Author's Keywords: Physical embodiment, tactile communication, touch, social agents, social robots, presence, social presence, human-robot interaction, human-agent interaction, loneliness.	Convention All Academic Convention is the premier solution for your association's abstract management solutions needs. Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! Click here for more information.
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Jung, Younbo. and Lee, Kwan Min. "Are Physically Embodied Social Agents Better Than Disembodied Social Agents?: Effects of Embodiment, Tactile Interaction, and People�s Loneliness in Human-Robot Interaction" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY, <Not Available>. 2008-10-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p14180_index.html>

Jung, Y. and Lee, K. "Are Physically Embodied Social Agents Better Than Disembodied Social Agents?: Effects of Embodiment, Tactile Interaction, and People�s Loneliness in Human-Robot Interaction" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY Online <PDF>. 2008-10-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p14180_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of physical embodiment in human-agent interaction. Experiment 1 (N = 32) shows positive effects of physical embodiment on the feeling of an agent�s social presence, the evaluation of the agent, the assessment of public opinion on the agent, and the evaluation of the interaction with the agent. A path analysis reveals that the feeling of the agent�s social presence mediates the participants� evaluation of the social agent. Experiment 2 (N = 32) shows that physical embodiment with restricted tactile interaction causes null or even negative effects in human-agent interaction. In addition, Experiment 2 indicates that lonely people feel higher social presence of social agents, and provide more positive social responses to social agents than non-lonely people. The importance of physical embodiment and tactile communication in human-agent interaction and diverse role of social robots, especially for the lonely population, are discussed.

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