Document Type
Presentation
Rights
This item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only
Disciplines
5.4 SOCIOLOGY, 5.8 MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS, 6. HUMANITIES
Abstract
This presentation identifies, and attempts to explain, a lack of diversity in the way that cinema and television science fiction represents robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). Through a qualitative content analysis of recent film and television portrayals, it is argued, that a limited and limiting vision predominates. This dominant form of representation is, in turn, a by-product of screen entertainment's need to allow audiences' s to psychologically identify with characters. This industrial constraint may hamper discussion and debate around technological possibilities and their relationship with society.
Recommended Citation
Brennan, E. 2016. 'Why does film and television sci-fi tend to portray machines as being human?' Poster Presentation. Communicating with Machines, ICA post-conference. Fukuoka. 14 June 2016.
DOI
10.21427/D7VZ0M
Publication Details
Poster presentation at the Communicating with Machines, ICA post-conference in Fukuoka, Japan. 14 June 2016.