Tim Hwang
Abstract
The Social Mediator forum was created to bridge the gaps between the theory and practice of social media research and development. The articles are intended to promote greater awareness of new insights and experiences in the rapidly evolving domain of social media, some of which may influence perspectives and approaches in the more established areas of human-computer interaction. Each article in the forum is made up of several short contributions from people representing different perspectives on a particular topic. Previous installments of this forum have woven together diverse perspectives on the ways that social media is transforming relationships among different stakeholders in the realms of healthcare and government.
The current article highlights some of the ways social robots (socialbots)---programs that operate autonomously on social networking sites---are transforming relationships within those sites, and how these transformations may more broadly influence relationships among people and organizations in the future. A recent article in Communications of the ACM called "The Social Life of Robots" reported that "researchers have started to explore the possibilities of 'social' machines capable of working together with minimal human supervision" [1]. That article illuminates recent developments involving interactions between humans and robots in the physical world; this article focuses on the interactions between humans and robots in the virtual world.
Our authors are exploring and expanding the frontiers of designing, deploying, and analyzing the behavior and impact of robots operating in online social networks, and they have invited a number of other frontierspeople to share some of their insights, experiences, and future expectations for social robotics.
- Wright, A. The social life of robots. Communications of the ACM 55, 2 (Feb. 2012), 19--21. Google Scholar
Digital Library
- Lauricella, T. and McKay, P. Dow takes a harrowing 1,010.14-point trip. Wall Street Journal (May 7, 2010); http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704370704575227754131412596.htmlGoogle Scholar
- Securities and Exchange Commission. Findings Regarding the Market Events of May 6, 2010; http://www.sec.gov/news/studies/2010/marketevents-report.pdfGoogle Scholar
- Mirvish, D. The Hathaway Effect. The Huffington Post (Mar. 2, 2011); http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-mirvish/the-hathaway-effect-how-a_b_830041.htmlGoogle Scholar
- Gerber, A.S. et al. Social pressure and voter turnout. American Political Science Review 102, 1 (2008); http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1720748Google Scholar
- Dillow, D. Tired of repetitive arguing about climate change, scientist makes a bot to argue for him. Popular Science (Nov. 3, 2010); http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-11/twitter-chatbot-trolls-web-tweeting-science-climate-change-deniersGoogle Scholar
- Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_RoboticsGoogle Scholar
- Boshmaf, Y., Muslukhov, I., Beznosov, K., and Ripeanu, M. The socialbot network: When bots socialize for fame and money. Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (Dec. 2011); http://lersse-dl.ece.ubc.ca/ Google ScholarDigital Library
- See Gepetto's Army, SXSW 2011; http://www.slideshare.net/gregmarra/gepettos-army-creating-international-incidents-with-twitter-botsGoogle Scholar
- Pearce, I., Nanis, M., and Hwang, T. PacSocial: Field test report; http://pacsocial.com/files/pacsocial_field_test_report_2011-11-15.pdfGoogle Scholar
- Orcutt, M. Twitter bots create surprising new social connections. Technology Review (Jan. 23, 2012); http://www.technologyreview.com/web/39497/Google Scholar
Index Terms
- Socialbots: voices from the fronts
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