Bots
$29.08
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2022
Summary
Bots – automated software applications programmed to perform tasks online – have become a feature of our everyday lives, from helping us navigate online systems to assisting us with online shopping. Yet, despite enabling internet users, bots are increasingly associated with disinformation and concerning political intervention.
In this ground-breaking book, Monaco and Woolley offer the first comprehensive overview of the history of bots, tracing their varied applications throughout the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509543595 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1509543597 |
| Author: | Nick Monaco, Samuel Woolley |
| Publisher: | Polity Press |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 147mm x 208mm |
| Series: | Digital Media and Society |
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Critics Review
“A cogent and even-handed overview of automated software agents and how they act as extensions of human intention.”
Allison Parrish, Poet, Bot Maker, and Assistant Arts Professor at New York University
“Bots is a readable, accessible yet scholarly informed survey of the roles bots played, are playing, and might play in the future of the internet and digital devices. A useful reference for many students and scholars, and an engaging read for the wider public curious about bots.”
Sergey Sanovich, Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University
“This book is useful to readers interested in social media, artificial intelligence, and the coevolution of bots and the World Wide Web. … [it] is an invaluable resource for scholars that culls two decades of contemporary bot research that will become an important benchmark for LLM-fueled bots in the decade ahead.”
International Journal of Communication
Nick Monaco
Nick Monaco is Chief Innovation Officer and Director of China Research at Miburo Solutions.
Samuel Woolley is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin.
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