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The Major Points: (1) Human-Media Interactions Are Fundamentally Social (2) Character Interfaces Bring Social Intelligence to Online Interactions
Ten Benefits of Character Interfaces 1. Characters make explicit the social responses that are inevitable. 2. Interactive characters are perceived as real social actors 3. Interactivity increases the perceived realism and effectiveness of characters 4. Interactive characters increase trust in information sources 5. Characters have personalities that can represent brands 6. Characters can communicate social roles 7. Characters can effectively express and regulate emotions 8. Characters can effectively display important social manners 9. Characters can make interfaces easier to us easier to use 10. Characters are well liked
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