“It doesn’t matter what you are!” Explaining social effects of agents and avatars

von der Pütten, Astrid M., Krämer, Nicole C., Gratch, Jonathan, Kang, Sin-Hwa·2010·Computers in Human Behavior

DOI 10.1016/j.chb.2010.06.012

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