Presentation 2023-03-02
A study of the effects of an application that allows users to interact with message balloons
Moe Tokunaga, Yudai Higuchi, Takashi Yamanaka, Takayoshi Kitamura,
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Abstract(in English) In recent years, communication via messaging applications has become indispensable. However, there are many users who do not feel that they have deepened their friendship with others through inorganic communication using text messages. In addition, it is difficult to communicate closely without non-verbal information, and there is concern that problems on social networking sites caused by such discrepancies in communication may lead to "social networking fatigue. On the other hand, there are situations where face-to-face communication and video calls are difficult. Therefore, in addition to existing messaging applications, a method for communicating non-verbal information is needed. In this study, we proposed a UI that attempts to solve this problem by introducing the concept of "touching each other" in a message application. We conducted user tests of three UIs that implement this concept and evaluated them from three points: whether they increase intimacy, whether they make the user want to actually use them, and whether they make the user want to react to them.
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Keyword(in English) UI/UX / Communication Support / Intimacy Evaluation / Communication Design / User Test
Paper # HCS2022-79
Date of Issue 2023-02-23 (HCS)

Conference Information
Committee HCS
Conference Date 2023/3/2(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Tokoha University(KusanagiCampus)
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Interaction modeling, etc.
Chair Tomoko Kanda(Osaka Inst. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Yugo Hayashi(Ritsumeikan Univ.) / Masashi Komori(Osaka Electro-Comm. Univ.)
Secretary Yugo Hayashi(Nihon Univ.) / Masashi Komori(Kanagawa Univ.)
Assistant HUANG HUNGHSUAN(Univ. of Fukuchiyama) / Jun Ichikawa(Shizuoka Univ.) / Kazuki Takashima(Tohoku Univ.) / Hiroto Saito(Tokyo Denki Univ.) / Ryo Ishii(NTT) / Yoshimasa Ohmoto(Shizuoka Univ.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Human Communication Science
Language JPN
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Title (in English) A study of the effects of an application that allows users to interact with message balloons
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) UI/UX
Keyword(2) Communication Support
Keyword(3) Intimacy Evaluation
Keyword(4) Communication Design
Keyword(5) User Test
1st Author's Name Moe Tokunaga
1st Author's Affiliation Kagawa University(Kagawa Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Yudai Higuchi
2nd Author's Affiliation NoCode Japan, Inc.(NoCode Japan)
3rd Author's Name Takashi Yamanaka
3rd Author's Affiliation Kagawa University(Kagawa Univ.)
4th Author's Name Takayoshi Kitamura
4th Author's Affiliation Kagawa University(Kagawa Univ.)
Date 2023-03-02
Paper # HCS2022-79
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) HCS-413
Page pp.pp.19-22(HCS),
#Pages 4
Date of Issue 2023-02-23 (HCS)