@inproceedings{fd88ab6ce2ae41bebe2e87fdbe6099ac,
title = "{"}Hey Google, do unicorns exist?{"}: Conversational agents as a path to answers to children's questions",
abstract = "Children are known to be curious and persistent questionaskers. The pervasiveness of voice interfaces represents an opportunity for children who are not yet fluent readers to independently search the Internet by asking questions through conversational agents such as Amazon Alexa, Apple's Siri, and the Google Assistant. Through a twoweek, in-home deployment study involving 18 families (children aged 5-6 and their parents), we report on which questions children choose to ask the conversational agent, the answers the agent provided, challenges in use, and their perceptions of the technology. Based on our analysis, we identify several considerations for the design of voicebased conversational agents that aim to support young children's question-asking behavior and subsequent development.",
keywords = "Children, Conversational Agents, Digital Assistants, Question-Asking, Smart Speakers, Voice User Interfaces",
author = "Lovato, {Silvia B.} and Piper, {Anne Marie} and Wartella, {Ellen Ann}",
year = "2019",
month = jun,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1145/3311927.3323150",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "301--313",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019",
note = "18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2019 ; Conference date: 12-06-2019 Through 15-06-2019",
}