The effect of personal pronouns on users and the social role of conversational agents

There is a growing tendency for users to expect conversational agents (CAs) to recognise social cues and follow interpersonal communication principles to enhance their subjective evaluation. Therefore, this paper studies how personal pronouns should be used by CAs in response to users. We conducted...

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Published in:Behaviour & information technology 2022-12, Vol.41 (16), p.3470-3486
Main Authors: Qu, Jianhong, Zhou, Ronggang, Chen, Zhe
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Chatbots
conversational agent
Design of experiments
Gender aspects
Personal communication
Personal pronoun
social interaction
social role
Voice communication
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