%0 Conference Paper %1 Bhatt04Hedged %A Bhatt, Khelan %A Argamon, Shlomo %A Evens, Martha %B COGSCI %C Chicago %D 2004 %K phd-bibtex-import %T Hedged responses and expressions of affect in human/human and human/computer tutorial interactions. %U http://www.cs.iit.edu/\~circsim/\#PUBLISHED %X We study how students hedge and express affect when interacting with both humans and computer systems, during keyboard-mediated natural language tutoring sessions in medicine. We found significant differences in such student behavior linked to whether the tutor was human or a computer. Students hedge and apologize often to human tutors, but very rarely to computer tutors. The type of expressions also differed overt hostility was not encountered in human tutoring sessions, but was a major component in computer-tutored sessions. Little gender-linking of hedging behavior was found, contrary to expectations based on prior studies. A weak gender-linked effect was found for affect in human tutored sessions.

@inproceedings{Bhatt04Hedged, abstract = {{We study how students hedge and express affect when interacting with both humans and computer systems, during keyboard-mediated natural language tutoring sessions in medicine. We found significant differences in such student behavior linked to whether the tutor was human or a computer. Students hedge and apologize often to human tutors, but very rarely to computer tutors. The type of expressions also differed overt hostility was not encountered in human tutoring sessions, but was a major component in computer-tutored sessions. Little gender-linking of hedging behavior was found, contrary to expectations based on prior studies. A weak gender-linked effect was found for affect in human tutored sessions.}}, added-at = {2010-12-17T18:47:41.000+0100}, address = {Chicago}, author = {Bhatt, Khelan and Argamon, Shlomo and Evens, Martha}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/245c7811897538fd93d67dddb5191d85a/mortimer_m8}, booktitle = {COGSCI}, citeseerurl = {701151}, citeulike-article-id = {113878}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.cs.iit.edu/\~{}circsim/\#PUBLISHED}, comment = {(private-note)This paper goes against "the media equation". It displays results that shows that: <ul><li>- User does not use Hedging with a computer</li> <li>- User only express confusion and annoyance when expressing affects. They do not apologies or give feedback.</li></ul> <br> <i>Hedging: Intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statements</i>}, interhash = {99cdcb4fb9e001e90c0d6919098a0f5a}, intrahash = {45c7811897538fd93d67dddb5191d85a}, keywords = {phd-bibtex-import}, posted-at = {2005-03-04 12:43:48}, priority = {0}, timestamp = {2010-12-20T11:11:25.000+0100}, title = {{Hedged responses and expressions of affect in human/human and human/computer tutorial interactions.}}, url = {http://www.cs.iit.edu/\~{}circsim/\#PUBLISHED}, year = 2004 }