Bot-Mimicry in Digital Literary Culture - Imitating Imitative Software

"This Element traverses the concept and practice of bot mimicry, defined as the imitation of imitative software, specifically the practice of writing in the style of social bots. It argues that bot mimicry engenders a new mode of knowing about and relating to imitative software"--

Summary

This Element traverses the concept and practice of bot mimicry, defined as the imitation of imitative software, specifically the practice of writing in the style of social bots. It argues that bot mimicry engenders a new mode of knowing about and relating to imitative software.

Product details

• Authors: Malthe Stavning Erslev, Malthe Stavning (Via University College) Erslev
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781009222389
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0922238-9
• No. of pages: 104
• Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Press & journalism, Technology: general issues, Literature & literary studies, Natural language & machine translation, Publishing industry and journalism, Publishing industry & book trade, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Natural language and machine translation