3 papers
cs.HC2026
ConSearcher: Supporting Conversational Information Seeking in Online Communities with Member Personas
Shiwei Wu, Xinyue Chen, Yuheng Liu +5
Many people browse online communities to learn from others' experiences and opinions, e.g., for constructing travel plans. Conversational search powered by large language models (L…
cs.HC2025
VChatter: Exploring Generative Conversational Agents for Simulating Exposure Therapy to Reduce Social Anxiety
Han Zhang, KaWing Tsang, Zhenhui Peng
Many people struggle with social anxiety, feeling fear, or even physically uncomfortable in social situations like talking to strangers. Exposure therapy, a clinical method that gr…
cs.HC2024
ComViewer: An Interactive Visual Tool to Help Viewers Seek Social Support in Online Mental Health Communities
Shiwei Wu, Mingxiang Wang, Chuhan Shi +1
Online mental health communities (OMHCs) offer rich posts and comments for viewers, who do not directly participate in the communications, to seek social support from others' exper…