03253oam 2200601 c 450 99650996530331620220221094418.03-8394-5560-X10.14361/9783839455609(CKB)4100000011789180(DE-B1597)573101(OCoLC)1241444816(DE-B1597)9783839455609(MiAaPQ)EBC6508140(Au-PeEL)EBL6508140(transcript Verlag)9783839455609(EXLCZ)99410000001178918020220221d2021 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMore Than Machines?The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot TechnologyLaura Voss1st ed.Bielefeldtranscript Verlag20211 online resource (216 p.)Science Studies3-8376-5560-1 Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgements --Preface --1. Robots Wanted – Dead And/Or Alive --2. Disciplinary Context and Terminology --3. Making Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Robotics Research and Development --4. Showing Off Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Robotics Demonstrations, Science Communication, and Marketing --5. Reporting on Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Media Discourse --6. Conclusions … and Openings --References --List of Figures --List of Abbreviations --AppendixWe 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.Science StudiesRobot; Artificial Intelligence; Animacy; Anthropomorphism; Agency; Technology; Society; Science; Sociology of Technology; Sociology of Culture; Sociology of Work and Industry; Sociology;Agency.Animacy.Anthropomorphism.Artificial Intelligence.Science.Society.Sociology of Culture.Sociology of Technology.Sociology of Work and Industry.Sociology.Technology.Robot; Artificial Intelligence; Animacy; Anthropomorphism; Agency; Technology; Society; Science; Sociology of Technology; Sociology of Culture; Sociology of Work and Industry; Sociology;303.4834Voss LauraTechnische Universität München, Deutschlandaut1276728DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996509965303316More Than Machines3008777UNISA