Exploring Technology Tendencies and Their Impact on Human-Human Interactions

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Author(s): Heather C. Lum (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 17
Source title: Human Factors Issues and the Impact of Technology on Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Heather Lum (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6453-0.ch010

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Although traditionally researchers have focused on making robotics more user-friendly from a human perspective, a new theory has begun to take shape in which humans take on the perspective of a robotic entity. The following set of studies examined the concept of technomorphism defined as the attribution of technological characteristics to humans. This concept has been mentioned anecdotally and studied indirectly, but there is nothing currently available to tap into the various forms that technomorphism may take. Through the study of technomorphism, researchers have come slightly closer to the question of how technology is influencing our perceptions of what it means to be human. The findings from this work should help fuel the desire of others in the field to think about the potential influences of technomorphism during the design and implementation of new devices as well as in how technology may be related to how we perceive each other.

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