The ‘fluidity’ of beings portrayed through human-robot interaction: an analysis of human-to-Roomba robot relations

Based on my analysis, I found that there are a variety of ways in which individuals interact with and emotionally engage with their Roomba iRobots, via participation in a brand community or through forms of anthropomorphism such as treating it as a pet or human. I explain that there is a spectrum re...

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Main Author: Gorea, Michelle
Other Authors: Bookman, Sonia (Sociology)
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/24046