期刊
INTERNET SCIENCE
卷 10673, 期 -, 页码 377-392出版社
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70284-1_30
关键词
Chatbots; Motivations; Uses and gratifications
资金
- research project Human-Chatbot Interaction Design
- Research Council of Norway, IKTPLUSS [270940]
There is a growing interest in chatbots, which are machine agents serving as natural language user interfaces for data and service providers. However, no studies have empirically investigated people's motivations for using chatbots. In this study, an online questionnaire asked chatbot users (N = 146, aged 16-55 years) from the US to report their reasons for using chatbots. The study identifies key motivational factors driving chatbot use. The most frequently reported motivational factor is productivity; chatbots help users to obtain timely and efficient assistance or information. Chatbot users also reported motivations pertaining to entertainment, social and relational factors, and curiosity about what they view as a novel phenomenon. The findings are discussed in terms of the uses and gratifications theory, and they provide insight into why people choose to interact with automated agents online. The findings can help developers facilitate better human-chatbot interaction experiences in the future. Possible design guidelines are suggested, reflecting different chatbot user motivations.
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