What makes a charismatic speaker? A computer-based acoustic-prosodic analysis of Steve Jobs tone of voice

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 366-382

  Niebuhr, Oliver ^a   Voße, Jana ^b   Brem, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic signal; Charisma; Computer based analysis; Prosody; Steve Jobs

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARRIER CONCENTRATION;

ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; CHARISMA; COMPUTER-BASED ANALYSIS; PROSODY; STEVE JOBS;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

EID: 84978221625     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.06.059     Document Type: Article

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