This contribution defines the psychological processing of the artistic, cultural, and communication aspects of agents in information interfaces and characters in media entertainment (i.e. video games) as a new research topic in communication studies and computer science. It offers a theory of what personifications such as (intelligent) adaptive navigation assistants for Web environments can ach...

In the near future, human-like social robots will become indispensable for providing support in various social tasks, in particular for healthcare (e.g., assistance, coaching). The perception of realism, in particular human-like features, can help facilitate mediated social interaction. The current study investigated the effects of form realism on engagement with anduse intentions of social rob...