TelMeA--Expressive avatars in asynchronous communications Export

@article{citeulike:882182, abstract = {TelMeA is an asynchronous online community system that uses avatars to enact the messages of the users. We present an overview of the system, including the results of a usability study and its effect on the redesign of the system. Furthermore we present an empirical evaluation of the avatar's animations. The animations offer a wide repertoire of expressions along the valence dimension, but additional animations with low arousal should be added. Next we performed a case study of TelMeA in Japan. The members of the community more often used the high arousal and extreme valence animations, but the more subtle animations were still used in 30\% of all cases. The less frequent use of subtle expressions could be explained by the fact they are not necessary in an asynchronous communication to negotiate turn taking.}, author = {Takahashi, Toru and Bartneck, Christoph and Katagiri, Yasuhiro and Arai, Noriko H.}, booktitle = {Subtle expressivity for characters and robots}, citeulike-article-id = {882182}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2004.11.005}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WGR-4F7VFM5-1/2/4229190a397832dbf96324924ece5e27}, doi = {10.1016/j.ijhcs.2004.11.005}, journal = {International Journal of Human-Computer Studies}, keywords = {avatar, community, emotion, expression, online}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {193--209}, posted-at = {2006-10-03 00:54:27}, priority = {0}, title = {TelMeA--Expressive avatars in asynchronous communications}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2004.11.005}, volume = {62}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:882182 L3 - citeulike-article-id:882182 N2 - TelMeA is an asynchronous online community system that uses avatars to enact the messages of the users. We present an overview of the system, including the results of a usability study and its effect on the redesign of the system. Furthermore we present an empirical evaluation of the avatar's animations. The animations offer a wide repertoire of expressions along the valence dimension, but additional animations with low arousal should be added. Next we performed a case study of TelMeA in Japan. The members of the community more often used the high arousal and extreme valence animations, but the more subtle animations were still used in 30% of all cases. The less frequent use of subtle expressions could be explained by the fact they are not necessary in an asynchronous communication to negotiate turn taking. IS - 2 JF - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies EP - 209 TI - TelMeA--Expressive avatars in asynchronous communications VL - 62 T2 - Subtle expressivity for characters and robots SP - 193 KW - avatar KW - community KW - emotion KW - expression KW - online AU - Takahashi, Toru AU - Bartneck, Christoph AU - Katagiri, Yasuhiro AU - Arai, Noriko PY - 2005/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2004.11.005 ER -