Companionship with smart home devices: The impact of social connectedness and interaction types on perceived social support and companionship in smart homes

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Highlights：

• Social connectedness between users and devices can improve perceived social support for users in a smart home context.

• Social support from smart home devices can enhance companionship.

• We extended the user-machine relationship from one-to-one to one-to-many and examined the differences.

• The devices’ presence is more effective when the devices are close to the user and are used often.

摘要

•Social connectedness between users and devices can improve perceived social support for users in a smart home context.•Social support from smart home devices can enhance companionship.•We extended the user-machine relationship from one-to-one to one-to-many and examined the differences.•The devices’ presence is more effective when the devices are close to the user and are used often.

论文关键词：Social connectedness,Smart home,Mediated interaction,Unmediated interaction,Social support,Companionship

论文评审过程：Received 25 January 2017, Revised 21 May 2017, Accepted 20 June 2017, Available online 20 June 2017, Version of Record 10 July 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.06.031