Format:
1 Online-Ressource (211 Seiten)
Edition:
1. Edition
ISBN:
9783839455609
Series Statement:
Science Studies
Content:
We know that robots are just machines. Why then do we often talk about them as if they were alive? Laura Voss explores this fascinating phenomenon, providing a rich insight into practices of animacy (and inanimacy) attribution to robot technology: from science-fiction to robotics R&D, from science communication to media discourse, and from the theoretical perspectives of STS to the cognitive sciences. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, and backed by a wealth of empirical material, Voss shows how scientists, engineers, journalists - and everyone else - can face the challenge of robot technology appearing »a little bit alive« with a reflexive and yet pragmatic stance
Note:
Dissertation Munich Center of Technology (MCTS) of the Technical University of Munich 2020
,
In English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-8376-5560-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
Computer Science
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Roboter
;
Anthropomorphismus
;
Beliebtheit
;
Diskurs
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.14361/9783839455609
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839455609
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