Computing Bodies : Gender Codes and Anthropomorphic Design at the Human-Computer Interface

• Main Author: Draude, Claude (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Communication.; Sociology.; Mass media.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783658186609
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-18660-9
• Physical Description: IX, 210 p. 35 illus. online resource.

Claude Draude analyzes embodied software agents - interface solutions that are designed to talk back and give emotional feedback - from a gender and media studies perspective. She addresses technological and sociocultural concepts in their interplay of shifting the boundary between what is considere...