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_id: '4377'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Within the last years the concept of trust has attracted increased attention
    in the field of smart home environments. However, little is known about what determines
    trustworthiness in this context. For this reason the objective was to examine
    mental models in terms of anthropomorphic perception of smart home environments
    and its relation to trustworthiness. Two studies (N=36) were carried out in the
    Future Care Lab, a simulated intelligent home environment. We used the teach-back
    method to help participants to talk about the smart home environment technology
    and asked to generate a metaphor of an experienced home-monitoring scenario. Finally,
    we applied linguistic analysis of responses to detect anthropomorphic characteristics.
    In general, results demonstrate inspiring metaphors related to the personal assistance
    system, e.g. "like an airbag…" or "like a family member…", which might be useful
    for future interface designs and approaches of communication in the context of
    smart home environments. However, no relation of anthropomorphism and trustworthiness
    could be found. Therefore, we suggest an anthropomorphic threshold, which should
    be investigated by using an improved method and trust scale.
author:
- first_name: Oliver
  full_name: Sack, Oliver
  last_name: Sack
- first_name: Carsten
  full_name: Röcker, Carsten
  id: '61525'
  last_name: Röcker
citation:
  ama: Sack O, Röcker C. “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic
    Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments. <i>International
    Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction</i>. 2014;2(1):28-36.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.11159/vwhci.2014.004">10.11159/vwhci.2014.004</a>
  apa: Sack, O., &#38; Röcker, C. (2014). “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of
    Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home
    Environments. <i>International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction</i>,
    <i>2</i>(1), 28–36. <a href="https://doi.org/10.11159/vwhci.2014.004">https://doi.org/10.11159/vwhci.2014.004</a>
  bjps: <b>Sack O and Röcker C</b> (2014) “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of
    Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home
    Environments. <i>International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction</i>
    <b>2</b>, 28–36.
  chicago: 'Sack, Oliver, and Carsten Röcker. “‘Like a Family Member Who Takes Care
    of Me’ – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home
    Environments.” <i>International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction</i>
    2, no. 1 (2014): 28–36. <a href="https://doi.org/10.11159/vwhci.2014.004">https://doi.org/10.11159/vwhci.2014.004</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Sack, Oliver und Carsten Röcker. 2014. “Like a Family Member Who Takes
    Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart
    Home Environments. <i>International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer
    Interaction</i> 2, Nr. 1: 28–36. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.11159/vwhci.2014.004,">10.11159/vwhci.2014.004,</a>
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Sack, Oliver</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Röcker, Carsten</span>: “Like a Family Member
    Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness
    of Smart Home Environments. In: <i>International Journal of Virtual Worlds and
    Human Computer Interaction</i> Bd. 2.   Orléans, ON ,  Avestia Publishing, International
    ASET Inc.  (2014), Nr. 1, S. 28–36'
  havard: O. Sack, C. Röcker, “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’
    Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments,
    International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction. 2 (2014)
    28–36.
  ieee: O. Sack and C. Röcker, “‘Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me’ – Users’
    Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments,”
    <i>International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction</i>,
    vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 28–36, 2014.
  mla: Sack, Oliver, and Carsten Röcker. “‘Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of
    Me’ – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home
    Environments.” <i>International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction</i>,
    vol. 2, no. 1,  Avestia Publishing, International ASET Inc. , 2014, pp. 28–36,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.11159/vwhci.2014.004">10.11159/vwhci.2014.004</a>.
  short: O. Sack, C. Röcker, International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer
    Interaction 2 (2014) 28–36.
  ufg: '<b>Sack, Oliver/Röcker, Carsten (2014)</b>: “Like a Family Member Who Takes
    Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart
    Home Environments, in: <i>International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer
    Interaction</i> <i>2</i> (<i>1</i>), S. 28–36.'
  van: Sack O, Röcker C. “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic
    Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments. International
    Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction. 2014;2(1):28–36.
date_created: 2021-01-14T10:13:27Z
date_updated: 2023-03-15T13:49:52Z
department:
- _id: DEP5023
doi: 10.11159/vwhci.2014.004
extern: '1'
intvolume: '         2'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- Smart environment
- e-health
- user study
- mental model
- anthropomorphism
- metaphor
- technology acceptance
- trust
- evaluation
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
oa: '1'
page: 28 - 36
place: '  Orléans, ON '
publication: International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 2368-6103
publication_status: published
publisher: ' Avestia Publishing, International ASET Inc. '
status: public
title: “Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations
  and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments
type: journal_article
user_id: '15514'
volume: 2
year: 2014
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