Voice Assistants in Private Homes : Media, Data and Language in Interaction and Discourse
| Voice Assistants in Private Homes : Media, Data and Language in Interaction and Discourse |
| Autore | Habscheid Stephan |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HectorTim
HoffmannDagmar WaldeckerDavid ArndtMaria |
| Collana | Media in Action |
| Soggetto topico | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Data Practices
Digital Media Digitalization Domestication Human-Computer-Interaction Interfaces Language Linguistics Media Aesthetics Media Studies Media Privacy Sociology of Media Surveillance |
| ISBN |
9783839472002
3839472008 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Voice Assistants in Private Homes. Introduction to the Volume -- 1. The Emergence of Voice Assistants -- 2. Controversial Discourses, Household Publics, and Everyday Practices -- 3. Media Appropriation as a Linguistically Mediated Practice -- 4. Smart Speaker Use and the Social Consequences for Everyday Reality -- 5. On the Contributions in this Volume -- Acknowledgements -- References -- I Voice Assistants in Private Homes. Conceptual Considerations -- The DataEconomy@Home -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Private Spheres: Genealogical Remarks on the Private Home -- 3. Information Control: Privacy in the 20th Century -- 4. Digital Self‐Constitution and Machine Learning@Home -- 5. Conclusion: How Surveillance Capitalism Taps into Just Another Realm of Experience -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Voice Assistants, Capitalism, and the Surveillance of Social Reproduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Capitalist Accumulation and Social Reproduction -- 3. Surveillance of Production, Circulation, and Social Reproduction -- 4. Personal Digital Assistants in Capitalist Accumulation and Social Reproduction -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Machines as Partners -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Machines as Partners: Computers as Social Actors -- 3. Talking with Machines - the "CAT Technology Equivalence Model" -- 4. Communication with Machines in Contexts of Dependency -- 4.1. The Study: VAs in Households with Individuals with Special Needs -- 4.2. Types and Frequency of Interactions -- 4.3. Verbal Communication -- 4.4. Accommodation to 'Technical Alexa' or 'Anthropomorphic Alexa' -- 5. Conclusion and Outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Human‐Machine Interaction as a Complex Socio‑Linguistic Practice -- 1. Introduction: The AAS‐Model of HMI as a Complex Socio‑Linguistic Practice.
2. The CASAMASA Approach as One of the Earliest Reference Points for Interpreting Linguistic User Behavior -- 2.1 The Academic Discourse on "Simplified Registers" as a Counterpoint to CASAMASA? -- 2.2 Historical foundations of the academic discourse on "Computer‑Talk" (Zoeppritz 1985) -- Example 1: Krause and Hitzenberger (1992, 159-60) -- 2.2.1 User types according to Fischer (2006) -- 2.2.2 The heterogeneity of HMI (Lotze 2016) -- Levels of asymmetry (Lotze 2016, 346): -- Levels of asymmetry of HMI and their effects -- 3. How Do Users Linguistically Interact With AI in Our Empirical Studies? Alignment, Acceptance and Simplification (AAS) -- 3.1 "Alignment" as a Preconscious Phenomenon -- Example 2: Lotze (2019, 314) -- Example 3: Greilich (in preparation) -- 3.2 "Acceptance" as a Transitional Phenomenon -- Example 4: Max corpus 501-526 -- 3.3 Simplification as an Affordance‐Bound and Affordance‐Unbound User Style -- Example 5: Imperative as affordance‐bound simplification (Amazon Alexa, Greilich, in preparation) -- Example 6: Isolated keywords as affordance‐unbound simplification (Amazon Alexa, Greilich, in preparation) -- Example 7: Collaborative travel planning (1-3) and essay task with ChatGPT (Lotze and Aydin, in preparation) -- 4. A Model for HMI as a Complex Socio‐Linguistic Practice -- Dimension 1: Technological affordances and anthropomorphic design -- Dimension 2: Cognitive awareness levels of the user -- Dimension 3: User language as a continuum of AAS (Alignment, Acceptance, Simplification) -- External influencing factors: -- References -- II Linguistic Exchange with Voice Assistants as a Practical Problem -- "Oh, Now I have to Speak" -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Older adults in social interaction (and interacting with technology) -- 2.2 IPAs in social interaction -- 3. Data and Method -- 4. Analysis. 