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Showing 1 to 20 of 98 for “"Social presence"”.
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Dishonesty and social presence in retail
… reduction of employee involvement may reduce the social presence perceived at a SCO. Social presence is when a user experiences the perception that there is another intelligence or entity within their environment (Short, William & Christie, 1976). If customers are not influenced by the social …
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Two voices: social presence, participation, and credibility in online news
An experiment tested hypotheses predicting that social presence would increase participation and credibility on a newspaper website. Participants read four news articles in one of four conditions created by crossing two manipulations: use or absence of social language, and use or absence of a …
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Cue the Paralinguistics: A Qualitative Case Study of Teacher Social Presence
… rationale and practices as they establish a social presence in a 100% online learning environment in a high school setting, with a specific emphasis on paralinguistic cues and symbols, such as emoji, emoticons, and Bitmoji. This case study focused on the meaning and understanding of teacher …
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Online Social Presence (OSP) In E-Tailing: Construct Development And Testing
… research proposes and validates the Online Social Presence (OSP) scale and framework as an effective means of addressing the struggle e-tailers have encountered in attempting to create persuasive and effective online retailing experiences, which persuade customers to purchase their products …
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An Integrative Review of the Effects of Social Presence on Distance Education
Social presence has drawn great attention in the last three decades. A large number of studies attempted to prove that social presence exerted an effect on distance learning through including more interaction. This integrative review provided a comprehensive summary of current studies on social …
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The Awareness of Computer-Mediated Communication's Social Presence for Virtual High School Students
This research investigated the perception of social presence that students in a virtual high school have of using computer-mediated communication (CMC): email, discussion board, tutoring sessions, and asynchronous classroom activities. The research analyzed data for social presence based on gender, …
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Social Presence and Therapeutic Demands: The Role of Technology in the Therapeutic Alliance
… to technology mediated resources that expand social presence opportunities during mental health treatment play a role in what therapists report as difficult therapeutic alliance demands. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious mental health problem, characterized by unstable …
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Love in the modern world (Designing the social presence for long-distance couples)
… I designed a mobile application to enhance social presence over long distances. It helps LDR couples connect seamlessly on a daily basis, and to easily discover mutual topics, activities, and interests.
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The nature and role of social presence in audiographic, synchronous online language learning contexts
This study explores social presence (SP) and its nature and role in online language tutorials at the Open University. My research questions ask how SP is perceived to influence language learning and what factors impact on the projection of SP from the learner perspective. I also ask if these …
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The effects of digital audio on social presence, motivation and perceived learning in asynchronous learning networks
… both active and passive use though it increased social presence a little in passive use. It was also found that motivation was a stronger indicator of perceived learning and satisfaction than social presence. In particular, extrinsic motivation measured by perceived usefulness was the strongest …
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Social Presence, Satisfaction, and Perceived Learning of RN-to-BSN Students in Web-Based Nursing Courses
… to promote the quality of online learning. Social presence is one factor that has been shown to affect outcomes such as satisfaction and perceived learning in online courses (Gunawardena and Zittle, 1997). </p><p>The purpose of this study was to assess social presence in online nursing …
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Student Perceptions of Social Presence and its Value in an Asynchronous Web-based Master's Instructional Program
This study examines the theory of social presence and its relevancy to distance learning. Short, William, and Christie (1976) originally designed social presence to evaluate the difference between types of dyads (one-to-one interactions) and the quality of the communication media used for those …
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The Phenomenon of Social Presence in the Pauline Epistles and Its Implication for Practices of Online Education
Many theological institutions have adopted online educational formats. Proponents of online formats in theological education have typically given pragmatic justifications for the use of online formats while the most vocal detractors of online formats base their objections on theological concerns. …
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Alexa as a shopping assistant : the effects of message interactivity and the mediating role of social presence
… (particularly message interactivity and social presence) are applicable to understanding consumer responses to virtual assistants and (b) the mediating role of social presence which influences intention to use virtual assistant technology for online shopping. Results showed that …
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LGBTQ+ College Students' Perceptions of Social Presence and Self-Disclosure in Online Learning: A Single-Case Study
<p>Social interaction among learners plays a significant role in online learning environments (Garrison, 2006; Kreijns et al., 2014; Mykota, 2017). The construct of social presence in online courses is important because it influences interaction and connectedness among learners and its effects on …
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Knowledge transformation in a mobile learning environment : an interpretive inquiry of ubiquitous context and social presence awareness
… and the thought process consequent to a social activity. The problem for a contact university is that mobile learners do not have access to consistent social resources for academic support as they drift from formal to informal learning contexts. The alternative for these learners is to …
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How audio-visual stimuli in automated asynchronous video interviews affect applicant reactions: social presence, fairness and organisational attractiveness
… questions) on applicant perceptions of social presence, fairness and organisational attractiveness. To this end, a between-subjects posttest-only experimental design was used in two separate samples (South African sample, N = 58; USA sample, N = 169, Combined samples, N = 227). …
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