Journal of the HCI Society of Korea (한국HCI학회논문지)
- Volume 1 Issue 2
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- Pages.35-42
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- 2006
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- 1976-0671(pISSN)
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- 2671-7611(eISSN)
Effects of Self-disclosing Agents
자기노출 에이전트의 효과
Abstract
The importance of interface agent as user interface increases in the ubiquitous computing environment. It is essential that an interface agent can develop social relationship with users. We propose that self-disclosure, a major factor to form and maintain human relationship, can be useful to achieve this goal. This study examined the effects of the degree of a computer agent's self-disclosure on the users' social responses. The experiment was conducted in a 2(intimacy of agent's disclosure: high vs. low) by 2(amount of agent's disclosure: high vs. low) between-group design. The results show that: 1) reciprocity of self-disclosure was found in both sub-dimensions (intimacy and amount) of self-disclosure; 2) in case that participants received highly intimate self-disclosure from the agent, social attraction, trustworthiness and expectation of mutual influence toward agent were lower than when the agent's disclosure was less intimate. These findings suggest that the intimacy of agent's self-disclosure can affect on gathering user information and human-agent relationship formation separately. While agent's highly intimate disclosure can be useful to gather user information, agent's appropriate disclosure can be useful to form positive user-agent relationship.
컴퓨터가 우리의 일상적 환경으로 스며드는 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 환경에서는 사용자 인터페이스로서 인터페이스 에이전트의 중요성이 높아지고 있다. 특히 이러한 인터페이스 에이전트는 사용자와 사회적인 관계를 형성할 수 있어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 사용자-에이전트 관계를 형성하기 위한 수단으로 인간관계를 형성, 유지하는 데 중요한 요소인 자기노출을 도입할 것을 제안하고, 에이전트의 자기노출 정도에 대한 사용자의 사회적 반응을 측정하였다. 실험은 2(에이전트의 자기노출 깊이: 높음/낮음)
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