Browsing by Author "Wade, Vincent"

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    • Stitching together the conversation - considerations in the design of extended social talk 

      Vogel, Carl; Spillane, Brendan; Wade, Vincent; Campbell, Nick (2018)
      Spoken interaction mediates much human social and practical activity. Talk is not monolithic in form but rather weaves in and out of different genres. Practical tasks are peppered with lubricating social talk, while casual ...

    • Tabloidization versus Credibility: Short Term Gain for Long Term Pain 

      Spillane, Brendan; Wade, Vincent; Brady, Michael; Hoe, Isla; Wade, Vincent; Lawless, Séamus (ACM, 2020)
      Print news agencies have been under pressure from falling sales and advertising revenue and increased competition. As the Internet became the dominant medium, news agencies invested heavily in their websites and apps, ...

    • What makes a good conversation? Challenges in designing truly conversational agents 

      Clark, Leigh; Pantidi, Nadia; Cooney, Orla; Doyle, Philip; Garaialde, Diego; Edwards, Justin; Spillane, Brendan; Gilmartin, Emer; Murad, Christine; Munteanu, Cosmin; Wade, Vincent; Cowan, Benjamin R. (ACM, 2019-05)
      Conversational agents promise conversational interaction but fail to deliver. Efforts often emulate functional rules from human speech, without considering key characteristics that conversation must encapsulate. Given its ...