@article{ref1,
title="When sex, drugs, and violence enter the classroom: Conversations between adolescents and a female pedagogical agent",
journal="Interacting with computers",
year="2008",
author="Veletsianos, George and Scharber, Cassandra and Doering, Aaron",
volume="20",
number="3",
pages="292-301",
abstract="In this article, we investigate the discourse between a female conversational pedagogical agent and 59 adolescents in the context of a social studies lesson. We note that previous pedagogical agent research has focused on the positive effects of agents, while failing to take into account the intricacies of learner-agent discourse, and subsequently missing the abuse suffered by pedagogical agents at users' fingertips. Our analysis indicates that learners readily misuse and abuse pedagogical agents while placing them in a subordinate and inferior role. We conclude by making recommendations on agent design and future research.  2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p />",
language="",
issn="0953-5438",
doi="10.1016/j.intcom.2008.02.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2008.02.007"
}