4.1 Instructing the Use and Exploring IPAs for the First Time -- Excerpt 1 (190925VHSB001521okgoogle) -- Excerpt 2A (190925VHSB001633okgoogle) -- Excerpt 2B (190925VHSB001633okgoogle, continuation of Excerpt 2A) -- 4.2 Discovering IPAs and assessing their value for non‐expert users -- Excerpt 3A (190919NOS010910) -- Excerpt 3B (190919NOS010910, continuation of Excerpt 3A) -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Stylizing the Ideal User -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Style, Styling, and Stylization -- 3. Voice Assistants and their Addressees -- 4. Stylizing the Ideal User -- 4.1. Methodological approach -- 4.2. Accent stylization of non‐Western names -- Excerpt 1 - Accent stylization of the name "Ibrahim" -- Excerpt 2 - Remembering how to pronounce names like Siri -- 4.3. Accent stylization of wake words "Echo", "Alexa", and "Hey Siri" -- Excerpt 3: Accent stylization of "Echo" -- Excerpt 4: Accent stylization of "Hey Siri" -- 5. Conclusions -- Transcription Conventions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Linguistic Practices as a Means of Domesticating Voice‐Controlled Assistance Technologies -- 1. Introduction: Smart Technologies between Public Discourse and Private Practice -- 2. Characteristics of Smart Speakers: How to Investigate them from an Empirical Linguistic Perspective -- 3. Theoretical Foundations: Linguistics of Practices, Interaction, and Media -- 4. Analysis -- 4.1 Linguistic Organization I: The 'VUI Dialogue' -- Example 1: How will the weather be today? -- 4.2 Linguistic Organization II: VUIs as Participants in Multi‑Party Interactions -- Example 2: "Super Alexa Mode" -- 4.3 The Linguistic Accomplishment of Social Usage Practices -- 4.3.1 Early stage -- Example 3: "You asked for mom" -- 4.3.2 Later stage -- Example 4: "When is the next bus?" -- 5. From Smart Speakers to Smart Homes: An Outlook -- Acknowledgements. References -- III Privacy and Data Protection as Practical Problems -- Glitch Studies and Smart Speakers -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature Review -- Privacy and Smart Speakers -- Glitch Studies -- 3. Methods -- 4. Results -- 5. Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- The Role of Imagined Sociotechnical Affordances in Shaping Experiences of Privacy in Smart Speakers -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Framework -- 2.1 Privacy and smart speakers -- 2.2 Smart speakers and the privacy calculus theory -- 2.3 Smart speaker affordances -- 3. Methods -- 3.1 Student focus groups -- 3.2 Family interviews -- 3.3 Methodological limitations -- 3.4 Connection to prior research -- 4. Results -- 4.1 Controllability affordance -- 4.2 Assistance affordance -- 4.3 Conversation affordance -- 4.4 Linkability affordance -- 4.5 Recordability affordance -- 4.6 Locatability affordance -- 5. Discussion: Adoption Considerations -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Mostly Harmless? Everyday Smart Speaker Use and Pragmatic Fatalism -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Privacy Paradox to Privacy Cynicism -- 3. Research Design -- 4. Four Shades of Fatalism -- 4.1 Resignation -- 4.2 Cynicism -- 4.3 Trust -- 4.4 Pragmatic fatalism -- 5. Discussion -- 5.1 Fatalism -- 5.2 Domestication -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- How to Make GDPR a Threat Again -- References -- IV Technical Infrastructures as a Practical Problem -- Demystification of Technology -- 1. Introduction and Background -- 2. State of the Art -- 2.1. Privacy Concerns About the Use of VAs -- 2.2. Usable Privacy for Greater Data Literacy -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Findings and Implementation -- 4.1. Data Export Wizard -- 4.2. Data Visualization Dashboard -- 5. Discussion -- 5.1. Data Work Promotes Data Awareness and Literacy -- 5.2. Towards Better Support in Requesting Data (According to Article 15 of the GDPR). 5.3. Towards Demystification: Visualization and Sense‐making of Data -- 5.4. Raising Awareness of the Technological Infrastructure in Which the VA is Embedded -- 5.5. Limitations and Reflections -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Innovating Alexa amid the Rise of Large Language Models -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Research Object and State of Research -- 2.1 Studying the Alexa Prize Competitions -- 2.2 Large Language Models as a problem for Alexa -- 3. Theorizing the Vortex between Platforms and their Complementors -- 3.1 Alexa as a Platform in the Alexa Prize -- 3.2 Platform practices as infrastructuration -- 4. Study Design and Material -- 5. Analysis: Perspectives on Building AI for Alexa -- 5.1 Navigating the implementation of LLMs into Alexa -- 5.2 Implementing LLMs into Alexa: Deciding who talks to the user -- 5.2.1 Building a pipeline: Classifying criteria that govern when to swap between models -- 5.2.2 Transitioning between algorithmic approaches through testing -- 5.3 Catching Up with Innovation: The APCs as a Testing Ground for Alexa‐LLMs -- 6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- List of Authors. |
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| Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025 | ||
