Relational artifacts with children and elders: The complexities of cybercompanionship

Connection Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-361

  Turkle, Sherry ^a   Taggart, Will ^a   Kidd, Cory D ^b   Dasté, Olivia ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Human robot interaction; Relational artifacts; Robotics; Sociable robots

Indexed keywords

HOME LIFE; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LEGAL STATUS; NURSING HOMES; RELATIONAL ARTIFACTS; SOCIABLE ROBOTS; SOCIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 33750537041     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: 13600494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090600868912     Document Type: Article

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