From facilitating interactivity to managing hyperconnectivity: 50 years of human–computer studies

BR Gaines - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Five decades ago advances in integrated circuits and time-sharing operating systems made
interactive use of computers economically feasible. Visions of man-computer symbiosis and …

An epistemological analysis of gossip and gossip-based knowledge

T Bertolotti, L Magnani - Synthese, 2014‏ - Springer
Gossip has been the object of a number of different studies in the past 50 years,
rehabilitating it not only as something worth being studied, but also as a pivotal informational …

A philosophical and evolutionary approach to cyber-bullying: social networks and the disruption of sub-moralities

T Bertolotti, L Magnani - Ethics and information technology, 2013‏ - Springer
Cyber-bullying, and other issues related to violence being committed online in prosocial
environments, are beginning to constitute an emergency worldwide. Institutions are …

Online communities as virtual cognitive niches

S Arfini, T Bertolotti, L Magnani - Synthese, 2019‏ - Springer
In this paper we aim at discussing cognitive and epistemic features of online communities,
by the use of cognitive niche constructions theories, presenting them as virtual cognitive …

Patterns of rationality

T Bertolotti - Studies in applied philosophy, epistemology and …, 2015‏ - Springer
The chapter approaches the topic of models as mental models by a survey of animal
cognition studies linked to camouflage, to sustain the claim that biological camouflage can …

[PDF][PDF] The gospel according to Google: The future of religious niches and technological spirituality

T Bertolotti, C Cinerari - European Journal of Science and Theology, 2013‏ - ejst.tuiasi.ro
This paper deals with the developments of online religiosity and its possible perversion. The
first section examines whether the impact of Internet on traditional religions is fundamentally …

Preventing online bullying: What companies and others can do

JF Beauchere - International Journal of Technoethics (IJT), 2014‏ - igi-global.com
The Internet, the landmark invention of our lifetime, has brought us great benefit, but along
with it, risk and antisocial behavior, including online bullying (or “cyberbullying”). Defined as …

Terminator niches

T Bertolotti, L Magnani - Proceedings of the Virtual Reality International …, 2013‏ - dl.acm.org
The aim of this paper is to connect studies in cognitive niches with the diffusion of high-
technologies, cyborgs and robots, so to obtain a new framework for analyzing some …

Cyber-bullies as cyborg-bullies

T Bertolotti, S Arfini, L Magnani - The Changing Scope of …, 2018‏ - igi-global.com
This chapter advocates a re-introduction of the notion of cyborg in order to acquire a new
perspective on studies concerning the development of human cognition in highly …

How do psychological factors affect innovation and adoption decisions?

T Stroh, AL Mention, C Duff - International Journal of Innovation …, 2022‏ - World Scientific
Interest in the significant impact of psychological factors on innovation outcomes is growing
rapidly. Our understanding of cognitive processes is, however, evolving, and research on …