社会临场感研究综述

The Review of Social Presence Research

社会临场感是指在利用媒体进行沟通过程中，一个人被视为“真实的人”的程度及与他人联系的感知程度。它能够促进虚拟环境中人与人的交互以及学习者的知识建构，是影响在线学习的重要因素，也是影响在线学习满意度的重要指标。文章首先介绍了社会临场感起源与发展过程，然后论述了社会临场感的内涵，包括定义的界定与辨析、内在属性及影响因素，之后对常用的测量社会临场感的方法进行分析，最后研究者介绍了关于社会临场感的研究热点并对未来的发展趋势进行了展望。

Social presence—the degree to which ‘the other’ in a communication appears to be a ‘real’ person, Facilitates learners' interaction and knowledge construction. It is not only the important factor of online learning, but also an important indicator of the online learning satisfaction. This article first introduces the origin and development process of social presence, then discusses the connotation of social presence, including the definitions and the contrast of definitions, inner attributes, the influence factors, then analysis the methods which are used to measure social presence. Finally the author introduces the research hot spot and future development trends of social presence.