Towards a Model of Empathic Pedagogical Agent for Educating Children and Teenagers on Good Practices in the Use of Social Networks

Joaquín Taverner, Emilio Vivancos, Vicente Botti

2021

Abstract

Social networks have been a revolution for our society. The rapid expansion of these networks results in more and more children and teenagers using them regularly. However, despite the fact that most social networks have privacy control systems, most young people do not use these controls because teenagers are usually unaware of the privacy risks that exist in the Internet. This inadequate use of social media can lead to different social problems such as cyber-bullying, grooming, or sexting. The best way to prevent these risks is through education. In this paper we propose an empathic pedagogical agent model for education on good practices in the use of social networks. The agent interacts empathetically with users through the social network. The user’s emotion is recognized through a camera and is processed in real time to obtain the emotion. The agent analyzes the recognized emotion and the users’ actions and looks for the best strategy to advice and educate the teenager in the correct use of the social network.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Taverner J., Vivancos E. and Botti V. (2021). Towards a Model of Empathic Pedagogical Agent for Educating Children and Teenagers on Good Practices in the Use of Social Networks.In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-484-8, pages 439-445. DOI: 10.5220/0010345504390445

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart21,
author={Joaquín Taverner and Emilio Vivancos and Vicente Botti},
title={Towards a Model of Empathic Pedagogical Agent for Educating Children and Teenagers on Good Practices in the Use of Social Networks},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2021},
pages={439-445},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010345504390445},
isbn={978-989-758-484-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - Towards a Model of Empathic Pedagogical Agent for Educating Children and Teenagers on Good Practices in the Use of Social Networks
SN - 978-989-758-484-8
AU - Taverner J.
AU - Vivancos E.
AU - Botti V.
PY - 2021
SP - 439
EP - 445
DO - 10.5220/0010345504390445