Avatar-Mediated Networking: Increasing Social Presence and Interpersonal Trust in Net-Based Collaborations

Autor/inn/en	Bente, Gary; Ruggenberg, Sabine; Kramer, Nicole C.; Eschenburg, Felix
Titel	Avatar-Mediated Networking: Increasing Social Presence and Interpersonal Trust in Net-Based Collaborations
Quelle	In: Human Communication Research, 34 (2008) 2, S.287-318 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-3989
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-2958.2008.00322.x
Schlagwörter	Computer Mediated Communication; Trust (Psychology); Attention; Communication Research; Visual Stimuli; Comparative Analysis; Auditory Stimuli; Nonverbal Communication; Reader Text Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computerkonferenz; Aufmerksamkeit; Kommunikationsforschung; Auditive Stimulation; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation
Abstract	This study analyzes the influence of avatars on social presence, interpersonal trust, perceived communication quality, nonverbal behavior, and visual attention in Net-based collaborations using a comparative approach. A real-time communication window including a special avatar interface was integrated into a shared collaborative workspace. Communication modes under investigation were text chat, audio, audio-video, and avatar. Significant differences were found between text chat and all other communication modalities in perceived intimateness, co-presence, and emotionally-based trust. Microanalyses of nonverbal activity and visual attention point to similarities between video and avatar modes, both showing higher levels of exposure to the virtual other and visual attention, in particular in the initial phase of interaction as compared to text and audio. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10