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Otakuism and the appeal of sex robots
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- Social robots are becoming increasingly prevalent in everyday life and sex robots are a sub-category of especially high public interest and controversy. Starting from the concept of the otaku, a term from Japanese youth culture that describes secluded persons with a high affinity for fictional manga characters, we examine individual differences behind sex robot appeal (anime and manga fandom, interest in Japanese culture, preference for indoor activities, shyness). In an online-experiment, 261 participants read one out of three randomlySocial robots are becoming increasingly prevalent in everyday life and sex robots are a sub-category of especially high public interest and controversy. Starting from the concept of the otaku, a term from Japanese youth culture that describes secluded persons with a high affinity for fictional manga characters, we examine individual differences behind sex robot appeal (anime and manga fandom, interest in Japanese culture, preference for indoor activities, shyness). In an online-experiment, 261 participants read one out of three randomly assigned descriptions of future technologies (sex robot, nursing robot, genetically modified organism) and reported on their overall evaluation, eeriness, and contact/purchase intentions. Higher anime and manga fandom was associated with higher appeal for all three future technologies. For our male subsample, sex robots and GMOs stood out as shyness yielded a particularly strong relationship to contact/purchase intentions for these new technologies.…
Autor(en): | Markus Appel, Caroline Marker, Martina Mara |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-195893 |
Dokumentart: | Artikel / Aufsatz in einer Zeitschrift |
Institute der Universität: | Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften (Philos., Psycho., Erziehungs- u. Gesell.-Wissensch.) / Institut Mensch - Computer - Medien |
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: | Englisch |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes / der Zeitschrift (Englisch): | Frontiers in Psychology |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
Band / Jahrgang: | 10 |
Heft / Ausgabe: | 569 |
Originalveröffentlichung / Quelle: | Frontiers in Psychology, 2019, 10:569. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00569 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00569 |
Allgemeine fachliche Zuordnung (DDC-Klassifikation): | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Freie Schlagwort(e): | anime; fan culture; manga; otakuism; sex robots; shyness; uncanny valley |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 02.03.2020 |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 29.03.2019 |
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds / Förderzeitraum 2019 | |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |