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Presentation 2011-05-23 15:40
An analysis of awkward silence at turn-takings: Relationship between unpleasant atmospheres and conversation fillers
Hiroki Sasaki, Naoki Mukawa, Atsushi Kimura, Hiroko Tokunaga (Tokyo Denki Univ) HCS2011-13 HIP2011-13
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) In the present study we explore the psychological role of verbal/nonverbal fillers in awkward silence during conversations. A dyadic-conversation between two undergraduate males was videotaped. We extracted the three types of scenes of silence at non-smooth turn-takings from this dyadic-conversation, (1) silence with verbal fillers, (2) silence with verbal and nonverbal fillers and (3) silence with no filler, and made 15 video clips of these scenes. In the experiment, 10 university students were asked to rate impressions of each of 15 scenes from the aspects of nervousness, cohesiveness and activity. Results of subjective evaluation tests showed that the scenes of silence with verbal fillers tended to be rate more active than those with no filler. These results suggest that expressing verbal fillers in awkward silence have a role to maintain conversations.
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(in English) conversational communication / awkward silence / tarn-taking / filler / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 111, no. 59, HCS2011-13, pp. 97-102, May 2011.
Paper # HCS2011-13 
Date of Issue 2011-05-16 (HCS, HIP) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee HIP HCS  
Conference Date 2011-05-23 - 2011-05-24 
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Place (in English) Okinawa Industry Support Center 
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Conference Code 2011-05-HIP-HCS 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) An analysis of awkward silence at turn-takings: Relationship between unpleasant atmospheres and conversation fillers 
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Keyword(1) conversational communication  
Keyword(2) awkward silence  
Keyword(3) tarn-taking  
Keyword(4) filler  
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1st Author's Name Hiroki Sasaki  
1st Author's Affiliation Tokyo Denki University (Tokyo Denki Univ)
2nd Author's Name Naoki Mukawa  
2nd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Denki University (Tokyo Denki Univ)
3rd Author's Name Atsushi Kimura  
3rd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Denki University (Tokyo Denki Univ)
4th Author's Name Hiroko Tokunaga  
4th Author's Affiliation Tokyo Denki University (Tokyo Denki Univ)
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Date Time 2011-05-23 15:40:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
Registration for HCS 
Paper # HCS2011-13, HIP2011-13 
Volume (vol) vol.111 
Number (no) no.59(HCS), no.60(HIP) 
Page pp.97-102 
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Date of Issue 2011-05-16 (HCS, HIP) 


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