{"product_id":"socialbots-and-their-friends-digital-media-and-the-automation-of-sociality-paperback","title":"Socialbots and Their Friends: Digital Media and the Automation of Sociality - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert W. Gehl\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMaria Bakardjieva\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany users of the Internet are aware of bots: automated programs that work behind the scenes to come up with search suggestions, check the weather, filter emails, or clean up Wikipedia entries. More recently, a new software robot has been making its presence felt in social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter - the socialbot. However, unlike other bots, socialbots are built to appear human. While a weatherbot will tell you if it's sunny and a spambot will incessantly peddle Viagra, socialbots will ask you questions, have conversations, like your posts, retweet you, and become your friend. All the while, if they're well-programmed, you won't know that you're tweeting and friending with a robot. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho benefits from the use of software robots? Who loses? Does a bot deserve rights? Who pulls the strings of these bots? Who has the right to know what about them? What does it mean to be intelligent? What does it mean to be a friend? \u003ci\u003eSocialbots and Their Friends: Digital Media and the Automation of Sociality\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the first academic collections to critically consider the socialbot and tackle these pressing questions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert W. Gehl\u003c\/strong\u003e is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, and the author of \u003ci\u003eReverse Engineering Social Media\u003c\/i\u003e (2014, Temple University Press). His research draws on science and technology studies, software studies, and critical\/cultural studies and focuses on the intersections between technology, subjectivity, and practice. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaria Bakardjieva\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of communication at the University of Calgary, Canada, and the author of \u003ci\u003eInternet Society: The Internet in Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2005, Sage). Her research has examined Internet use practices across different social and cultural context with a focus on users' active appropriation of new media and on the phenomenology of digital communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127546024071,"sku":"9781138639409","price":106.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5ccdc3d00c258ce2fef3ea2324b3811b.webp?v=1732589268","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/socialbots-and-their-friends-digital-media-and-the-automation-of-sociality-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}