{"product_id":"friendship-robots-and-social-media-false-friends-and-second-selves-paperback","title":"Friendship, Robots, and Social Media: False Friends and Second Selves - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexis M. Elder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVarious emerging technologies, from social robotics to social media, appeal to our desire for social interactions, while avoiding some of the risks and costs of face-to-face human interaction. But can they offer us real friendship? Elder outlines a theory of friendship drawing on Aristotle and contemporary work on social ontology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexis M. Elder\u003c\/strong\u003e is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her research focuses on friendship and social technologies. Her publications include \"Excellent Online Friendships: An Aristotelian Defense of Social Media\" in \u003ci\u003eEthics and Information Technology, \u003c\/i\u003eand \"Zhuangzi on Friendship and Death\" in \u003ci\u003eSouthern Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67929261047960,"sku":"9780367889432","price":115.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/QSwweA9VWG9780367889432.webp?v=1794030631","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/friendship-robots-and-social-media-false-friends-and-second-selves-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}