01634437221147626
2023
Journal Article
Review of: Mark Vareschi and Heather Wacha, eds. Intermediate Horizons: Book History and Digital Humanities. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2022. 202 pp. $79.95. Hardcover (ISBN 9780299338107).
Henrickson, Leah (2023). Review of: Mark Vareschi and Heather Wacha, eds. Intermediate Horizons: Book History and Digital Humanities. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2022. 202 pp. $79.95. Hardcover (ISBN 9780299338107).. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 117 (2), 262-264. doi: 10.1086/725503
2022
Journal Article
Soft skills, stories, and self-reflection: applied digital storytelling for self-branding
Henrickson, Leah, Jephcote, William and Comissiong, Rhys (2022). Soft skills, stories, and self-reflection: applied digital storytelling for self-branding. Convergence: The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies, 28 (6), 1577-1597. doi: 10.1177/13548565221091517
2022
Other Outputs
Is AI-generated art really creative? It depends on the presentation
Henrickson, Leah and Natale, Simone (2022, 05 10). Is AI-generated art really creative? It depends on the presentation The Conversation
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Narrative Techniques in Concept Albums
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Katelyn Barney
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Doctor Philosophy
AI as a Tool for Truth and Empathy: Exploring the Impact of AI-driven Interactions on False Beliefs and Intergroup Empathy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Eric Vanman
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Doctor Philosophy
Mechanics of Imagination: Arthur Coghlan and Generative AI in Creative Nonfiction
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kim Wilkins
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Doctor Philosophy
Influences of social media-based communication on ecotourism: a case study in India
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah, Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert
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Doctor Philosophy
Algorithmic Realities: Platform Data Processing Perceptions of Productivity Content Creators, and Their Influence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Between People and Books: The Contemporary Australian Bookshelf
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Helen Marshall, Professor Kim Wilkins
Media
Enquiries
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- artificial intelligence
- book history
- digital cultures
- digital media
- digital storytelling
- human-computer interaction
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