| Title | Play, Belief and Stories about Robots: A Case Study of a Pleo Blogging Community |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Authors | Jacobsson, M |
| Conference Name | In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man 2009) |
| Date Published | 09/2009 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Conference Location | Toyama, Japan |
| Keywords | blogging, human-robot interaction, lirec, study |
| Abstract | We present an analysis based on user-provided
content collected from online blogs and forums about the
robotic artifact Pleo. Our primary goal is to explore stories
about how human-robot interaction would manifest themselves
in actual real-world contexts. To be able to assess these types of
communicative media we are using a method based on virtual
ethnography that specifically addresses underlying issues in
how the data is produced and should be interpreted. Results
indicate that generally people are staging, performing and have
a playful approach to the interaction. This is further
emphasized by the way people communicate their stories
through the blogging practice. Finally we argue that these
resources are indeed essential for understanding and designing
long-term human-robot relationships. |
| URL | http://dl.lirec.org/papers/Jacobsson-A%20Case%20Study%20of%20a%20Pleo%20Blogging%20Community.pdf |
