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The Media Equation: How People Treat Computers, Television, and New Media Like Real People and Places (Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes)
Byron Reeves
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According to popular wisdom, humans never relate to a computer or a television program in the same way they relate to another human being. Or do they? The psychological and sociological complexities of the relationship could be greater than you think. In an extraordinary revision of received wisdom, Byron Reeves and Clifford Nass demonstrate convincingly in The Media Equation that interactions with computers, television, and new communication technologies are identical to real social relationships and to the navigation of real physical spaces. Using everyday language, the authors explain their novel ideas in a way that will engage general readers with ... Read more
According to popular wisdom, humans never relate to a computer or a television program in the same way they relate to another human being. Or do they? The psychological and sociological complexities of the relationship could be greater than you think. In an extraordinary revision of received wisdom, Byron Reeves and Clifford Nass demonstrate convincingly in The Media Equation that interactions with computers, television, and new communication technologies are identical to real social relationships and to the navigation of real physical spaces. Using everyday language, the authors explain their novel ideas in a way that will engage general readers with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Number of pages
323
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
323
Place of Publication
Stanford, United States
ISBN
9781575860534
SKU
V9781575860534
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