Guide to the Networked Minds Social Presence Inventory v. 1.2

This document introduces the Networked\ud Minds Social Presence Inventory. The\ud inventory is a self-report measure of social\ud presence, which is commonly defined as the\ud sense of being together with another in a\ud mediated environment. The guidelines\ud provide background on the use of the social\ud presence scales in studies of users’ social\ud communication and interaction with other\ud humans or with artificially intelligent agents\ud in virtual environments

Networked Minds Social Presence Inventory:\ud |(Scales only, Version 1.2)\ud Measures of co-presence, social presence,\ud subjective symmetry, and intersubjective symmetry

This document includes all the items that comprise the Networked Minds Social Presence Inventory. For more information on the scale, please consult the Guide to the Networked Minds Inventory on this repository

Internal Consistency and Reliability of the Networked Minds\ud Measure of Social Presence

This study sought to develop and test a measure\ud of social presence. Based on review of current\ud definitions and measures, a synthesis of the\ud theoretical construct that meets the criteria and\ud dimensions [1] is proposed for a broad successful\ud measure of social presence. An experiment was\ud conducted to test the internal consistency and\ud criterion validity of the measures as determined by\ud theory, specifically the ability of the measure to\ud distinguish levels of social presence that almost all\ud theories suggest exist between (1) face-to-face\ud interaction and mediated interaction, and (2)\ud different levels of mediated interaction

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