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Title: Introduction: Bots |
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Date: 2020-11-01 12:00 |
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Summary: What are bots? |
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## What are bots? |
## What are bots? |
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When we say bots, we refer to software agents which automatise certain actions and can run autonomously or semi-autonomously. 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." |
When we say bots, we refer to software agents which automatise certain actions and can run autonomously or semi-autonomously. |
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In this section, we will introduce Darius Kazemi, computer programmer and artist, and Andreas Hepp, professor of media and communications. |
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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." |
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[^hepp]: Artificial companions, social bots and work bots: communicative robots as research objects of media and communication studies, <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0163443720916412> |
In this section, we will introduce Darius Kazemi, a computer programmer and artist, and Andreas Hepp, a professor of media and communications. |
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[^hepp]: Hepp, Andreas. "Artificial companions, social bots and work bots: communicative robots as research objects of media and communication studies" |
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*Media, Culture & Society* Volume 42 (2020): 1410-1426. <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0163443720916412> |
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Title: Theoretical perspectives on Bots |
Title: Theoretical perspectives on Bots |
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Slug: 10-s3-communicative-bots |
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Date: 2020-11-01 12:10 |
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Andreas Hepp is a professor of media and communications, |
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Title: Bots and Infrastructures |
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Slug: 04-s3-bots-and-infrastructures |
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Date: 2020-11-01 12:02 |
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Summary: How do bots relate to infrastructures? |
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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 of |
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it acts as a type of prosthesis that motivates . Other bots that Kazemi has made include |
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How do bots relate to digital infrastructures? Let's take two examples of communication platforms that |
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[^staywoke]: StayWokeBot <https://twitter.com/StayWokeBot/> |
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Title: Some Examples of Bots |
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Title: Some Examples of Bots |
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Summary: What are some examples of bots? |
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In this section, we will give a few examples of bots that engage with |
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