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Social & Psychological Effects of Communication Technology

COMM 298 / 398 Fall 2021

Category: Week 06

Caleigh Avramis- Can robots manifest personality?- 9/30

September 30, 2021 cla222Entries

In the article, “Can Robots Manifest Personality”, Lee et al. discusses the importance for robots to posses human personality traits to have meaningful human-robot interaction. Lee discusses how the success of this interaction relies heavily[…]

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09/30: RMC – Falyn Goldstein

September 30, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Susan Herring’s Robot-Mediated Communication, she discusses a new concept of telepresence robot-mediated communication (RMC) in which human-human communication is fostered through robots/AI. RMC, more specifically, is defined as “human-human communication in which at least[…]

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Kate Brady- “Rise of Machine Agency: A Framework for Studying the Psychology of Human–AI Interaction (HAII)”

September 30, 2021 kkb222Week 06

For class, I read “Rise of Machine Agency: A Framework for Studying the Psychology of Human–AI Interaction (HAII)”. The article discusses how machine learning has made algorithms and communication experiences very sophisticated. A quote that[…]

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9/30 Robot-Mediated Communication – Cherry

September 30, 2021 xiq222Entries

In “Robot-Mediated Communication,” Susan Herring discussed telepresence robot-mediated communication and key technological properties of telepresence robots. She also evaluated the robots’ advantages and disadvantages, leaving some questions that can be explored by future studies. According[…]

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9/29 “Why We Have an Emotional Connection to Robots” – Bridget Hall

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 beh222Entries

In Why We Have an Emotional Connection to Robots, speaker Kate Darling discusses the empathy that humans feel when a robot is being damaged or destroyed.  Although robots do not have any emotions or feel[…]

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9/30 “Robot-Mediated Communication” – Andreas Tsiaras

September 30, 2021 aat222Entries

In “Robot-Mediated Communication,” Susan Herring argues that there is a need for a better framework for studying the telepresence of robot-mediated discourse and language use. Robot-mediated communication is defined by Herring as the way humans[…]

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Why we have an emotional connection to robots – Alana Bonfiglio 9/30

September 29, 2021 Alana BonfiglioEntries

In the TedTalk “Why we have an emotional connection to robots,” Kate Darling argues that human biology hardwires us to project intent and life onto anything moving, thereby increasing our emotional attachment to robots.   After[…]

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9/30 – Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19

September 29, 2021 Megan QuigleyEntries

In Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19, Judd E. Hollander, M.D. and Brendan G. Carr, M.D. show the benefits of utilizing technology for delivering and receiving care remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, the authors emphasize[…]

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9/30 – Robot-Mediated Communication – Grayson Begier

September 29, 2021 gbb222Entries

In Robot-Mediated Communication, Herring argues the need for a new framework to guide future study of telepresence robot-mediated discourse and language use. In this study, Herring discusses robot-mediated communication (RMC) and its purpose, the technological[…]

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9/30 “Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19” – Deirdre Kelshaw

September 29, 2021 Deirdre KelshawEntries

In “Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19,” Judd E. Hollander and Brendan G. Carr argue that telemedicine provides an abundance of benefits to both patients and health professionals, and is increasingly emerging in the medical field[…]

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Zach Coriarty 9/30 “Can Robots Manifest Personality”

September 29, 2021 zac222Entries

In “Can Robots Manifest Personality”, Lee et al. argue that personality plays a key role in the development of enhanced human-robot interaction (HRI) and that if it were to be adopted there needs to be[…]

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9/30-Why we have an emotional connection to robots-Julia Duchossois

September 29, 2021 jud222Entries

In Why we have an emotional connection to robots, Kate Darling argues that as humans continue to place emotions on robots and treat them as beings with emotions, we could actually cause consequences for our[…]

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9/30 Can Robots Manifest Personality?: An Empirical Test of Personality Recognition, Social Responses, and Social Presence in Human-Robot Interaction – Leah Montgomery

September 28, 2021 lmm222Entries

In Can Robots Manifest Personality?: An Empirical Test of Personality Recognition, Social Responses, and Social Presence in Human-Robot Interaction, Lee hypothesizes and analyzes the detection of personality within Human-Robot Interaction, better known as HRI. Of[…]

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Kate Brady- Are We Losing a Generation of Children to Remote Learning? NYTimes

September 28, 2021 kkb222Week 06

After reading the New York Times articles for class, I feel like I have opened my eyes to the harm remote learning is doing in underprivileged communities. In my own experience, remote learning can be[…]

