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 ecosystems. Dr Henrickson also studies digital storytelling for critical self-reflection, community building, and commercial benefit. She regularly supports projects and organisations in their digital storytelling efforts as consultant and advisor.
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
- Dr Leah Henrickson is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Works
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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 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
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
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) ARTN 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
Prompting meaning: a hermeneutic approach to optimising prompt engineering with ChatGPT
Henrickson, Leah and Meroño-Peñuela, Albert (2023). Prompting meaning: a hermeneutic approach to optimising prompt engineering with ChatGPT. AI & Society. doi: 10.1007/s00146-023-01752-8
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
Journal Article
The hermeneutics of computer-generated texts
Henrickson, Leah and Merono-Penuela, Albert (2022). The hermeneutics of computer-generated texts. Configurations, 30 (2), 115-139. doi: 10.1353/con.2022.0008
2022
Book Chapter
“Ummmmm, guys? Don’t microwave your books”: readers, authors, and institutions in #PandemicReading tweets
Henrickson, Leah (2022). “Ummmmm, guys? Don’t microwave your books”: readers, authors, and institutions in #PandemicReading tweets. Bookshelves in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic. (pp. 259-279) edited by Corinna Norrick-Rühl and Shafquat Towheed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-05292-7_13
2022
Journal Article
Juan Enriquez, Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics reviewed by Leah Henrickson
Henrickson, Leah (2022). Juan Enriquez, Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics reviewed by Leah Henrickson. Prometheus, 37 (4), 409-413. doi: 10.13169/prometheus.37.4.0409
2021
Journal Article
Tangling and untangling the Trollopes: a stylometric analysis of Frances Milton Trollope, Frances Eleanor Trollope, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, and Charles Dickens
Henrickson, Leah and Dumbill, Eleanor (2021). Tangling and untangling the Trollopes: a stylometric analysis of Frances Milton Trollope, Frances Eleanor Trollope, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, and Charles Dickens. Victorian Review: an interdisciplinary journal of victorian studies, 47 (2), 243-262. doi: 10.1353/vcr.2021.0032
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
Literature in a Changed Publishing Environment
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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