Paradoxes of interactivity: perspectives for media theory, human-computer interaction, and artistic investigations

Abstract: Current findings from anthropology, genetics, prehistory, cognitive and neuroscience indicate that human nature is grounded in a co-evolution of tool use, symbolic communication, social interaction and cultural transmission. Digital information technology has recently entered as a new tool in this co-evolution, and will probably have the strongest impact on shaping the human mind in the near future. A common effort from the humanities, the sciences, art and technology is necessary to understand this ongoing co- evolutionary process. Interactivity is a key for understanding the new relationships formed by humans with social robots as well as interactive environments and wearables underlying this process. Of special importance for understanding interactivity are human-computer and human-robot interaction, as well as media theory and New Media Art. "Paradoxes of Interactivity" brings together reflections on "interactivity" from different theoretical perspectives, the interplay of scie

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9783839408421
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 344 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2015
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Bielefeld
• (who): transcript Verlag
• (when): 2015
• Contributor: Seifert, Uwe ; Kim, Jin Hyun ; Moore, Anthony

Further information

• DOI: 10.14361/9783839408421
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-70769-4
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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