TY - GEN
T1 - The Hollywood robot syndrome
T2 - 11th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2016
AU - Sundar, S. Shyam
AU - Waddell, T. Franklin
AU - Jung, Eun Hwa
PY - 2016/4/12
Y1 - 2016/4/12
N2 - Do portrayals of robots in popular films influence older adults' robot anxiety and adoption intentions? Informed by cultivation theory, disposition theory and the technology acceptance model, the current survey (N = 379) examined how past exposure to robots in the media affect older adults' (Mage = 66) anxiety towards robots and their subsequent perceptions of robot usefulness, ease of use, and adoption intentions. The results of a structural equation model (SEM) analysis indicate that the higher the number of media portrayals recalled, the lower the anxiety towards robots. Furthermore, recalling robots with a human-like appearance or robots that elicit greater feelings of sympathy was related to more positive attitudes towards robots. Theoretical and practical implications of these results for the design of socially assistive robots for older adults are discussed.
AB - Do portrayals of robots in popular films influence older adults' robot anxiety and adoption intentions? Informed by cultivation theory, disposition theory and the technology acceptance model, the current survey (N = 379) examined how past exposure to robots in the media affect older adults' (Mage = 66) anxiety towards robots and their subsequent perceptions of robot usefulness, ease of use, and adoption intentions. The results of a structural equation model (SEM) analysis indicate that the higher the number of media portrayals recalled, the lower the anxiety towards robots. Furthermore, recalling robots with a human-like appearance or robots that elicit greater feelings of sympathy was related to more positive attitudes towards robots. Theoretical and practical implications of these results for the design of socially assistive robots for older adults are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1109/HRI.2016.7451771
DO - 10.1109/HRI.2016.7451771
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84964841192
T3 - ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
SP - 343
EP - 350
BT - HRI 2016 - 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 7 March 2016 through 10 March 2016
ER -