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‘Alexa, I feel for you!’ Observers’ empathetic reactions towards a conversational agent

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  • Conversational agents and smart speakers have grown in popularity offering a variety of options for use, which are available through intuitive speech operation. In contrast to the standard dyad of a single user and a device, voice-controlled operations can be observed by further attendees resulting in new, more social usage scenarios. Referring to the concept of ‘media equation’ and to research on the idea of ‘computers as social actors,’ which describes the potential of technology to trigger emotional reactions in users, this paper asks forConversational agents and smart speakers have grown in popularity offering a variety of options for use, which are available through intuitive speech operation. In contrast to the standard dyad of a single user and a device, voice-controlled operations can be observed by further attendees resulting in new, more social usage scenarios. Referring to the concept of ‘media equation’ and to research on the idea of ‘computers as social actors,’ which describes the potential of technology to trigger emotional reactions in users, this paper asks for the capacity of smart speakers to elicit empathy in observers of interactions. In a 2 × 2 online experiment, 140 participants watched a video of a man talking to an Amazon Echo either rudely or neutrally (factor 1), addressing it as ‘Alexa’ or ‘Computer’ (factor 2). Controlling for participants’ trait empathy, the rude treatment results in participants’ significantly higher ratings of empathy with the device, compared to the neutral treatment. The form of address had no significant effect. Results were independent of the participants’ gender and usage experience indicating a rather universal effect, which confirms the basic idea of the media equation. Implications for users, developers and researchers were discussed in the light of (future) omnipresent voice-based technology interaction scenarios.zeige mehrzeige weniger

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Autor(en): Astrid Carolus, Carolin Wienrich, Anna Törke, Tobias Friedel, Christian Schwietering, Mareike Sperzel
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-258807
Dokumentart:Artikel / Aufsatz in einer Zeitschrift
Institute der Universität:Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften (Philos., Psycho., Erziehungs- u. Gesell.-Wissensch.) / Institut Mensch - Computer - Medien
Sprache der Veröffentlichung:Englisch
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes / der Zeitschrift (Englisch):Frontiers in Computer Science
Erscheinungsjahr:2021
Band / Jahrgang:3
Aufsatznummer:682982
Originalveröffentlichung / Quelle:Frontiers in Computer Science (2021) 3:682982. DOI:10.3389/fcomp.2021.682982
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2021.682982
Allgemeine fachliche Zuordnung (DDC-Klassifikation):0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie
Freie Schlagwort(e):computers as social actors; conversational agent; empathy; human-computer interaction; media equation; smart speaker
Datum der Freischaltung:21.03.2022
Sammlungen:Open-Access-Publikationsfonds / Förderzeitraum 2021
Lizenz (Deutsch):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International