Exploring how media, technology, and AI transform human communication and society.
I study communication because communication is never separate from the world in which it takes place. At its heart, communication is about how people connect, understand one another, create meaning, and participate in society. As the environments in which communication takes place continue to change, so do the ways people interact, exchange information, build relationships, and make sense of the world around them.
I am an Associate Professor of Communication whose academic journey has developed across education, communication management, and communication studies. I began my academic path in English Education, continued with a Master’s degree in Communication Management at Universitas Indonesia, and later completed my doctoral study in Communication at Universitas Padjadjaran. This interdisciplinary journey has shaped the way I approach communication—not simply as the exchange of messages, but as a human and social process embedded in particular cultural, technological, and institutional environments.
My professional journey in education began in the 1990s and has continued through a career that brings together teaching, research, academic leadership, writing, and public engagement. Over the years, I have taken on different academic and managerial responsibilities, including roles related to academic programs, institutional development, research, and community engagement. I currently serve as a Research Coordinator at BINUS University, following extensive experience as an educator and academic leader.
At the center of my scholarly work is an enduring interest in human communication. My earlier work explored interpersonal communication, communication behavior, family communication, and the relationship between communication technology and patterns of human interaction. Research examining the backwash of communication technology toward interpersonal communication behavior, for example, reflects an early concern with how technological change can influence the ways people communicate with one another.
As communication technologies evolved, my research interests evolved with them. My work increasingly moved toward mediated communication, digital media, social media, online communication, and the digital public sphere. I have examined issues surrounding social media platforms, TikTok, media convergence, digital participation, and public communication.
This trajectory has now brought me increasingly into the emerging field of AI-mediated communication. I have explored questions surrounding generative artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, digital public communication, news verification, intercultural communication, ethics, and the broader implications of AI for communication and society. Recent work includes research on the use of GPT Chat, communication in the age of artificial intelligence, and the changing relationship between social media, mainstream media, and news verification.
Yet AI is not the beginning of my intellectual story. Rather, it represents the latest development of a much longer inquiry into the relationship between humans, communication, media, and technology. I am interested not only in what new technologies make possible, but also in what they change. What happens to human interaction when communication becomes increasingly mediated by technology? How does digital media reshape participation and public discourse? What happens when artificial intelligence becomes part of the communication environment itself? And what do these transformations mean for communication, ethics, and society?
These questions have also led me to examine the social and ethical dimensions of communication technologies. My work has addressed disinformation, digital public discourse, communication ethics, regulation, public opinion, and the changing nature of the digital public sphere. For me, technological transformation cannot be understood solely in terms of innovation or efficiency. It must also be considered in relation to human interaction, social responsibility, meaning, trust, and the quality of public communication.
Research, however, is only one part of my academic contribution. I see education as another way of extending communication scholarship into practice. Through teaching and academic engagement, I bring contemporary communication issues into learning environments and encourage students to understand communication not simply as a theoretical discipline, but as something deeply connected to everyday life and social change.
I also engage with audiences beyond the university through speaking, seminars, workshops, and professional communication activities. My public engagement has covered topics including public speaking, personal branding, collaborative communication, professional communication, social media, and digital public communication. These experiences have reinforced my belief that scholarly knowledge becomes more meaningful when it can enter conversations beyond academic publications and contribute to the challenges faced by professionals, institutions, educators, students, and society.
Writing is another important part of this journey. My scholarly work includes journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, and books. Among my recent works is Ekologi Komunikasi Ruang Publik Digital dalam Perspektif Kreativitas, Budaya, dan Keberlanjutan, published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama in 2026. The book reflects my continuing interest in the intersection of communication, digital public space, culture, creativity, and sustainability. My scholarly contributions have also received recognition through several Best Paper awards and other academic achievements.
Looking across my journey, I see three roles that remain closely connected: scholar, educator, and communicator. As a scholar, I explore how communication changes. As an educator, I bring these questions into learning. As a communicator, I translate ideas into conversations that can reach people beyond academia.
My intellectual journey can therefore be understood as a movement from human communication, to mediated communication, to digital communication, and increasingly to AI-mediated communication—while keeping human interaction, ethics, and society at the center.
The technologies may continue to change. The platforms may come and go. Artificial intelligence may fundamentally reshape the communication environment. But the question that continues to guide my work remains remarkably human:
What happens to the way we communicate—and to us as human beings—when the world of communication changes?
That is the question I continue to explore through research, education, writing, and public engagement.