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Caleigh Avramis- Can Science-based Video Games Help Kids with Autism- 9/28

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 cla222Entries

In the article, “ Can Science-based Video Games Help Kids with Autism?”, Sarah DeWeerdt discusses the remedial impact that technology has on children with autism. DeWeerdt emphasized that children with autism, especially boys with autism,[…]

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9/28 – eSports – Grayson Begier

September 28, 2021 gbb222Entries

In the Netflix series Explained eSports, the narrator introduces the phenomenon of eSports and its impact on our society today. As our world is more familiar with physical/in-person sports, the world of eSports is booming.[…]

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Interactive Multimedia-Based E-Learning: A Study of Effectiveness – Alana Bonfiglio 9/28

September 28, 2021 Alana BonfiglioEntries

In Interactive Multimedia-Based E-Learning: A Study of Effectiveness, Dongsong Zhang argues that students in an interactive multimedia-based e-learning environment can achieve higher test scores and report higher levels of satisfaction than those in a traditional[…]

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9/28 Can science-based video games help kids with autism? – Cherry

September 27, 2021 xiq222Entries

In “Can science-based video games help kids with autism?”, Sarah Deweerdt introduced Jeanne Townsend and Leanne Chukoskie, who work hard to develop video games that help children with autism. Games may improve a range of[…]

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9/30 Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19 – Talia Feinberg

September 27, 2021 tbf223Entries

In this article, the promising aspects about telehealth are discussed, specifically in the context of Covid-19. Because patients want the most convenient and inexpensive medical care, it is up for debate if perhaps telehealth is[…]

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09/28: Can Science-Based Video Games Help Kids with Autism? – Falyn Goldstein

September 27, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Sarah DeWeerdt’s Can Science-Based Video Games Help Kids with Autism, lab directors Jeanne Townsend and Leanne Chukoskie are introduced, and their research on video games for autism is shown in detail. The Research on[…]

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9/28 Zach Coriarty “Explained: eSports”

September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 zac222Entries

In Netflix’s “Explained: eSports”, the narrator paints a picture about how much the field of eSports has grown since 2012, with viewership increasing 600% by 2017. Further, she explains that major companies are investing big[…]

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9/28 – “Can science-based video games help kids with autism?” Deirdre Kelshaw

September 27, 2021 Deirdre KelshawEntries

In “Can science-based video games help kids with autism?” Sarah DeWeerdt argues that autistic children are more drawn to technology, and thus video games can serve therapeutic purposes for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. […]

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9/28 – The New York Times Articles on Remote Learning

September 26, 2021 Megan QuigleyEntries

In The New York Times articles, the majority of the authors argue that remote learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused students to disproportionately suffer and calls on a variety of people[…]

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9/28 “Are We Losing a Generation of Children to Remote Learning?” – Bridget Hall

September 26, 2021 beh222Entries

In Are We Losing a Generation of Children to Remote Learning? author Ginia Bellafante points out how remote learning is negatively affecting children’s attendance.  The principal of P.S 132, an elementary school in Washington Heights,[…]

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9/28 Interactive Multimedia-based E-learning: A Study of Effectiveness – Leah Montgomery

September 26, 2021 lmm222Entries

 Interactive Multimedia-based E-learning: A Study of Effectiveness, Zhang tests a number of hypotheses on the effectiveness of online learning with interactivity as opposed to a traditional classroom setting. This research is extremely prevalent today as[…]

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9/28 – Interactive Multimedia-Based E-Learning: A Study of Effectiveness – Talia Feinberg

September 26, 2021 tbf223Entries

In this research experiment, there are three groups with different controls, with the goal of showing that highly interactive online learning is more effective and brings more satisfaction than less interactive e-learning and even traditional[…]

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9/28-COVID-19 and student performance, equity, and U.S. education policy-Julia Duchossois

September 26, 2021September 26, 2021 jud222Entries

In COVID-19 and student performance, equity, and U.S. education policy, Garcia and Weiss summarize literature done on aspects of education relative to the COVID-19 crisis, and argue that learning time has been interrupted, leading to[…]

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Max Fern – Esports: Explained (09/28)

September 25, 2021 mgf222Entries

In Netflix’s Esports: Explained, the creators argue that esports are not only sports but that they have certain characteristics, which have allowed them to rise rapidly in popularity relative to traditional sports over the last[…]

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