How Long to Read Friendship, Robots, and Social Media

How Long Does it Take to Read Friendship, Robots, and Social Media?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Friendship, Robots, and Social Media by Alexis M. Elder

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Various emerging technologies, from social robotics to social media, appeal to our desire for social interactions, while avoiding some of the risks and costs of face-to-face human interaction. But can they offer us real friendship? In this book, Alexis Elder outlines a theory of friendship drawing on Aristotle and contemporary work on social ontology, and then uses it to evaluate the real value of social robotics and emerging social technologies. In the first part of the book Elder develops a robust and rigorous ontology of friendship: what it is, how it functions, what harms it, and how it relates to familiar ethical and philosophical questions about character, value, and well-being. In Part II she applies this ontology to emerging trends in social robotics and human-robot interaction, including robotic companions for lonely seniors, therapeutic robots used to teach social skills to children on the autism spectrum, and companionate robots currently being developed for consumer markets. Elder articulates the moral hazards presented by these robots, while at the same time acknowledging their real and measurable benefits. In the final section she shifts her focus to connections between real people, especially those enabled by social media. Arguing against critics who have charged that these new communication technologies are weakening our social connections, Elder explores ways in which text messaging, video chats, Facebook, and Snapchat are enabling us to develop, sustain, and enrich our friendship in new and meaningful ways.

How long is Friendship, Robots, and Social Media?

Friendship, Robots, and Social Media by Alexis M. Elder is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Friendship, Robots, and Social Media Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Friendship, Robots, and Social Media aloud.

What Reading Level is Friendship, Robots, and Social Media?

Friendship, Robots, and Social Media is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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