The boundary of racial prejudice: Comparing preferences for computer-synthesized White, Black, and robot characters

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2074-2093

  Gong, Li ^a  

^a SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer synthesized characters; Explicit racial attitude; Humanoid social robots; IAT; Implicit racial attitude; Racial prejudice

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; DISTANCE EDUCATION; FORECASTING; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; KETONES; ROBOTS; TECHNOLOGY;

ELSEVIER (CO); HUMAN SOCIETIES; ROBOT TECHNOLOGY (RT); SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL ROBOTS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6);

ROBOTICS;

EID: 45549090424     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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