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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Draude, Claude (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2017.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783658186609
DOI10.1007/978-3-658-18660-9
Physical DescriptionIX, 210 p. 35 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • The Human-Computer Interface
  • Semiotic Mirrors: The Interface as a Place of Sign/Signal Mediating
  • Embodiment: The Role of the Body, Gaze Behavior and Emotions
  • Counting as Machine, Counting as Human.