Graduation Year
2018
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Media Studies
Reader 1
T. Kim-Trang Tran
Reader 2
Nancy Macko
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Abstract
This thesis is a critique on the ease in which humans tend to anthropomorphize chatbots, assigning human characteristics to entities that fundamentally will never understand the human experience. It will be further exploring these consequences on our society's socio-cultural fabric, representations of the self and identity formation in terms of communication and the essence of humanity.
Recommended Citation
Cheng, Alexandra, "Chat, Connect, Collapse: A Critique on the Anthropomorphization of Chatbots in Search for Emotional Intimacy" (2018). Scripps Senior Theses. 1107.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1107
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This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
