Presence and Pronouns: An Exploratory Investigation into the Language of Social VR

IF 2 3区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION
Cyan DeVeaux, David M. Markowitz, Eugy Han, Mark Roman Miller, Jeffrey T. Hancock, Jeremy N. Bailenson
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Abstract

As social virtual reality (VR) continues to grow as a medium for digital communication, sustaining presence among communicators remains one of the main constructs that researchers and practitioners use to assess the quality of user experience. In the present paper, we explore language patterns as a behavioral link to presence. We accomplished this through an exploratory text analysis of over 4,800 min of conversation in social VR, consisting of over 130,000 spoken words from 126 participants. We observed that the use of self-references and collective references positively correlated to social presence and spatial presence. Furthermore, median interpersonal distance between communicators was positively associated with using impersonal pronouns, suggesting that participants who stood farther apart from their interlocutors tended to speak in more impersonal terms. Our work sheds light on the possible psychological mechanisms behind presence and the potential of using speech data to help build systems that enhance user engagement.
存在与代词:社交 VR 语言的探索性研究
随着社交虚拟现实(VR)作为数字交流媒介的不断发展,交流者之间的临场感仍然是研究人员和从业人员用来评估用户体验质量的主要因素之一。在本文中,我们探讨了语言模式与临场感之间的行为联系。为此,我们对社交 VR 中超过 4800 分钟的对话进行了探索性文本分析,其中包括来自 126 名参与者的超过 13 万个口语单词。我们发现,自我参照和集体参照的使用与社交存在感和空间存在感呈正相关。此外,交流者之间的人际距离中位数与使用非人称代词呈正相关,这表明与对话者相距较远的参与者倾向于使用更多的非人称代词。我们的研究揭示了 "存在感 "背后可能存在的心理机制,以及利用语音数据帮助构建提高用户参与度的系统的潜力。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Language and Social Psychology explores the social dimensions of language and the linguistic implications of social life. Articles are drawn from a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, sociology, communication, psychology, education, and anthropology. The journal provides complete and balanced coverage of the latest developments and advances through original, full-length articles, short research notes, and special features as Debates, Courses and Conferences, and Book Reviews.
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