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Social presence and group attraction: exploring the effects of awareness systems in the home

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This paper describes an experimental assessment of affective user benefits that may result from adding peripheral awareness information while remote friends share an activity in a home environment. The experiment has shown that providing awareness information increases the social presence and the group attraction felt by individuals towards remote partners.

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  1. Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    C. A. G. J. Huijnen, W. A. IJsselsteijn & P. Markopoulos

  2. Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, Prof. Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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Huijnen, C.A.G.J., IJsselsteijn, W.A., Markopoulos, P. et al. Social presence and group attraction: exploring the effects of awareness systems in the home. Cogn Tech Work 6, 41–44 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-003-0141-z

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