Avatars and Embodied Agents in Experimental Information Systems Research: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework

Aljaroodi, Hussain M.; Adam, Marc T. P.; Chiong, Raymond; Teubner, Timm

doi:10.3127/ajis.v23i0.1841

Cited by 26 publications

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“…The beneficial effects of profile photos have been demonstrated for various contexts and applications, including accommodation sharing (Abramova 2020;Ert et al 2016;Ert and Fleischer 2017;Jaeger et al 2019), gift-giving networks (Teubner et al 2013), trust experiments (Bente et al 2012(Bente et al , 2014, corporate ideation processes (Wagenknecht et al 2018), and equity crowdfunding (Klement and Teubner 2019). Importantly, avatars also engender social presence and trust in a similar way to actual photographs (Al Jaroodi et al 2019;Teubner et al 2013Teubner et al , 2014.…”

Section: User Representation Artifactsmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Potency of Online User Representation: Insights from the Sharing Economy

2021

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Online user representation (UR) is a cornerstone of platform-mediated interactions within the sharing economy. While the general usefulness of UR artifacts for facilitating online and offline interactions is widely acknowledged and understood, the underlying mechanisms and operating principles often require a more detailed analysis. In this chapter, we thus introduce a systematic framework grounded in signaling and social presence theory for analyzing UR artifacts for online platforms in general—and the sharing economy in particular. We apply our framework as a structural lens in a case study on user profiles on Airbnb, unveiling structural similarities and differences between the opposing market sides. We discuss our findings against the backdrop of emerging information systems research directions and suggest paths for future work on the sharing economy.

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Section: User Representation Artifactsmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Potency of Online User Representation: Insights from the Sharing Economy

2021

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“…• New types and ways of applying and verifying digital personae, building on the avatars and agents that are currently in use. Both practice and literature on these topics are growing exponentially and in diverse directions [Aljaroodi et al, 2019]. The sorts of professional systems that allow for telepresence, full-body imaging, and realistic haptic contact are liable to be well out of the price range for many smaller KIBS though innovation in cheaper consumer products may change this.…”

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The Impact of the Coronacrisis on KIBS Sector

Miles

Belousova

Chichkanov

et al. 2021

Foresight and STI Governance

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Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are problem-solvers for other organizations. The coronacrisis affects KIBS directly, but also means that their clients are confronting new problems. How are KIBS addressing these two sets of challenges? This paper draws on material available in the trade and industry press, on official reports and statistics, and the early academic studies addressing these themes. We find that KIBS have been active (alongside other organizations) in providing a substantial range of services aimed at helping their clients (and others) deal with various contingencies thrown up by the crisis. Not least among these is the need to conform to shifting regulatory frameworks, and requirements for longer-term resilience. KIBS themselves have had to adapt their working practices considerably, to reduce face-to-face interaction with clients and within teams collaborating on projects. Adaptation is easier for those whose tasks that are relatively standardized and codified, and it remains to be seen how far a shift to such activities - and away from the traditional office-based venues of activity - is retained as firms recover from the crisis. KIBS are liable to play an important role in this recovery from the crisis, and policymakers can mobilize their services. Some KIBS are liable to be critical for rendering economies more resilient in the face of future pandemics and we argue that these firms are also important for confronting the mounting climate crisis.

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“…Investigating such cross-cultural design considerations is important in determining user cognition and memorization when selecting specific graphical passwords in different cultures. In exploring the digital representations of human users (avatars), Aljaroodi et al (2019) recommended future research not only in the consideration of context of users’ culture but also in the interests of broadening the scope to include different cultures in the digital representations.…”

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Cross-cultural effects on graphical password memorability and design

Mohamed

Porterfield

Chakraborty

2021

JSIT

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Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of cultural familiarity with images on the memorability of recognition-based graphical password (RBG-P). Design/methodology/approach The researchers used a between-group design with two groups of 50 participants from China and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using a webtool and two questionnaires to test two hypotheses in a four-week long study. Findings The results showed that culture has significant effects on RBG-P memorability, including both recognition and recall of images. It was also found that the login success rate depreciated quickly as time progressed, which indicates the memory decay and its effects on the visual memory. Research limitations/implications Collectively, these results can be used to design universal RBG-Ps with maximal password deflection points. For better cross-cultural designs, designers must allow users from different cultures to personalize their image selections based on their own cultures. Practical implications The RBG-P interfaces developed without consideration for users’ cultures may lead to the construction of passwords that are difficult to memorize and easy to attack. Thus, the incorporation of cultural images is indispensable for improving the authentication posture. Social implications The development of RBG-P with cultural considerations will make it easy for the user population to remember the password and make it more expensive for the intruder to attack. Originality/value This study provides an insight for RBG-P developers to produce a graphical password platform that increases the memorability factor.

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Avatars and Embodied Agents in Experimental Information Systems Research: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework

Cited by 26 publications

References 145 publications

On the Potency of Online User Representation: Insights from the Sharing Economy

On the Potency of Online User Representation: Insights from the Sharing Economy

The Impact of the Coronacrisis on KIBS Sector

Cross-cultural effects on graphical password memorability and design

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