Interpersonal impressions of a social robot versus human in the context of performance evaluations

• Published in: Communication education Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 165 - 182
• Main Authors: Edwards, Chad, Edwards, Autumn, Albrehi, Fatima, Spence, Patric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 03.04.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: attraction; Between-subjects design; communication; Credibility; Educational evaluation; Evaluation Methods; Evaluators; Feedback; Feedback (Response); Human factors research; Human-computer interaction; human-machine communication; human-robot interaction; Interaction; Interpersonal Attraction; Man Machine Systems; Performance Based Assessment; Performance evaluation; Public Speaking; Robotics; Robots; social presence; Task Analysis

Extending previous research on the Computers Are Social Actors paradigm and the human-to-human interaction script, this study examines the interpersonal impressions of a social robot evaluator versus a human evaluator in a performance evaluation context. A between-subjects experiment was conducted t...