Acknowledgements
During the research phase of this project, I consulted in a number of sources to help better my understanding of digital companionships. Beneath I have included a reference list for all the sources I used in each episode.
Episode 1: The Past
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other - Sherry Turkle (2011) - http://publicism.info/psychology/together/4.html
Episode 2: The Present
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Bennett, B (2018) CNet. 'Sony's new Aibo robot dog is cuter, does better tricks at CES.' [Available online here] https://www.cnet.com/news/sonys-second-aibo-robot-dog-is-cuter-does-better-tricks/
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other - Sherry Turkle (2011) - http://publicism.info/psychology/together/4.html
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Boxall, A (2017) DigitalTrends. 'A holographic virtual girlfriend lives inside Japan’s answer to the Amazon Echo'. [Available online here] https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/gatebox-azuma-hikari-virtual-assistant-news/
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Wada, K. and Shibata, T. (2006). Living With Seal Robots-Its Sociopsychological and Physiological Influences on the Elderly at a Care House. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 23(5), pp.972-980.
Episode 3: Ethics & Philosophy
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Lawson, S and Chesney,T (2007).'The Impact of Owner Age on Companionship with Virtual Pets'. pp.1922-1928.
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Tsai, L and Chuang, M (2008), 'The Effects of Interacting with a Computer Simulated Virtual Pet Dog on Children's Empathy and Humane Attitudes.
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Turkle, S. (2007). Authenticity in the Age of Digital Companions. Interaction Studies. Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems. pp.501-515.
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Elder, A. (2017). Friendship, Robots, and Social Media. Routledge. pp.90-101
Episode 4: The Future
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Jagneux, D. (2017) Upload. 'RoVR Is A VR Pet Simulator About You And An Adorable Little Dog' [Available online here] https://uploadvr.com/rovr-vr-pet-simulator-adorable-little-dog/
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Hills-Duty, R (2017) VRFocus. 'How To Train Your AR Dragon With ARKit'. [Available online here] https://www.vrfocus.com/2017/11/how-to-train-your-ar-dragon-with-arkit/
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Matney, L (2018) TechCrunch. 'Boston Dynamics will start selling its dog-like SpotMini robot in 2019' [Available online here] https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/11/boston-dynamics-will-start-selling-its-dog-like-spotmini-robot-in-2019