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Social & Psychological Effects of Communication Technology

COMM 298 / 398 Fall 2021

Category: Week 09

10/21 “Navigating a social world with robot partners: A quantitative cartography of the Uncanny Valley” – Andreas Tsiaras

October 21, 2021 aat222Entries

In “Navigating a social world with robot partners: A quantitative cartography of the Uncanny Valley,” Maya Mathur and David Reichling discuss the potential existence of an Uncanny Valley (UV) where imperfect human-likeness promotes dislike, and[…]

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10/21 Navigating a social world with robot partners: A quantitative cartography of the Uncanny Valley – Cherry

October 21, 2021 xiq222Entries

In “Navigating a social world with robot partners: A quantitative cartography of the Uncanny Valley”, Mathur and Reichling designed a lot of experiments to indicate that the Uncanny Valley is a real influence on humans’ perceptions[…]

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10/21 “Keeping Together Long Distance Families” -Bridget Hall

October 21, 2021 beh222Entries

In Keeping Together Long Distance Families: Technology as a Social Actor, author Mădălina Ionescu examines the benefits that technology advancements has had on long distance families.  Ionescu’s study focused on Romanian children whose parents work[…]

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10/21: Elon Musk – Falyn Goldstein

October 21, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Maynard’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot Raises Serious Concerns, details on Elon Musk’s humanoid robot are discussed. As Elon Musk has shifted the AI technological world, he is now planning to create and roll out[…]

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10/21- Teachers as Robots and Robots as Teachers- Caleigh Avramis

October 21, 2021 cla222Entries

In Robots in the classroom: Difference in student’s perceptions of credibility and learning between: “teacher as robot” and “robot as teacher”, the author Et. Al discusses that robots as teachers and teachers as robots are[…]

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Max Fern – “Navigating a social world with robot partners: A quantitative cartography of the Uncanny Valley” (10/21)

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 mgf222Entries

In “Navigating a social world with robot partners: A quantitative cartography of the Uncanny Valley”, Mather and Reichling argue that there is a hypothetical uncanny valley (UV) in which imperfect human-likeness evokes feelings of dislike[…]

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10/21 – Orphan Risks: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot Raises Serious Concerns – But Probably Not the Ones You Think – Grayson Begier

October 20, 2021 gbb222Entries

In Orphan Risks: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot Raises Serious Concerns – But Probably Not the Ones You Think, Maynard discusses the ‘orphan risks’ of Tesla’s Bot and the concerns raised from Elon Musk’s latest innovation.[…]

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10/21 Orphan Risks: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot Raises Serious Concerns – But Probably Not the Ones You Think – Leah Montgomery

October 20, 2021 lmm222Entries

In Orphan Risks: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot Raises Serious Concerns – But Probably Not the Ones You Think, Andrew Maynard discusses the trajectory of concerns for the newest AI in the technology industry, the Tesla[…]

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10/21 “Keeping Together Long Distance Families: Technology as a Social Actor” – Deirdre Kelshaw

October 20, 2021 Deirdre KelshawEntries

In “Keeping Together Long Distance Families: Technology as a Social Actor,” independent researcher Madalina Ioescu focuses on families separated by economic migration and argues that children, parents and grandparents feel less separated when using digital[…]

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10/21-Robots in the classroom-Julia Duchossois

October 20, 2021 jud222Entries

In Robots in the classroom: Differences in students’ perceptions of credibility and learning between “teacher as robot” and “robot as teacher”, Edwards presents a study in which college students perspectives of robots in the classroom[…]

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Keeping Together Long Distance Families: Technology as a Social Actor – Alana Bonfiglio 10/21

October 19, 2021 Alana BonfiglioEntries

In Keeping Together Long Distance Families: Technology as a Social Actor, Mădălina Ionescu shows how technology has allowed family members who have been separated due to economic migration or other reasons the ability to stay[…]

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9/21 Tesla Bot – Talia Feinberg

October 19, 2021 tbf223Entries

In this reading, a researcher whose job is to study unforeseen consequences of developing technology discusses the Tesla Bot. This is a 125 pound humanoid robot designed by Elon Musk to eventually help humans with[…]

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10/19 – How tech and social media are making us feel lonelier than ever – Grayson Begier

October 19, 2021 gbb222Entries

In How tech and social media are making us feel lonelier than ever, Katz explains how the use of technology and social media pushes our society to feel lonelier than before. She discusses how people[…]

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Kate Brady- 10/19

October 19, 2021 kkb222Week 09

I found the readings for this week really interesting. The article, “How tech and social media are making us feel lonelier than ever”, was interesting and kind of sad. I do find that when I[…]

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10/19 Does Technology Make Us More Alone?/Text or Talk: Is Technology Making You Lonely? – Cherry

October 19, 2021 xiq222Entries

In both articles Does Technology Make Us More Alone? and Text or Talk: Is Technology Making You Lonely?, Michael Goncharand Margie Warrelltalk about the popular topic about technology and loneliness. First article discussed the smartphone-obsessed[…]

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Can the internet buy you more friends? – Alana Bonfiglio 10/19

October 19, 2021 Alana BonfiglioEntries

In the TEDxObserver video, “Can the internet buy you more friends?” Robin Dunbar shows that social media platforms such as Facebook have not fulfilled their promises of enlarging the social world. When Facebook was founded,[…]

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10/19 “Text or Talk: Is technology making you lonely?” & “Does technology make us more alone?” – Andreas Tsiaras

October 19, 2021 aat222Entries

In “Text or Talk: Is technology making you lonely?” written by Margie Warrell and “Does technology make us more alone?” written by Michael Gonchar, both authors argues that social media has gotten in the way[…]

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10/19 Connected, But Alone? – Leah Montgomery

October 18, 2021 lmm222Entries

Connected, But Alone? by Sherry Turkle provides keen insight on a seemingly paradoxical view of technology and the use of cellphones. With the complex nature of the relationship we have with our technological devices, she[…]

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Max Fern – Sherry Turkle: “Connected, but alone” (10/19)

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 mgf222Entries

In “Connected, but alone?”, Dr. Turkle, a renowned psychologist, argues that technology allows us to connect more easily with one another, but that it takes away from the authentic conversation that leads to meaningful relationships.[…]

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10/19 “Can the internet buy you more friends?” – Deirdre Kelshaw

October 18, 2021 Deirdre KelshawEntries

In Robin Dunbar’s TED Talk “Can the internet buy you more friends?” Dunbar questions whether the internet can actually enlarge one’s circle of friends beyond what he calls their “local village.” He argues that the[…]

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Zach Coriarty 10/19

October 18, 2021 zac222Entries

In “How tech and social media are making us feel lonelier than ever”, Katz argues that virtual connections do not help our mentality on loneliness, but can actually amplify the feeling of loneliness. Similarly, Morris,[…]

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10/19 “Connected but alone?” – Talia Feinberg

October 17, 2021 tbf223Entries

In this TED talk, the concept of the illusion of friendship through technology is discussed. At the beginning of the talk, the presenter tells a story about how her daughter texted her to wish her[…]

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10/19-Can the internet buy you more friends-Julia Duchossois

October 16, 2021 jud222Entries

In his TED talk, Robin Dunbar argues that the internet can not “buy” you more friends due to to a cognitive limit on the amount of close relationships we can have via the internet. Dunbar[…]

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