Are computers scapegoats? Attributions of responsibility in human-computer interaction

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-94

  Moon, Youngme ^a   Nass, Clifford ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

INTERNAL ATTRIBUTIONS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0032115432     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.1998.0199     Document Type: Article

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