The New Frontier in Communication Research: Why We Should Study Social Robots
Social robots—robots that are made for interaction with humans—are becoming increasingly popular. In contrast to other disciplines, however, communication research has been slow in studying them. In our view, there are at least three theoretical reasons for communication researchers to deal with soc...
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| description | Social robots—robots that are made for interaction with humans—are becoming increasingly popular. In contrast to other disciplines, however, communication research has been slow in studying them. In our view, there are at least three theoretical reasons for communication researchers to deal with social robots. First, social robots challenge our notions of medium and media. Second, social robots challenge our understanding of the communication partner. Finally, social robots challenge our notions of the boundaries of communication. We therefore believe that social robots should play a more central role in communication research than it is currently the case. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-987141fa77a14525890d1ae4cc247fca2022-12-22T02:08:30ZengCogitatioMedia and Communication2183-24392018-09-0163737610.17645/mac.v6i3.1596829The New Frontier in Communication Research: Why We Should Study Social RobotsJochen Peter0Rinaldo Kühne1Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsAmsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSocial robots—robots that are made for interaction with humans—are becoming increasingly popular. In contrast to other disciplines, however, communication research has been slow in studying them. In our view, there are at least three theoretical reasons for communication researchers to deal with social robots. First, social robots challenge our notions of medium and media. Second, social robots challenge our understanding of the communication partner. Finally, social robots challenge our notions of the boundaries of communication. We therefore believe that social robots should play a more central role in communication research than it is currently the case.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1596artificial intelligencecommunication sciencehuman-machine interactionhuman-robot interactionsocial robots |
| spellingShingle | Jochen Peter Rinaldo Kühne The New Frontier in Communication Research: Why We Should Study Social Robots Media and Communication artificial intelligence communication science human-machine interaction human-robot interaction social robots |
| title | The New Frontier in Communication Research: Why We Should Study Social Robots |
| title_full | The New Frontier in Communication Research: Why We Should Study Social Robots |
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| title_short | The New Frontier in Communication Research: Why We Should Study Social Robots |
| title_sort | new frontier in communication research why we should study social robots |
| topic | artificial intelligence communication science human-machine interaction human-robot interaction social robots |
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