TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - When sex, drugs, and violence enter the classroom: Conversations between adolescents and a female pedagogical agent
JO  - Interacting with computers
A1  - Veletsianos, George
A1  - Scharber, Cassandra
A1  - Doering, Aaron
SP  - 292
EP  - 301
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0953-5438
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2008.02.007
ID  - ref1
ER  -