My Chatbot Companion - a Study of Human-Chatbot Relationships

2021/05/01 by Marita Skjuve, Asbjørn Følstad, Knut Inge Fostervold +1 · 18 citations

paper · doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2021.102601

crossref created 2021/01/23 · crossref issued 2021/05/01 · crossref published 2021/05/01 · crossref published-print 2021/05/01 · crossref deposited 2025/10/21 · crossref indexed 2026/07/30

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