Touched by the storyteller: the influence of remote touch in the context of storytelling

Merel Madeleine Jung; Robert W.M. Boensma; Gijs Huisman; Elisabeth M.A.G. van Dijk

doi:10.1109/ACII.2013.147

Touched by the storyteller: the influence of remote touch in the context of storytelling

Merel Madeleine Jung, Robert W.M. Boensma, Gijs Huisman, Elisabeth M.A.G. van Dijk

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Abstract

In this study we investigate the role of remote touch as an additional communication channel in the context of storytelling. We focus on studying the effect of remote touch and the timing of touch on perceived social presence and story recall. In our experiment people listened to an emotional story. Listeners were either remotely touched by the storyteller at emotional story moments, remotely touched at random moments during the story, or not touched at all. Our results indicate that remote touch does not enhance the perceived social presence of the storyteller. However, even when the link between remote touch and the story is not explicitly clear, touch at emotional story moments can contribute to the perception of the story. Furthermore, while touches at emotional story moments can distract from the story content, touch in general can implicitly enhance the attention paid to the story content.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2013
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	792 -797
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7695-5048-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACII.2013.147
Publication status	Published - Sept 2013
Event	5th Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2013 - Geneva, Switzerland Duration: 2 Sept 2013 → 5 Sept 2013 Conference number: 5

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Name	International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and workshops
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
ISSN (Print)	2156-8103

Conference

Conference	5th Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2013
Abbreviated title	ACII
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Geneva
Period	2/09/13 → 5/09/13

Keywords

EWI-24120
Remote social touchSocial presence
METIS-302574
Social presence
IR-88563
Remote social touch

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Jung, M. M., Boensma, R. W. M., Huisman, G., & van Dijk, E. M. A. G. (2013). Touched by the storyteller: the influence of remote touch in the context of storytelling. In Proceedings of the Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2013 (pp. 792 -797). (International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and workshops). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACII.2013.147

Jung, Merel Madeleine ; Boensma, Robert W.M. ; Huisman, Gijs et al. / Touched by the storyteller: the influence of remote touch in the context of storytelling. Proceedings of the Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2013. USA : IEEE, 2013. pp. 792 -797 (International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and workshops).

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Jung, MM, Boensma, RWM, Huisman, G & van Dijk, EMAG 2013, Touched by the storyteller: the influence of remote touch in the context of storytelling. in Proceedings of the Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2013. International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and workshops, IEEE, USA, pp. 792 -797, 5th Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2013, Geneva, Switzerland, 2/09/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACII.2013.147

Touched by the storyteller: the influence of remote touch in the context of storytelling. / Jung, Merel Madeleine; Boensma, Robert W.M.; Huisman, Gijs et al.
Proceedings of the Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2013. USA: IEEE, 2013. p. 792 -797 (International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and workshops).

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Jung MM, Boensma RWM, Huisman G, van Dijk EMAG. Touched by the storyteller: the influence of remote touch in the context of storytelling. In Proceedings of the Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2013. USA: IEEE. 2013. p. 792 -797. (International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and workshops). doi: 10.1109/ACII.2013.147

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