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Character Credibility

Character Credibility is a narrative construct that denotes the plausibility and consistency of a character’s traits, motivations, and actions within a given storyworld, distinguishing it from related constructs such as character development or character likability by focusing specifically on the audience’s perception of the character’s authenticity and behavioral coherence.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Manipulation of non-verbal interaction style and demographic embodiment to increase anthropomorphic computer character credibility

Andrew Cowell, Kay M. Stanney · International Journal of Human-Computer Studies · 2005 · 120 citations · Full text

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Readers' reliance on source credibility in the service of comprehension.

Jesse R. Sparks, David N. Rapp · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition · 2011 · 102 citations

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The Persuasive Influence of a Fictional Character's Trustworthiness

Markus Appel, Martina Mara · Journal of Communication · 2013 · 66 citations

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Ethotic arguments and fallacies: The credibility function in multi-agent dialogue systems

Douglas Walton · Pragmatics & Cognition · 1999 · 44 citations

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Building Character for Artificial Conversational Agents: Ethos, Ethics, Believability, and Credibility

Sheryl Brahnam · BearWorks (Missouri State University) · 2009 · 34 citations

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Authors

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  1. SW
    Siân White

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  2. CP
    Catherine Pélachaud

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  3. AC
    Andrew Cowell

    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States

    1 publications · 120 citations

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  4. EW
    Evan Westra

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  5. DN
    David N. Rapp

    Northwestern University, United States

    1 publications · 102 citations

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Institutions

7

  1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

    Richland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    120 citations

  2. University of Winnipeg

    Winnipeg, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    44 citations

  3. Johannes Kepler University of Linz

    Linz, Austria

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    132 citations

  4. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    204 citations

  5. University of Central Florida

    Orlando, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    120 citations

  6. Télécom Paris

    Palaiseau, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    1 publications

    20 citations

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  1. Mind & Language

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  2. American Art

    AmArt · 1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. Journal of Communication

    1 publications · 66 citations

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  4. Pragmatics & Cognition

    1 publications · 44 citations

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