Title :
Analyzing how social agents influence interpersonal communication
Author :
Nakanishi, Hideyuki ; Nakazawa, Satoshi ; Ishida, Tom ; Takanashi, Katsuya
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Social Informatics, Kyoto Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We conducted two experiments to analyze the influence of our social agent on interpersonal communication. In the first experiment, the agent supported cross-cultural communication. The agent´s behavior influenced people´s impressions of the agent and their conversation partners. In the second experiment, the agent tried to control human´s relations. The agent´s attitude influenced subjects´ sentiment toward the agent, and their relations.
Keywords :
man-machine systems; psychology; software agents; virtual reality; balance theory; conversation; cross-cultural communication; human relations; interpersonal communication; social agents; virtual space; Cities and towns; Communication system control; Context; Cross-cultural communication; Cultural differences; Global communication; Humans; Informatics; Multiuser detection; Software agents;
Conference_Titel :
SICE 2002. Proceedings of the 41st SICE Annual Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7631-5
DOI :
10.1109/SICE.2002.1196559
