Title
Touched by the Storyteller: The Influence of Remote Touch in the Context of Storytelling
Abstract
In this study we investigate the role of remote touch as an additional communication channel in the context of storytelling. We focus on studying the effect of remote touch and the timing of touch on perceived social presence and story recall. In our experiment people listened to an emotional story. Listeners were either remotely touched by the storyteller at emotional story moments, remotely touched at random moments during the story, or not touched at all. Our results indicate that remote touch does not enhance the perceived social presence of the storyteller. However, even when the link between remote touch and the story is not explicitly clear, touch at emotional story moments can contribute to the perception of the story. Furthermore, while touches at emotional story moments can distract from the story content, touch in general can implicitly enhance the attention paid to the story content.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/ACII.2013.147
ACII
Keywords
Field
DocType
story recall,social presence,emotional story moment,random moment,emotional story,additional communication channel,remote touch,experiment people,story content,psychology
Social psychology,Storytelling,Communication,Psychology,Remote touch,Perception,Recall
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2156-8103
3
0.40
References 
Authors
9
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Merel M. Jung1705.70
Robert W. M. Boensma230.40
Gijs Huisman3678.28
Betsy van Dijk431030.10