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Talking with machines: Can conversational technologies serve as children’s social partners?
dc.contributor.authorXu, Ying
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-01T18:56:42Z
dc.date.available2024-04-01 13:56:41en
dc.date.available2023-02-01T18:56:42Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.identifier.citationXu, Ying (2023). "Talking with machines: Can conversational technologies serve as children’s social partners?." Child Development Perspectives (1): 53-58.
dc.identifier.issn1750-8592
dc.identifier.issn1750-8606
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/175730
dc.description.abstractBack-and-forth conversations with others are vital for children’s development in the early years. While children’s conversation partners have traditionally been their parents, teachers, and peers, recent advances in artificial intelligence have led to the introduction of machines that understand human speech and generate natural responses, and thus can engage children in conversations. As these technologies become increasingly ubiquitous in children’s lives, questions arise as to how they might affect children’s development: How do children interact with, perceive, and learn from conversational technologies? Can these technologies serve as children’s social partners? In this article, I detail what we know about these topics and discuss the possible implications of conversational technologies for children’s shifting media landscape. I also suggest research agendas that can unpack the complex interplay among children, their social contexts, and conversational technology.
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherartificial intelligence
dc.subject.otherchildren’s media
dc.subject.otherconversation
dc.subject.othersocial interaction
dc.titleTalking with machines: Can conversational technologies serve as children’s social partners?
dc.typeArticle
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychology
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciences
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175730/1/cdep12475_am.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175730/2/cdep12475.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cdep.12475
dc.identifier.sourceChild Development Perspectives
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