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Embedding a chatbot in a news article: design and implementation

Authors:

Andreas Veglis,

Theodora A. ManiouAuthors Info & Claims

PCI '19: Proceedings of the 23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics

Pages 169 - 172

https://doi.org/10.1145/3368640.3368664

Published: 28 November 2019 Publication History

Abstract

Since the information communication conversion took place during the two last decades of the twentieth century, significant changes occurred in the media industry. The journalistic narrative has been enriched with multimedia and interactive features, but the basic media of communication - that is text, photos and videos - remain constant. The introduction of chatbots in the last 10 years has provided new possibilities for transforming the journalistic narrative by utilizing interactive dialogue that can take place even in the form of nature language. This paper discusses the usage and the actual implementation of chatbot in a news article. The outcome of the study includes a working protype of a news article that embeds a chatbot which provides an additional narrative.

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Embedding a chatbot in a news article: design and implementation
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Empirical studies in interaction design

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PCI '19: Proceedings of the 23rd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics

November 2019

165 pages

ISBN:9781450372923

DOI:10.1145/3368640

General Chairs:
Yannis Manolopoulos
Open University Cyprus, Cyprus
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George Angelos Papadopoulos
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
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Athena Stassopoulou
University of Nicosia, Cyprus
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Program Chairs:
Ioanna Dionysiou
University of Nicosia, Cyprus
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Ioannis Kyriakides
University of Nicosia, Cyprus
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Nicolas Tsapatsoulis
Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

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