Social interface theory has widespread influence in the field of human-computer interaction. The basic thesis is that humanizing cues in a computer interface can engender response...
Mick P. Couper, Roger Tourangeau, Darby M. Steiger
—With the growing popularity of social networking, traditional Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Telecom operators have both started exploring new opportunities to boost thei...
We examine tagging behavior on Flickr, a public photosharing website. We build on previous qualitative research that exposed a taxonomy of tagging motivations, as well as on socia...
The primary purpose of this paper is to describe the theoretical underpinnings of the construct Para-social Presence (PSP). Para-social presence refers to the extent to which a me...
This paper investigates how human warmth and sociability (social presence) can be integrated through the Web interface to positively impact online trust. An empirical study was und...