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The Big Five and emoji use in instant messaging: Can emotional indicators in instant messaging reveal personality traits?
(2019)
This study analysed emoji use in instant messaging with the aim of discovering the ways in which personality affects how emoji are used. The Big Five was used to analyse the personality of 99 participants. Results were ...
Participation, interaction and learner satisfaction in a professional practice Wiki for teachers
(2010)
This study investigated the contribution a wiki can make to the continuing professional development (CPD) of teachers, in one area of their professional practice - dyslexia. A case study approach examined participation, ...
Virtual assistants: Trust and adoption in telecommunication customer support
(2012)
Virtual Assistants have been used to deliver question and answer support or as website navigation aids but there is little research on their effectiveness in this or other online commercial roles. This study aimed to address ...
Virtual perspective-taking: Examining empathy gaps for children’s social pain related to bullying
(2019)
The purpose of this study was to measure children’s estimations of social pain using a virtual reality (VR) bullying simulation. A mixed methods design was employed, measuring social pain scores, empathy gaps, gender ...
The effect of web-based videos on help seeking intentions and stigma
(2011)
Intentions to seek help are strongly influenced by stigma (Rickwood, Deane, Wilson, & Ciarrochi, 2005). If self-stigma or public-stigma are high, help seeking intentions become inhibited (Rickwood et al., 2005). A Health ...
An analysis of the impact of microtransactions on an online gaming community
(2020)
Gamer's have been protecting their own virtual worlds from change both in-game and from the publishers. As game publishers embrace the microtransaction business model, how does it impact the gamers, their community and ...
Living in a heteronormative world: LGBT forums versus LGBT Facebook groups as sources of support and well-being
(2018)
Existing research on online support groups suggests that in-group identification mediates the relationship between social support and well-being. Since anonymity is theorised to increase group salience, it was hypothesised ...
Evaluating the use of an artificial intelligent based support for psychological therapy
(2012)
While highlighting studies that demonstrate technologies as being highly valuable tools for therapists, this research involves the use of Artificial Intelligence for the ultimate aim of designing a programme specifically ...
Can immersive technology over traditional photography greater influence the number of hazards identified in a healthcare sector residential facility, and as a result influence the perception of risk
(2020)
The aim of this study was to explore whether Virtual Reality (VR) can support hazard identification training in a healthcare residential facility and whether VR evokes a sense of presence and as a result increase perceived ...
Deception detection in online and offline communication: The effect of trust levels and perspective taking in real time communication
(2015)
Humans have been found to detect lies only at the rate of chance (Ott, Choi, Cardie & Hancock, 2011; Talbot, 2012; Toma & Hancock, 2012). Where communication online can elicit higher rates of trust and sharing personal ...