Consuming Time-Space Imaginations: Bakhtin’S Chronotope on Robots and Artificial Intelligence

We examine developing discourse on two controversial phenomena - robots and Artificial Intelligence. Drawing from literary theory, we focus on the representation of time-space in news articles. We contextualize Bakhtin’s theory of chronotope, identifying how temporality and spatiality presented by technology narratives.



Citation:

Marat Bakpayev and Alima Yesmukanova (2018) ,"Consuming Time-Space Imaginations: Bakhtin’S Chronotope on Robots and Artificial Intelligence", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46, eds. Andrew Gershoff, Robert Kozinets, and Tiffany White, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 941-941.

Authors

Marat Bakpayev, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA
Alima Yesmukanova, KIMEP University



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46 | 2018



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