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The Effect of Personal Pronouns on Users’ Emotional Experience in Voice Interaction

  • Jianhong Qu
  • , Ronggang Zhou*
  • , Liming Zou
  • , Yanyan Sun
  • , Min Zhao
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University
  • Baidu Inc

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Abstract

There is a growing tendency that users expect voice assistants can recognize and follow some principles in interpersonal communication to enhance emotional experience. Therefore, we study how personal pronouns should be used in the response of voice assistants for Chinese users. We conducted a quantitative experiment. The independent variable is the use of personal pronouns in the intelligent voice assistants, including three levels: no personal pronouns, singular first-person pronouns and singular second person pronouns. 24 participants listened to dialogues between users and the voice assistant and evaluated the perception of emotional experience. It is found in the results that the use of personal pronouns by voice assistants can affect users’ emotional experience. Compared with non-use of personal pronouns and use of first-person pronouns, users would have more trust in the voice assistants when it responded in the second person pronouns, and users were more satisfied with the response of the voice assistants in the second person pronouns. These results can inform the design of voice interaction and it is possible to design response strategies for machines based on the theory of interpersonal communication and pragmatics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHuman-Computer Interaction. Multimodal and Natural Interaction - Thematic Area, HCI 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings
EditorsMasaaki Kurosu
PublisherSpringer
Pages234-243
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783030490614
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
EventThematic Area on Human Computer Interaction, HCI 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 19 Jul 202024 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12182 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceThematic Area on Human Computer Interaction, HCI 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period19/07/2024/07/20

Keywords

  • Personal pronouns
  • User emotional experience
  • Voice assistants

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