"It doesn't matter what you are!" Explaining social effects of agents and avatars

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1641-1650

  Von Der Pütten, Astrid M ^a   Krämer, Nicole C ^a   Gratch, Jonathan ^b   Kang, Sin Hwa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatars; Behavioral realism; Experimental study; Media equation; Social presence; Virtual agents

Indexed keywords

AVATARS; BEHAVIORAL REALISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MEDIA EQUATION; SOCIAL PRESENCE; VIRTUAL AGENT;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77956184793     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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