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Voice Assistants in Private Homes : Media, Data and Language in Interaction and Discourse
| Voice Assistants in Private Homes : Media, Data and Language in Interaction and Discourse |
| Autore | Habscheid Stephan |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HectorTim
HoffmannDagmar WaldeckerDavid ArndtMaria |
| Collana | Media in Action |
| Soggetto topico | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Data Practices
Digital Media Digitalization Domestication Human-Computer-Interaction Interfaces Language Linguistics Media Aesthetics Media Studies Media Privacy Sociology of Media Surveillance |
| ISBN |
9783839472002
3839472008 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Voice Assistants in Private Homes. Introduction to the Volume -- 1. The Emergence of Voice Assistants -- 2. Controversial Discourses, Household Publics, and Everyday Practices -- 3. Media Appropriation as a Linguistically Mediated Practice -- 4. Smart Speaker Use and the Social Consequences for Everyday Reality -- 5. On the Contributions in this Volume -- Acknowledgements -- References -- I Voice Assistants in Private Homes. Conceptual Considerations -- The DataEconomy@Home -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Private Spheres: Genealogical Remarks on the Private Home -- 3. Information Control: Privacy in the 20th Century -- 4. Digital Self‐Constitution and Machine Learning@Home -- 5. Conclusion: How Surveillance Capitalism Taps into Just Another Realm of Experience -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Voice Assistants, Capitalism, and the Surveillance of Social Reproduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Capitalist Accumulation and Social Reproduction -- 3. Surveillance of Production, Circulation, and Social Reproduction -- 4. Personal Digital Assistants in Capitalist Accumulation and Social Reproduction -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Machines as Partners -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Machines as Partners: Computers as Social Actors -- 3. Talking with Machines - the "CAT Technology Equivalence Model" -- 4. Communication with Machines in Contexts of Dependency -- 4.1. The Study: VAs in Households with Individuals with Special Needs -- 4.2. Types and Frequency of Interactions -- 4.3. Verbal Communication -- 4.4. Accommodation to 'Technical Alexa' or 'Anthropomorphic Alexa' -- 5. Conclusion and Outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Human‐Machine Interaction as a Complex Socio‑Linguistic Practice -- 1. Introduction: The AAS‐Model of HMI as a Complex Socio‑Linguistic Practice.
2. The CASAMASA Approach as One of the Earliest Reference Points for Interpreting Linguistic User Behavior -- 2.1 The Academic Discourse on "Simplified Registers" as a Counterpoint to CASAMASA? -- 2.2 Historical foundations of the academic discourse on "Computer‑Talk" (Zoeppritz 1985) -- Example 1: Krause and Hitzenberger (1992, 159-60) -- 2.2.1 User types according to Fischer (2006) -- 2.2.2 The heterogeneity of HMI (Lotze 2016) -- Levels of asymmetry (Lotze 2016, 346): -- Levels of asymmetry of HMI and their effects -- 3. How Do Users Linguistically Interact With AI in Our Empirical Studies? Alignment, Acceptance and Simplification (AAS) -- 3.1 "Alignment" as a Preconscious Phenomenon -- Example 2: Lotze (2019, 314) -- Example 3: Greilich (in preparation) -- 3.2 "Acceptance" as a Transitional Phenomenon -- Example 4: Max corpus 501-526 -- 3.3 Simplification as an Affordance‐Bound and Affordance‐Unbound User Style -- Example 5: Imperative as affordance‐bound simplification (Amazon Alexa, Greilich, in preparation) -- Example 6: Isolated keywords as affordance‐unbound simplification (Amazon Alexa, Greilich, in preparation) -- Example 7: Collaborative travel planning (1-3) and essay task with ChatGPT (Lotze and Aydin, in preparation) -- 4. A Model for HMI as a Complex Socio‐Linguistic Practice -- Dimension 1: Technological affordances and anthropomorphic design -- Dimension 2: Cognitive awareness levels of the user -- Dimension 3: User language as a continuum of AAS (Alignment, Acceptance, Simplification) -- External influencing factors: -- References -- II Linguistic Exchange with Voice Assistants as a Practical Problem -- "Oh, Now I have to Speak" -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Older adults in social interaction (and interacting with technology) -- 2.2 IPAs in social interaction -- 3. Data and Method -- 4. Analysis. 