Robot status : investigating the perception of social status in a robot

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Abstract
Media technology enables people to have social interactions with the technology itself. Robots are a new form of media that people can communicate with as independent entities. Although robots are becoming more naturalized in social roles involving companionship, customer service and education, little is known about how people will perceive the status of these robots. This dissertation investigates how locomotion and occupational title influence the perception of status in a robot. In a series of experiments, I find that locomotion of a non-humanoid robotic footstool can communicate high and low status (Study 1) and that the occupational title of a humanoid robot lecturer does not communicate status (Study 2). This provides evidence that the motion of a robot is a powerful cue of its status, a finding relevant for the design of robots with limited expressive capabilities.

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Type of resource text
Form electronic; electronic resource; remote
Extent 1 online resource.
Publication date 2016
Issuance monographic
Language English

Creators/Contributors

Associated with Li, Jamy
Associated with Stanford University, Department of Communication.
Primary advisor Ju, Wendy, 1975-
Thesis advisor Ju, Wendy, 1975-
Thesis advisor Bailenson, Jeremy
Thesis advisor Reeves, Byron, 1949-
Thesis advisor Turner, Fred
Advisor Bailenson, Jeremy
Advisor Reeves, Byron, 1949-
Advisor Turner, Fred

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Genre Theses

Bibliographic information

Statement of responsibility Jamy Li.
Note Submitted to the Department of Communication.
Thesis Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2016.
Location electronic resource

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© 2016 by Jamy Jue Li
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).

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