The effect of affective iconic realism on anonymous interactants' self-disclosure

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4021-4026

  Kang, Sin Hwa ^a   Gratch, Jonathan ^a   Watt, James H ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective behavior; Anonymity; Anticipated future interaction; Avatar realism; Contingency; Embodied virtual agents; Evaluation; Nonverbal feedback; Rapport; Self disclosure; Social presence; Virtual humans

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANONYMITY; ANTICIPATED FUTURE INTERACTION; AVATAR REALISM; CONTINGENCY; EMBODIED VIRTUAL AGENTS; EVALUATION; NONVERBAL FEEDBACK; RAPPORT; SELF-DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PRESENCE; VIRTUAL HUMANS;

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 70349173069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1520340.1520611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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