The character of Data and his humanity in Star Trek: The Next Generation
This study will aim to analyze the character Data, an android, in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. More specifically, this study will focus on Data’s humanity and sentience in the episode “The Measure of a Man”. Is Data sentient? Is he just a machine? Does he resemble humans bas...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Oulu
2018
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| Online Access: | http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201811103021 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:fi:oulu-201811103021 |
| Summary: | This study will aim to analyze the character Data, an android, in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. More specifically, this study will focus on Data’s humanity and sentience in the episode “The Measure of a Man”. Is Data sentient? Is he just a machine? Does he resemble humans based on his actions and interaction with the other characters? The methodology applied in this study is functional semiotic approach. I discovered that while Data is a machine and an artificial lifeform, he has many human-like characteristics and he learns them by observing humans and their actions, as well as manners and traditions. |
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