Hacking agency: Apps, autism, and neurodiversity.

This essay examines the complex relationship between agency and technology. I compare autism apps developed by Samsung and Toca Boca and show that while app marketing retains a human-centered notion of agency, user–app interactions distribute agency through a constellation of human and nonhuman acto...

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Publicado en:Quarterly Journal of Speech Vol. 103; no. 3; pp. 277 - 301
Autor principal: Demo, Anne Teresa
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2017
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