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Evaluating Stakeholder Bias In Stakeholder Analysis In Social Media, Ahmad A. Bajarwan
Evaluating Stakeholder Bias In Stakeholder Analysis In Social Media, Ahmad A. Bajarwan
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations
Stakeholder analysis is the first step in the planning of most infrastructure projects. Selecting and then applying the best method for a project’s stakeholder analysis is extremely important for correctly assessing stakeholder opinions. Social media platforms allow stakeholders to participate directly in analysis. However, as with most other analysis methods, social media introduces inherent biases.
Social media is a powerful tool for communication and networking, and it also provides a valuable source of information for analyzing user opinions about infrastructure projects. By using data collected from Twitter, analysts can create networks to represent connections among users, quantify their similarities, and …
The Social Presence Of Jibo, Parisa Farhadi
The Social Presence Of Jibo, Parisa Farhadi
Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations
This research is an attempt to investigate how a social robot is perceived by users at the first encounter. And to find out whether a social robot like Jibo is understood merely as a kind of a technological object or a social entity. Previous studies in Human-Robot Interaction have considered social presence as a mediator in users’ social responses toward robots; however, the focus of this study is the social presence itself and investigates whether Jibo produces a sense of presence during initial encounters. To this end, the current study examines individuals’ perceptions of and responses to Jibo. Participants (N=8) …