• DocumentCode
    456545
  • Title

    The Effect of Avatar Realism on Users´ Sense of Social Presence in Emotionally Engaged Mobile-Phone Communication

  • Author

    Sin-Hwa Kang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Language, Literature, & Commun., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    1-1 Aug. 2005
  • Firstpage
    29
  • Lastpage
    30
  • Abstract
    In this research, the author examine how the level of anthropomorphism of a small-screen visual avatar affects users´ sense of social presence when they engage in emotional and synchronous communication using a mobile phone
  • Keywords
    avatars; behavioural sciences computing; mobile computing; mobile handsets; anthropomorphism; emotional communication; mobile phone; small-screen visual avatar; social presence; synchronous communication; Anthropomorphism; Automatic control; Avatars; Computer displays; Face; Humans; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Stress control; Virtual environment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, 2006. WMCSA '06. Proceedings. 7th IEEE Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Orcas Island, WA
  • ISSN
    1550-6193
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2439-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WMCSA.2006.28
  • Filename
    1691701