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Human-Social Robot Interactions: From a Communication and Media Studies Perspective

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As information and communication technologies (ICTs) become smarter and smarter, communication and media scholars started to examine the boundaries between humans and machines, reflecting upon a wide range of focuses such as anthropomorphized machines, humanness and emotions, and attitudes toward robots among others.

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Sugiyama, S. (2019). Human-Social Robot Interactions: From a Communication and Media Studies Perspective. In: Linke, C., Schlote, I. (eds) Soziales Medienhandeln. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27902-8_6

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