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A Two-Study Approach to Explore the Effect of User Characteristics on Users’ Perception and Evaluation of a Virtual Assistant’s Appearance

open access: yesMultimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2018
This research investigates the effect of different user characteristics on the perception and evaluation of an agent’s appearance variables. Therefore, two different experiments have been conducted. In a 3 × 3 × 5 within-subjects design
Carolin Straßmann, Nicole C. Krämer
doaj   +1 more source

“Alexa, You're Really Stupid”: A Longitudinal Field Study on Communication Breakdowns Between Family Members and a Voice Assistant

open access: yesFrontiers in Computer Science, 2022
In this paper, we present the results of our long-term study on use of a voice assistant (Amazon Alexa via Amazon Echo Dot) in nine families with children and no previous experience with this technology. The study was conducted over the course of 5 weeks
Lina Mavrina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Media under Social Control: Regulating Social Media and the Future of Socialization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The process of socialization for new and future journalists will look dramatically different from the process undergone by previous generations of journalists, due to economic realities and changes in the nature of news production.
Sivek, Susan Currie
core   +1 more source

The impact of brand communication on brand equity through Facebook [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to fill the gap in the discussion of the ways in which firm-created and user-generated social media brand communication impacts consumer-based brand equity metrics through Facebook.
Dabrowski, D, Schivinski, B
core   +1 more source

A stepwise emergence of evolution in the RNA world

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
How did biological evolution emerge from chemical reactions? This perspective proposes a gradual scenario of self‐organization among RNA molecules, where catalytic feedback on random mixtures plays the central role. Short oligomers cross‐ligate, and self‐assembly enables heritable variations. An event of template‐externalization marks the transition to
Philippe Nghe
wiley   +1 more source

Account credibility inference based on news-sharing networks

open access: yesEPJ Data Science
The spread of misinformation poses a threat to the social media ecosystem. Effective countermeasures to mitigate this threat require that social media platforms be able to accurately detect low-credibility accounts even before the content they share can ...
Bao Tran Truong   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Jealousy 4.0? An empirical study on jealousy-related discomfort of women evoked by other women and gynoid robots

open access: yesPaladyn, 2018
While first empirical studies on sexual aspects of human-robot interaction mostly focus on male users’ acceptance, there is no empirical research on how females react to robotic replications of women.
Szczuka Jessica M., Krämer Nicole C.
doaj   +1 more source

Ventures in Social Media [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Academic libraries are actively involved in social media platforms as part of their campus communities. They have moved past the debate of whether to participate in social media and are focusing on strategies to develop engaging content and assessment of
Burgert, Lisa   +2 more
core  

Social Media in Healthcare [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, 2018
Social media are basically web based tools used for computer mediated communication. It is a powerful tool that healthcare professionals can use to communicate and interact with patients. It has become an undeniable force that healthcare industry must reckon with.
Matthew N. O. Sadiku   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Teenagers, screens and social media: a narrative review of reviews and key studies

open access: yesSocial Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2020
Introduction In light of growing concerns about an increasingly digital adolescence, the academic field investigating how digital technologies affect adolescents’ psychological well-being is growing rapidly.
Amy C. Orben
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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