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标题：The rise of speculative devices: Hooking up with the bots of Ashley Madison
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作者：Ben Light
期刊名称：First Monday
电子版ISSN：1396-0466
出版年度：2016
卷号：21
期号：6
DOI：10.5210/fm.v21i6.6426
语种：English
出版社：University of Illinois at Chicago Library
摘要：I attend to two areas of increasing significance in relation to Web 2.0 since its announcement in 2005. The first is a focus on the non-human in digital media research, and the second is the normalisation of dating apps in society. Building upon ideas from speculative design and speculative method, I introduce the idea of speculative devices, those things that are set in place based on a conjecture of an outcome. Drawing upon a case study of Ashley Madison, generated using a walkthrough method and analysis of media coverage, I demonstrate how the speculative devices of bots and profiles can operate, and why. I argue we need to give careful thought to how our research and practice is understood, and conducted where speculative devices are concerned.
关键词：Ashley Madison;Dating;Hooking Up;Actor-Network Theory;Speculation;Speculative Method;Speculative Devices