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Viadrina starts exciting study: people, animals and technology in focus!
The European University Viadrina is starting a study on communication between people, pets and voice assistance systems.
Viadrina starts exciting study: people, animals and technology in focus!
The European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) has launched an exciting project that sheds light on communication between people, pets and voice assistants. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Miriam Lind, Professor of Language Practices in Media Cultures, the Emmy Noether research group “Posthumanistic Linguistics” is now targeting active participants. We are looking for dog and cat lovers as well as people who use voice assistant systems such as Alexa or Google Assistant to document their interactions. This is reported by the Uckermark courier.
The study aims to examine human communication behavior and find out more about the role of pets and digital companions in everyday life. To do this, the participants should accompany their animal or technological companions over a period of two to three weeks and record their interactions using cameras. Snaps that capture the sounds of animal sounds or human speech form the basis of this research. The recordings are not created permanently, but are only activated when relevant noises occur.
About the project
One characteristic of the study is the flexibility for participants: they have full control over which data they want to share. In addition to analyzing daily communication, the focus is also on the temporal aspect of interaction. The study will be repeated after a few weeks in order to record changes in communication behavior over time Viadrina reported.
Innovative methods are used, including videographic analyzes and ethnographic interviews. These approaches are intended to enable a deeper understanding of the complex forms of communication between humans, animals and machines, which also comes from To know is underlined.
Invitation to participate
Anyone interested in this exciting project should get in touch quickly. In the future, researchers will be able to use the processed data to understand the ideology of language and its influence on interpersonal relationships and interaction with animals and machines. A good hand in selecting participants could actually make a valuable contribution to our understanding of the beings and things around us.
The Viadrina researchers are convinced that participation in this study will not only lead to new scientific findings, but also to a better understanding of one's own communication patterns in everyday life with animals and technology.