diff --git a/content/Section 3 - Bots/1-introduction.md b/content/Section 3 - Bots/1-introduction.md index 8737b7b..e3f7227 100644 --- a/content/Section 3 - Bots/1-introduction.md +++ b/content/Section 3 - Bots/1-introduction.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Summary: What are bots? When we say bots, we refer to software agents which automatise certain actions and can run autonomously or semi-autonomously. -There are several classifications for bot , from ... +There are several classifications for bots, from ... The particular bots we are interested in for this online module are those that act as an interface between the digital platform and human users, or what Hepp calls communicative robots[^hepp], robots that "are defined as autonomously operating systems designed for the purpose of quasi-communication with human beings to enable further algorithmic-based functionalities – often but not always on the basis of artificial intelligence." diff --git a/content/Section 3 - Bots/10-theoretical-perspectives-on-bots.md b/content/Section 3 - Bots/10-theoretical-perspectives-on-bots.md index 8d03d53..24022dd 100644 --- a/content/Section 3 - Bots/10-theoretical-perspectives-on-bots.md +++ b/content/Section 3 - Bots/10-theoretical-perspectives-on-bots.md @@ -4,3 +4,11 @@ Date: 2020-11-01 12:10 Andreas Hepp is a professor of media and communications, + +We will introduce the work of Andreas Hepp through the following questions: + +* What are communicative bots and why are they important to study now? +* What main types of communicative bots are there? +* How do bots relate to material infrastructures like platforms? +* How does communication change in the presence of bots? +* What role do they play in the construction of the social world and what does this say about their relation to power relations in society? diff --git a/content/Section 3 - Bots/2-bots-and-infrastructures.md b/content/Section 3 - Bots/4-bots-and-infrastructures.md similarity index 67% rename from content/Section 3 - Bots/2-bots-and-infrastructures.md rename to content/Section 3 - Bots/4-bots-and-infrastructures.md index dbdd9cb..86fa2ff 100644 --- a/content/Section 3 - Bots/2-bots-and-infrastructures.md +++ b/content/Section 3 - Bots/4-bots-and-infrastructures.md @@ -3,13 +3,21 @@ Slug: 04-s3-bots-and-infrastructures Date: 2020-11-01 12:02 Summary: How do bots relate to infrastructures? -Darius Kazemi is a computer programmer and artist, whose work engages with video games, bot making and . In 2016, Kazemi made staywokebot[^staywoke] in conversation with Black Lives Matter activists DeRay Mckesson and Samuel Sinyangwe. The bot sends out messages to its Twitter followers to uplift activists' morale and provide joyful interactions. Kazemi has also worked on private bots for activists that take over the work that is +Darius Kazemi is a computer programmer and artist, whose work engages with video games, bot making and . In 2016, Kazemi made staywokebot[^staywoke] in conversation with Black Lives Matter activists DeRay Mckesson and Samuel Sinyangwe. The bot sends out messages to its Twitter followers to uplift activists' morale and provide joyful interactions. Kazemi has also worked on private bots for activists that take over the work that is it acts as a type of prosthesis that motivates . Other bots that Kazemi has made include How do bots relate to digital infrastructures? Let's take two examples of communication platforms that +We will introduce the work of Darius Kazemi through the following questions: + +* Can you talk about your process of making bots? +* What types of bots are there? +* How do bots relate to digital infrastructures? +* How do bots operate differently in centralised or decentralised networks? +* Can you give some examples of bots that you made? + # Footnotes diff --git a/content/Section 3 - Bots/4-examples.md b/content/Section 4 - Bot Logic/4-examples.md similarity index 58% rename from content/Section 3 - Bots/4-examples.md rename to content/Section 4 - Bot Logic/4-examples.md index bfd07f9..169f452 100644 --- a/content/Section 3 - Bots/4-examples.md +++ b/content/Section 4 - Bot Logic/4-examples.md @@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ Slug: 02-s3-examples Date: 2020-11-01 12:04 Summary: What are some examples of bots? -In this section, we will give a few examples of bots that engage with +In this section, we will give a few examples of bots. + +Parliament edits +OCR bots