4.1 Instructing the Use and Exploring IPAs for the First Time -- Excerpt 1 (190925VHSB001521okgoogle) -- Excerpt 2A (190925VHSB001633okgoogle) -- Excerpt 2B (190925VHSB001633okgoogle, continuation of Excerpt 2A) -- 4.2 Discovering IPAs and assessing their value for non‐expert users -- Excerpt 3A (190919NOS010910) -- Excerpt 3B (190919NOS010910, continuation of Excerpt 3A) -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Stylizing the Ideal User -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Style, Styling, and Stylization -- 3. Voice Assistants and their Addressees -- 4. Stylizing the Ideal User -- 4.1. Methodological approach -- 4.2. Accent stylization of non‐Western names -- Excerpt 1 - Accent stylization of the name "Ibrahim" -- Excerpt 2 - Remembering how to pronounce names like Siri -- 4.3. Accent stylization of wake words "Echo", "Alexa", and "Hey Siri" -- Excerpt 3: Accent stylization of "Echo" -- Excerpt 4: Accent stylization of "Hey Siri" -- 5. Conclusions -- Transcription Conventions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Linguistic Practices as a Means of Domesticating Voice‐Controlled Assistance Technologies -- 1. Introduction: Smart Technologies between Public Discourse and Private Practice -- 2. Characteristics of Smart Speakers: How to Investigate them from an Empirical Linguistic Perspective -- 3. Theoretical Foundations: Linguistics of Practices, Interaction, and Media -- 4. Analysis -- 4.1 Linguistic Organization I: The 'VUI Dialogue' -- Example 1: How will the weather be today? -- 4.2 Linguistic Organization II: VUIs as Participants in Multi‑Party Interactions -- Example 2: "Super Alexa Mode" -- 4.3 The Linguistic Accomplishment of Social Usage Practices -- 4.3.1 Early stage -- Example 3: "You asked for mom" -- 4.3.2 Later stage -- Example 4: "When is the next bus?" -- 5. From Smart Speakers to Smart Homes: An Outlook -- Acknowledgements. References -- III Privacy and Data Protection as Practical Problems -- Glitch Studies and Smart Speakers -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature Review -- Privacy and Smart Speakers -- Glitch Studies -- 3. Methods -- 4. Results -- 5. Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- The Role of Imagined Sociotechnical Affordances in Shaping Experiences of Privacy in Smart Speakers -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Framework -- 2.1 Privacy and smart speakers -- 2.2 Smart speakers and the privacy calculus theory -- 2.3 Smart speaker affordances -- 3. Methods -- 3.1 Student focus groups -- 3.2 Family interviews -- 3.3 Methodological limitations -- 3.4 Connection to prior research -- 4. Results -- 4.1 Controllability affordance -- 4.2 Assistance affordance -- 4.3 Conversation affordance -- 4.4 Linkability affordance -- 4.5 Recordability affordance -- 4.6 Locatability affordance -- 5. Discussion: Adoption Considerations -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Mostly Harmless? Everyday Smart Speaker Use and Pragmatic Fatalism -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Privacy Paradox to Privacy Cynicism -- 3. Research Design -- 4. Four Shades of Fatalism -- 4.1 Resignation -- 4.2 Cynicism -- 4.3 Trust -- 4.4 Pragmatic fatalism -- 5. Discussion -- 5.1 Fatalism -- 5.2 Domestication -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- How to Make GDPR a Threat Again -- References -- IV Technical Infrastructures as a Practical Problem -- Demystification of Technology -- 1. Introduction and Background -- 2. State of the Art -- 2.1. Privacy Concerns About the Use of VAs -- 2.2. Usable Privacy for Greater Data Literacy -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Findings and Implementation -- 4.1. Data Export Wizard -- 4.2. Data Visualization Dashboard -- 5. Discussion -- 5.1. Data Work Promotes Data Awareness and Literacy -- 5.2. Towards Better Support in Requesting Data (According to Article 15 of the GDPR). 5.3. Towards Demystification: Visualization and Sense‐making of Data -- 5.4. Raising Awareness of the Technological Infrastructure in Which the VA is Embedded -- 5.5. Limitations and Reflections -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Innovating Alexa amid the Rise of Large Language Models -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Research Object and State of Research -- 2.1 Studying the Alexa Prize Competitions -- 2.2 Large Language Models as a problem for Alexa -- 3. Theorizing the Vortex between Platforms and their Complementors -- 3.1 Alexa as a Platform in the Alexa Prize -- 3.2 Platform practices as infrastructuration -- 4. Study Design and Material -- 5. Analysis: Perspectives on Building AI for Alexa -- 5.1 Navigating the implementation of LLMs into Alexa -- 5.2 Implementing LLMs into Alexa: Deciding who talks to the user -- 5.2.1 Building a pipeline: Classifying criteria that govern when to swap between models -- 5.2.2 Transitioning between algorithmic approaches through testing -- 5.3 Catching Up with Innovation: The APCs as a Testing Ground for Alexa‐LLMs -- 6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- List of Authors. |
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| Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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